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'Navy Or Marines?' - You Decide...

Panther_99FS

Panther_99FS

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And yep, it's the same aircraft......Could anyone "in the know" explain why they were painted like this :ques:
 
P ... Every one knows that the Navy is a branch of the Marine Corps. The navy couldn't find it without the Marines.
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a number of the T-34s were attatched to RAG (training) squadrons where Navy and Marine pilots were 'type rated' on aircraft used by both services. for example, VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters, a Marine training squadron (F/A-18 A, B, C, D) attatched to a Marine Air Group. from personal interaction with squadron members, I learned that both Navy and Marine aviators were trained, and the Navy RAGs also train for both services.

just a thought on the subject.
 
JoeW said:
P ... Every one knows that the Navy is a branch of the Marine Corps. The navy couldn't find it without the Marines.
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You might want to swap that around with the Marines are a branch of the Navy.
 
Must have been painted in an Air Force shop - Navy paint shop doesn't stay inside the lines and the Marines would have spelled it wrong. :173go1:
 
In WWII, the Navy pilots that could't qualifiy for Carrier landings were demoted and made to join the Marines where they got to fly old, tired, Corsairs. - It was all very sad.
This is the truth. I'm not making this up.
 
Craig Taylor said:
VFA-125 "Rough Raiders" (tail flash "NJ") is based at NAS Lemoore, near Oakland. "Raiders" = silver and black paint scheme, I'm guessing. No idea why it says "Marines" instead of "Navy." Here's a link to a current T-34C. http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/Beech-T-34C-Turbo/1029020/L/
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VFA-125 is the west coast FRS (Fleet Replenishment Squadron). VFA-106 is the Navy's East coast FRS or RAG squadron based out of NAS Oceana Virginia. BOTH of them use the F-18 Hornet. Both of them train BOTH Navy & Marine Corps aviators. Hence on the side of their hornets you will see either Navy OR Marines. VMAT-101 just trains (to my knowledge) Marine Corps pilots.
 
Helldiver said:
In WWII, the Navy pilots that could't qualifiy for Carrier landings were demoted and made to join the Marines where they got to fly old, tired, Corsairs. - It was all very sad.
This is the truth. I'm not making this up.
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I would not only call that a promotion but a GREAT honor......
 
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