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Posted: 9/24/2016 6:48:46 PM EDT
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H60 driver here
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Posted: 9/24/2016 6:49:59 PM EDT
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I was doing a story for a journalism class on the Indiana National Guard. The PIO offered to fly me down to the helo squadron so I jumped at the chance.
It was an OH-58. Cool. Should have pushed for a ride in an F-4C at HUF.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 6:54:27 PM EDT
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C-5
C-141 C-130 C-17 C-47 C_123 Blackhawk Huey C-47 Mi-8 Mi-26 Mi-17 KC-135 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:00:36 PM EDT
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Just curious how many arfcommers have actually been in the air on a military aircraft. If your one of the lucky civilians who have flown on a military aircraft you count too. Civilian aircraft used as charters do not count. Unfortunately the only military aircraft I have flown on was a POS C5, we flew from McCord to Louisville, Ky then back. No windows and the pos broke down delaying our return. 
I got a M88A1 airborne once. Does that count? 
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:09:15 PM EDT
[#5]
Just C-130s and CH-46s.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:12:28 PM EDT
[#6]
Never served in the military but I had a few flights in CAP:
C-130 C-141 UH-1 Also got a ride in a APC once. After that was 2 mags through a M-16. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:14:17 PM EDT
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P3
UH1 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:15:20 PM EDT
[#8]
A MAC flight to Korea and back 12 months later (1974-1975)
(Military Airlift Command) |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:16:34 PM EDT
[#9]
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I got a M88A1 airborne once. Does that count? Alright, we need the story on that. We have rules! |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:17:39 PM EDT
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Yeah, what's up wit dat? 
H-3 H-53 H-60 C-130 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fail on poll. No fucking option for ENLISTED AIRCREW.
H-3 H-53 H-60 C-130 Rescue? |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:18:06 PM EDT
[#11]
Was Qualified aircrew (back end) on C-141B, KC-135 E's and R's, C-130 E's, H's, and J's, and the C-17.
Flown on, but not crewed, KC-10, C-5, UH-1D and UH-1N. It was a good job. 
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:18:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've flown in a C-47 transport before. B24 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:20:54 PM EDT
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Yes - mostly in helicopters doing circles around the battlegroup but also on sub hunting and log runs. One RAST recover on a cruiser in the bite of Australia in some really heavy seas.
Launched and trapped a few times on a carrier. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:21:22 PM EDT
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C2 COD
C141 C5 C130 CH53 CH46 (never failed to get spattered with hydraulic fluid every time I rode one) SH60 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:21:32 PM EDT
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Spent 11 years in the Nav and never once flew in a military aircraft.
My wife on the other hand did not serve but was evaced during flash flooding in a Air Force Chopper.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:21:38 PM EDT
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I'm going to ride the Huey at Knob Creek next month.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:22:26 PM EDT
[#17]
CH-47 and C-130
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:25:28 PM EDT
[#18]
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Alright, we need the story on that. We have rules! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I got a M88A1 airborne once. Does that count? Alright, we need the story on that. We have rules! I've been in a 88 that I swear had to have been airborne at some point. We were on a fairly straight dirt road through the training area towing a Bradley. Judging by the rough ride the driver was attempting to jump something. Had to be. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:25:56 PM EDT
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C-123
C-130 C-141 UH-1D UH-1H OV-10 CH-47 MH-53 P-51 Edited to add a Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:27:37 PM EDT
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Just a few- nothing really unusual.
TAV-8A KC-130 C-9 C-141 C-5 UH-1 AH-1 CH-53 CH-46 OV-10 T-28 T-6 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:27:51 PM EDT
[#21]
Chinook
Huey Beaver Otter Bird Dog - Cessna L19/O1 C-47 C-130 C-141 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:27:51 PM EDT
[#22]
"If your one of the lucky civilians"
You're. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:28:13 PM EDT
[#23]
C-54 from Germany to the US.
C-130 from Midway Island to Japan, with a refueling stop on Wake Island. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:28:38 PM EDT
[#24]
night helicopter flights during some training at Ft. A.P. Hill. Cool. Moon light, moon shadows, snow on the ground. Wild ride for someone sitting facing the door when the chopper would bank over in a turn. Looked like you could reach out that smack the tree tops.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:29:09 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I got a M88A1 airborne once. Does that count? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just curious how many arfcommers have actually been in the air on a military aircraft. If your one of the lucky civilians who have flown on a military aircraft you count too. Civilian aircraft used as charters do not count. Unfortunately the only military aircraft I have flown on was a POS C5, we flew from McCord to Louisville, Ky then back. No windows and the pos broke down delaying our return.
I got a M88A1 airborne once. Does that count? I got a M1A1 up to 57mph on a long downhill run. One end connector was about to come off, I could hear that sucker whiz by every couple seconds.
My tank was a hotrod orphan and once I held back on a roadmarch and gave her all she had once I hit 40 or so the pin fell out of the brakes just as I caught up with the rest of the company, I had to maneuver through trees and other tanks until it slowed enough for me to set the parking brake.
I was way too aggressive as a driver, once bloodied up my gunners face in Korea.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:29:29 PM EDT
[#26]
OH-23 and just learned it was introduced the year I was
OH-6 UH-1 D thru H models CH-47 C-7 Caribou w/JATO C-130 OV-10A Bronco |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:30:34 PM EDT
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Flew on a C-130 on the day of my 21st birthday, drunk as Fuck from partying starting at midnight before. I threw up in the little toilet onboard then PTFO.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:30:35 PM EDT
[#28]
C-130
C-17
CH-47 CH-53 Infantry Marine |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:30:43 PM EDT
[#29]
I'll play again:
UH-1 MH-6 UH-60 MH-60 CH-47 MH-47 CH-53 C-5 C-17 C-130 C-141 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:35:45 PM EDT
[#30]
C-130
C-17 UH-60 CH-47 |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:39:56 PM EDT
[#31]
Got rides from: C-130, CH-47 and C-17.
Gave rides to: CH-46, UH-1, CH-53, AV-8B and AH-1. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:41:07 PM EDT
[#32]
Actually I need to change my vote....I forgot about the log for the S3 Viking time and carrier landing/take off....the rest was on SeaHawks
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:47:22 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I got a M1A1 up to 57mph on a long downhill run. One end connector was about to come off, I could hear that sucker whiz by every couple seconds.
My tank was a hotrod orphan and once I held back on a roadmarch and gave her all she had once I hit 40 or so the pin fell out of the brakes just as I caught up with the rest of the company, I had to maneuver through trees and other tanks until it slowed enough for me to set the parking brake.
I was way too aggressive as a driver, once bloodied up my gunners face in Korea.
Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Just curious how many arfcommers have actually been in the air on a military aircraft. If your one of the lucky civilians who have flown on a military aircraft you count too. Civilian aircraft used as charters do not count. Unfortunately the only military aircraft I have flown on was a POS C5, we flew from McCord to Louisville, Ky then back. No windows and the pos broke down delaying our return.
I got a M88A1 airborne once. Does that count? I got a M1A1 up to 57mph on a long downhill run. One end connector was about to come off, I could hear that sucker whiz by every couple seconds.
My tank was a hotrod orphan and once I held back on a roadmarch and gave her all she had once I hit 40 or so the pin fell out of the brakes just as I caught up with the rest of the company, I had to maneuver through trees and other tanks until it slowed enough for me to set the parking brake.
I was way too aggressive as a driver, once bloodied up my gunners face in Korea.
I only ever drove an M1 around the maintenance ramp once. Put a lot of hours on 'tracs though. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:51:45 PM EDT
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Many times on fixed wing and rotary wing, USMC, USAF, USN and USA aircraft. FWIW, I was an Airwinger in the USMC and a Mech, trained as an Aeroscout Observer in the Army NG. OH 58 A/C.
C9 C12 C130 C141 C5 CH46 CH53 UH1 AH1 OH58 edit I've been onboard VC25 28000 (AF1), but never flew on it. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 7:54:32 PM EDT
[#35]
While in the Navy I did not, but in HS I was in AF JROTC and there was a large demo at Ft. Bragg. Our group got to fly in the back of a C-130. Hot and stifling in the back, but the cockpit are had AC and was cool. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:02:33 PM EDT
[#36]
C-141
Chinook Huey Blackhawk |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:06:11 PM EDT
[#37]
Not while they were in service, but I've flown a T-6 texan and a Boeing PT-17 stearman. Of course both types had been retired from military use for decades at the time.
On an active duty aircraft? Negative. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:08:13 PM EDT
[#38]
Been on lots of various mil air and even jumped from some of them:
C130 C141 C17 C5 KC10 UH1 OH58C UH60 C46 C47 MH47 CH53 Edit to add: V22, MI - 8 hip, |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:09:00 PM EDT
[#39]
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Fail on poll. No fucking option for ENLISTED AIRCREW. This. Lol. How important are we? Ever hear of an auto-crewman? Lol! I'll pass 5000 hrs in the mighty Herc this year, half in the back pushing pallets and the rest center seat. Oh. I forgot. A ride from Fujira to Bahrain in an H53. Never again. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:13:13 PM EDT
[#40]
Learned on UH-1Hs, flew AH-1s for a little over a year then AH-64s for about 3 years.
Rode in UH-60s, OH-58s, C-5, B-17G Missed an F-4 ride by a couple days 
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:13:17 PM EDT
[#41]
Civilian...C-141
Hickham AFB, Johnston Atol, Midway Island... Interesting ! |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:16:36 PM EDT
[#42]
Bagdad (2010) at night is beautiful, flying low in a crashhawk. Reminds me of night flights just after take off/before landing in a city with the lights , and the little cars going about.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:18:21 PM EDT
[#43]
A couple retired birds and an active C-146.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:23:09 PM EDT
[#44]
LOL
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:25:55 PM EDT
[#45]
UH 1, CH 47, C-130, I was payload in a box for a S-64 skycrane, not sure if that qualifies as "Flown In", since technically we were not in the bird, and could be detached at any time....
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:27:38 PM EDT
[#46]
C17
C130 C5 Uh60 Ch47 Hh60 (mini guns are cool) afghanistan And my favorite, got a ride in a Kiowa warrior in 2005 while in Iraq |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:28:02 PM EDT
[#47]
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C-5 C-141 C-130 C-17 C-47 C_123 Blackhawk Huey C-47 Mi-8 Mi-26 Mi-17 KC-135 You Sir, have stories to tell.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:28:32 PM EDT
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First active military aircraft I ever flew in was a Canadian AF C-47. They still had a few in the mid 80s.
Since then, Active: C-141 C-9 OH-58 SH-60 Retired: Stearman PT-17 (got some stick time) T-6 PV2 Harpoon C-45 C-47 B-25 A-26 Hoping for a T-33 flight soon. |
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:37:48 PM EDT
[#49]
Blackhawk and C130. Think that's about it.
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Posted: 9/24/2016 8:37:50 PM EDT
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Short list for me.
F-15D (Pilot gave me controls for a few turns) KC-10 (Could've watched them refuel our F-15's we were ferrying, but I decided a nap was better) I have opportunities to ride on B-52's and KC-135's but I have no desire to ride on those. |
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