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ubject: Flight Instruction: Then and Now
From: (BUFDRVR) Date: 3/6/04 7:52 PM P but it raises the question as to whether the idea of using combat veterans as intructors was abondoned and combat inexperienced instructors were used as a matter of course. .when I began B-52 Formal Training in the summer of '95, there were but a handful of Desert Storm vets in the FTU. These guys did have some good insight, but to be quite honest, I could not grasp or apply any of their suggestions. It was all I could do to learn how to fly a 300K+ lb. aircraft at 500' AGL through the mountains, I was not able (nor was any new crewmember) to perform defensive maneuvering tasks besides the very basic. Once I got to my unit and went through *mission qualification training* there were many more DS vets and I had become comfortable enough in the jet to begin taking advantage of their experience, particularly in the low altitude environment. BUFDRVR Too bad that the commbat veteran's advice was not useful to you. I found that it was very useful to me. There were itmes on a a mission when something happened and I would f remember that it was just what he was talking about and I would relive those training moments with that instructor, His description of just how fighters attacked bomber formations was dead accurate. In fact I have thought of him many times over all these years. I guess you never forget the man who taught you how to go to war. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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