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This is kindof a silly question. I know in some flight communities pilots of one type of aircraft are viewed differently than others. Is the same true for Army aviation? What stereotypes are out there for pilots of different types of Army aircraft? I haven't heard any is why I'm wondering. Just curious.

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This is kindof a silly question. I know in some flight communities pilots of one type of aircraft are viewed differently than others. Is the same true for Army aviation? What stereotypes are out there for pilots of different types of Army aircraft? I haven't heard any is why I'm wondering. Just curious.

 

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Heh...do they still give that speech in scout training about the study that looked at the survival time of different MOS's time in contact with the enemy and scouts having the shortest at 3 seconds?

 

Hey, I remember that one - although we were given 16 seconds back in 1988. :rolleyes:

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Heh...do they still give that speech in scout training about the study that looked at the survival time of different MOS's time in contact with the enemy and scouts having the shortest at 3 seconds?

They said the same thing to the 13-F's that I went through Sill with back in the day (1988 to be precise).

 

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13-F = artillery forward observer

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