airboyd.tv Department Of Defense Chopper Pilot Pin 30196 Training Of Helicopter Pilots Preflight And Flight Training Provided By The Warrant Officer Candidate Program At Ft Wolters, Texas; And Advanced Training At The Army Aviation Center, Ft Rucker, Alabama.
#1 by greyhound59912 on April 27th, 2011
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I was with the 5th WOC Co, brown hats at Fort Wolters, class 71-15. This video brings back a lot of memories. What they failed to mention was the constant harassment from the TAC Officers in Primary Flight School. Inspections, running, push ups, low crawling, standing at attention while the TAC Officers yelled at you for 2 hours is what I remember the most, Advanced flight training at Fort Rucker was a piece of cake compared to Fort Wolters. Flew with 240th greyhounds, & 187th crusaders in NAM
#2 by MrLxmarshall on April 27th, 2011
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Epic score. Sign me up. 18 and ready. Screw the air force and their 50 afqt
#3 by jgodyssey on April 27th, 2011
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I was at Wolters in Summer 2001 on a weekend.. I was in the Army Reserve. We stayed in one of the old barracks. The ones right across from the prison. that weekend we were doing live firing practice at the firing range.
#4 by DannyDad208 on April 27th, 2011
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@bah1208vd
We were 88-19… Graduated April 12-13, 1989 (W01 and then Wings)….
#5 by Iraqrecall on April 27th, 2011
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Graduation Class 66-19,
Brown Hat 4th WOC.
Visted the base in 2011 and found the Barracks are a prison now.
Guess things dont change.
#6 by bah1208vd on April 27th, 2011
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@DannyDad208
I was in Class 88-20, Royal Blue. I believe (not positive) that was the 3rd class in huey’s after the TH-55. We graduated in April 89. Was that your class?
#7 by Tucsonglass on April 27th, 2011
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Great memories – I went through 3rd WOC – summer/fall of 66 – class 66-23/67-1 -so this was done during my stay at Wolters and Rucker. Our class split between the OH 23 (which I flew) and the TH 55. We had the unfortunate distinction of having the first TH 55 fatality. We were also one of the last classes, if not the last class, to shoot three solo autorotations at Wolters – was quite the thrill with less than 50 hours flight time. Thanks and proud to have flown “Above the Best”.
#8 by DannyDad208 on April 27th, 2011
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@Mrdesertsnake1991
Sounds like you mean “cross-country” solo… We had to solo in Primary in the first 12-15 hours of flight training… 1988. Three “evaluated” approach and takeoff circuits around the pattern in a Huey… Then, in Advanced Combat Skills (near the end of training) we got the keys to the car for a full tank of gas…. We were the third class after they got rid of TH-55 (Schweizer 300) for the Primary trainer…
#9 by DannyDad208 on April 27th, 2011
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@jamesjamesjr
Lucky on the part about not being a WOC until you graduate flight training, but sad about missing that special event of Solo… My stick buddy and I dialed in a radio station and I had “Red, Red Wine” by UB40 playing in my helmet while I did approach and takeoff 3 times in our Huey… I will never forget that special moment.. Ranks second only to my children.
#10 by DannyDad208 on April 27th, 2011
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Class 88-12 flew Hueys and Chinooks.
#11 by walleye2416 on April 27th, 2011
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@82abnoff No homo
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#13 by Texsun1359 on April 27th, 2011
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Holy hell Paragon is a s big as a fucking cow! Wow!
#14 by gcopter1963 on April 27th, 2011
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@verbusen
I was also 17 in 1981.I enlisted to become an Air Traffic Controller, right after High School. Unfortunately, I did not pass my flight physical due to a hearing problem. Regardless, I went on and took classes to increase my GT score, from a 91 to a 113. I was then ready to apply for the flight aptitude test, which I passed, yet, I did not pursued the matter further because of my eyesight. Later on in life, taken many eye tests, passed them 20/20. Should’ve taken the risk and the test
#15 by gcopter1963 on April 27th, 2011
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If I could re do my life, I would’ve love to be born at least 10 years earlier from ’63, joined the Army, and become a WOC.
As it turns out, I joined the Army in ’81 as an acft. armament repairman, fixing AH-1′s armament systems. I have the utmost admiration for the generation that went before me to Vietnam.
#16 by Mrdesertsnake1991 on April 27th, 2011
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Also, I feel sorry todays students..No solos! Back then, we did a weather brief, filed a flight plan, and we could take a Huey all the way down to DeFuniak Springs (for the golf cart ride and t-shirt!) or even FLORIDA on a VFR cross country. Funny thing was, when I got to my first Unit, they wouldnt even let us do a freaking run-up alone unless your were RL progressed! SO Silly! I took video of us doing a 21 Huey Air Assault to Ft Benning grunt school, cool shit! they were the Best of times!
#17 by Mrdesertsnake1991 on April 27th, 2011
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I watched this Film (and many like it) while I was on hold for the AH-1 Cobra course. (red hat/87-16) I was “raised” in the EM ranks by all the old Wolters guys, and I still have old dog status like them due to TH-55 training, and having to slog all the way thru Flight school on E-5 /WOCpay.The scene with the Pathfinders lighting the inverted “Y” cracked me up! We were some of the first classes to fly cutaway NVG-5′s (Clipped on with Medical surgical tubing!). I remember it all so well!
#18 by jamesjamesjr on April 27th, 2011
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I’m at Rucker for flight school and one of our instructors showed us this video in class. Its funny because all of the instruction is basically the same just with updated aircraft and tech. Oh, and we don’t solo anymore. Now we just have a P1 and P2 checkride.
#19 by ognywogny on April 27th, 2011
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Yeah well I was a part of all this too and someone told me to watch this video. Fuck this ignorant shit we did. They should kill us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#20 by mcdade1984 on April 27th, 2011
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500 meters to the left of the gate of Wolters I was in a car accident.
#21 by 82abnoff on April 27th, 2011
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Oh Well. Fuck You.
#22 by wkat950 on April 27th, 2011
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Is that M-60 being suspended on a bungee strap at 00 :51 min? Bet you’d never see yourself on Youtube after 43 years, DJSuperflyer
#23 by FalloutRadius on April 27th, 2011
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@walleye2416 Your (adj.) – belonging to person spoken to: refers to something that belongs to or relates to the person who is being spoken to.
So, that said… “your fucking dumb,”- my fucking dumb WHAT, exactly? You should also capitalize each beginning letter of each statement as well as end it with a period (.).
*Ahem* So… you were saying?
#24 by walleye2416 on April 27th, 2011
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@FalloutRadius your fucking dumb, fucking ignorant bastard. mother fucker
#25 by 11041944 on April 27th, 2011
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A great tribute to a the men who answered the call. To become one with their machine, entering into realms un-kown to mere mortals while serving their country. Our service was to each other and to those who would rely on these machines for every aspect of their day to day missions and survival. The whop whop of Huey blades will always keep time with my heart beat.