It may not be the most "sexy" plane as a fighter jet may be, but the A-6 was not ugly, as a bomber/attack plane was amazing and the EA-6B prowler was the best electronic warfare plane in the world.
You'd be surprised how many people go by nicknames over name tapes, in the military. I had a nickname, solely because my last name is complicated and Greek. Most people struggled, so I eventually got a nickname that came from my accent, a failed attempt to say my name by an RDC, and my general demeanor. Ironically, I got a new nickname, working as a mechanic. It's ironic because I use my first name now and my nickname is longer, than my first name. 😂
I was a Garuda ( VAQ-134 ) and I can tell you if our bird couldn’t get in the air, the tomcats, intruders and later F-18’s would magically go down too.
My 2 cousins dreamed about working on those beauties in the years leading up to their enlistment. Both got in just as that lady retired, initially got sent to be F-14s engine maintainers, but both had their first (and still continuing) deployments with another beauty; the E-2C & D.
Navy pilots typically get their callsign from something stupid / embarrassing / play on name. It's never for anything good. Chia, Scro, Spank, Jr, Smurf, Gretzky; It's never things like "Cougar". Unless some young pilot slept with someone's grandma in flight school. It's never for a proud moment in your life.
@@greggstrasser5791 Seriously… the names typically come during flight school. So yes, there would be a case where the guy won a bet on how long he could dip his balls in a glass with ice water. So he would be iceman. Examples: Scro, his last name was Odem. Add them together. O’Hanlon sounded like Ol’ handjob… “spank”. Junior was babyfaced to begin with, then he grew a mustache and it made him look like the typical 17 year old with his first mustache.
@@danielvroom2949 Based on your comments here and other threads, I can say this about you with certainty: 1. You have Autism. You focus on minute details that are insignificant, vernacular differences that nobody in the actual working environments cares about. Example, here, you attempt to correct someone who has obviously spent a number of years deployed with pilots. The only people who correct the title is actors in Top Gun. In another video, they’re talking about the army and you incorrectly assume they’re referring to Marines. You also don’t recognize a joke. Taking things literally indicates someone on the spectrum. 2. You’ve clearly never served a day in the military. So until you go get that DD-214 in your hand, stop thinking that playing video games qualifies you to in any way stand on the same ground as those of us who actually served, let alone comment or have the audacity to correct.
But why would he have to squat? Was he trans? I’ve never in my life seen a dude squat to take a piss. I don’t even think you can if you’re a man. I guess if he was on his knees. But that’s not squatting. That’s probably why he didn’t get in any trouble. Because he had a vagina.
I actually squatted down once to when I was drinking at the beach and people were everywhere but spaced every couple hundred feet or so and the grass on the little dunes was only about waste high.
The nose of the aircraft is most likely designed like that for the radar and for more space on carriers and the tail is pointy because it’s common logic that reduces drag
The nose is blunt like that for landing. If you compare the old aircraft the AF version always has a longer and pointer nose than than the naval version.
And if he uses as his CB handle you'll be hearing, "how that, Squats! You got your ears on, come on?" "How bout you, Squats! You got a copy on Chopsticks?"
200,00 pounds is 100 tons. Carriers are 100,000+ tons. Growler pilots go on long missions. They have multiple ways of going to bathroom while flying. Theres many bathrooms near flight decks. No way the 100,000 carrier is being stopped to investigate mystery fluid (and why would they have to stop?) and you can’t find a private place on the flight deck -it’s crawling with equipment and men hustling to and fro. But most unlikely is that a man squatted to pee. If you were in this situation, you’d just pee off the deck into the sea. This story is pure fantasy
Anyone who sees fluid under a vehicle they usually touch it and smell their hand to identify the the fluid .😂😂😂😂 he witness probably got passed. Literally 😂
