high/low end fights are way overrated IMO
any "high" end fight won't be high end after a few days.
what we need is for the AF to shit or get off the pot...get something and get it out there...it's not that complex.
but if there's an organization that can screw something as simple as light attack up...it's the USAF
for what its worth i have multiple friends who recently moved out of navarre for destin....they are much happier.
but they are young married couples with no kids.
id say if you have kids navarre is great (minus the daily rush hour traffic)
no kids? come east of base
in a perfect world sure that'd be nice.
it's not attainable though. barbus made my point much more eloquently. and it's not one dude nor one data point.
regardless it's a moot point cause it ain't gonna happen.
i'm intimately familiar with the MQ-9 mission set
i'd argue you can't plug and play an MQ-9 pilot into an A-10 cockpit...tell him to go do CAS...and get the same return
alright ill be the asshole...i don't think dual qual RPA/light attack makes sense
GENERALLY (key word GENERALLY) the pilots sent from UPT direct-> RPA are not your top sticks...i'll just leave it at that
throwing that dude into a dual qual to fly light attack would be asking for trouble when he's splitting his time on a robot.
light attack ain't flying from point A to point B...CAS deserves specialists not generalists and not guys fcking off half the time just so they can "fly in a cockpit"
the guys i've encountered in their post-RPA duties are 70-30 not sharp/low aviation SA-descent stick good SA. that's just my experience. the talent isn't there for dual qual. hurt feelings RPA guys flame away!
and +1 for moving RPA bases to cool locations...too bad congress will get in the way.