Yeah. . .flying and shooting the A-10 was the most fun you could have with your pants on. Yawn. Try a sunny day in the middle of the Pacific, catching an OK3, then rolling up to Cat1 for another go round after a hour of ACM against your buddy with enough gas to play for awhile before having to knock it off.
Fun? Please son. Please.
Yeah. And after your last trap of the day, you shuffle off to the wardroom, grab your fifth cup of green bug juice, watch Caddyshack for the 15th time that cruise and then call it an early night for a quick session with your favorite cruise sock and hopefully a dream about being back home. I've heard ALL the cruise stories. I'll take my 10,000 foot runways, my crud games at the officer's club, Jack straight (in a beer cup), and singing songs until you can't stand up anymore. I mean, landing on a boat is cool and all...but there is so much more to life than the 3 wire.
----- > me with a big, cheese eating grin still wondering when we are going to get together for a few drinks and a stack of bar napkins.
Ahhhh. . .good ol Puke. . .I gotta feel sorry for ya when the high-light of your mission is the take-off or landing. . .
And BTW, BFM is something you use to shoot down the poor dumb ba$tard that tries to stop you on the way to the real targets. Just put a wing-tip in the dirt, pivot and point your gun and shoot them in the lips.
;-)