In that case Paul,
You may need my old services..US Marine..we fought Didn't fly around
except as a Huey door gunner. Every marine is a trained infantryman/rifleman
FIRST!Anybody can fight when they don't see an enemy face to face. I've
never seen nor heard of the USAF launching a frontal assault on anything .
As for the carriers , that is only one skill. The Wings of Gold guys can
hold their own to anyone in air to air. I used to love going to WTI , big
wargame of different branches of service all having it out in simulated
combat. Even the Army would show up! They were all shot down the first
day..Lord it was so funny.
Those bright eyed and always on their toes Army guards..completely let a
bunch of marines take a big wooden crate onto their flight line, which we
attached a huge broom handle and put a cute piece of orange tape at the top
of it. Yep looked like a remote control! We set it in front of one of their
little Hughes jobs! I chuckle everytime I think of it!
I will hand it to Doolittle, he and his band were very skilled Air Corps
fellows to get off the carrier in those bombers...tip my hat to them. I also
think USAF security are some of the best in the world, we probably would not
have gotten our big remote control box on their flight line! But sorry ,
USAF pilots are just slightly below the Navy/Marines. And I was very very
impressed with the Royal Navy's Harrier Pilots. They are
outstanding,...thanks to the HMS Invincible for a great airshow off the
coast of Lebanon in the 80's.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, "W P Dixon" said:
Sounds like alittle bit of Air Force jealousy there! All I will say
is
I have never seen any Air Force pilot land a plane on a carrier at night


And the first war that gets decided by who can land on a carrier at night,
I'll be sure and call on the Navy. Until then, I'll put my money on the
guys who spend their training time learning how to fight, not how to land.


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