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Well Aircanuck...I can say from experience that you will get a pistol...you might get some C7 training and even fire the occasional C6...this is dependent on unit I suppose ...I can only speak of Edmonton...and you do not receive anywhere near the needed training to consideryourself proficient...

That would be a very sound proposition, experience is a good thing to have, and no better way than start from the ground up as it were.

Fair enough Strike..all good points I am sure we could go back and forth on this for ever...hahahah tah tah for now.. ;D :salute:

I know it has been asked before...and always shot down by the Generals that are at least in the Air side of things...flying NCO's is definitely no a new thing...other nations do infact allow their NCO's to fly more than helicopters...the German Airforce has Sgt pilots who fly the transals. a...

Sorry to all for my spelling mistake...Griffon Regarding my less than politically correct statement about this Mans Army...I am truly sorry to Strike... for upsetting her/his sensabilities..then again...maybe just maybe..we should not concern ourselves with all of those little statements. Then...

You are absolutely right the mirror is not going to fire anything...that is what you have mission specs for and either qualified door gunners from the army or other trades who have been specially trained and qualified...The only reason I said that an F.E. is not needed in this case was that you...

Where do I start . 1.The Griffin in the Sandbox, while some are correct in stating that it could not fly over there but only half right, the problem is that is definitely could not fly in Kabul, altitude and heat are against it, Kandahar is lower in altitude though not in heat. 2. Close Air...

What we were briefed on was that the ACS will take over entirely the safety systems or ALSE side of the house, they sew and make stuff therefore they have things in common, this is how they the board reached their conclusion on that. They will do everything take out ejection  seats on fighters...

Hot really sure Oz...I believe though it you would join as an AWS tech...really busy Job actually...all those Sono Buoys what is it around 90 some odd if memory serves me right per A/C  X 12 I think is in Greenwood...lots of stocking and loading ...weapon load drills etc..not to mention the...

With regards to Fireman carry or a Drag.... my Chief came back from his big Chief briefing just after Christmas and he tells me they are seriously looking at replacing it with the Drag...it is more practical and as was already mentioned ....picking someone up in the thick of things is...

We just had a briefing on the Current AVN/ACS trade structure, things are changing it would seem, they have finally realized that amalgamation did not work out as planned. for the AVN trade this means two things, 1. the Armament trade will be alive and well, no longer an AVN responsibility; 2...

Just thought I would clarify my point.....I was not suggesting that the officer core in general doesn't have any ability what so ever, my meaning was that since the NCM's do not as a practice carry the pistol they are less familiar with it than the officier. i know there are enough NCM's who do...

What is the big deal people, the RSM passed the word here in LFWA, no Canex toques allowed, personally, I hate buying that stuff, if I was meant to wear it I would have been issued it, having said that I have on occasion worn items in the field that perhaps were not regulation but have kept me...

The decision to equip troops should not be a hard one in my mind, everyone should get them, and like several others have stated, training is the key as with all weapons, if the NCM's were issued pistols at the begining then eventually they would become second nature to the troops with regards to...

Good day all, I have been trained and qualified both as a maintainer and payload operator, liked this job th emost of any I have ever done in the Airforce, there are many problems associated with the make up of TUAV, the biggest one being as Loach has said continually cobbling together a group...

While this is very much a likely reality, timeline is always an unknown factor, that is when are we going to truly see them? I know that they are training some grunts down in Borden right now as door gunners, the inclusion of a second FE is definitely out, I would say the mission spec and...