fake military pilot?

[bell47]

I don't know why my thread didn't show up but how do tell if someone is lying about being an f16 pilot. I figured this guy either washed out of training or never flew them at all. Any Ideas? Impersonating a veteran is simply awful and I would like to show this bozo's true colors.

 

[pilotyip]

If he brags about it to anyone, he is most likely a fake, much like the phony SEALS that you find all over the country. My experience is military pilots only really talk about their flying with other military pilots or close friends. They would never approach a stranger and say I am S.T HOT F-14 pilot. I had a pilot tell me during an interview he was an F-14 pilot. Since I worked in CIC aboard a carrier that had F-14's in the CAG, I was somewhat informed on mission, capabilities, etc. So I asked a couple simple questions about the F-14, he had no clue, I said the interview is over.

 

[Huggyu2]

If you're checking on that thread on "another" website, yes, it appears that guy is a fraud. If not from another thread, it might be the same guy. He's getting some attention. You can post what you know about him. Or, if you prefer, you can p.m. me with what you know, and I'll try to help.

 

[The_Russian]

Post a link!

 

[Mongoose69]

Easy to check sources.

There are a number of current and previous F-16 pilots on this board. All you have to do is get the guy to list his previous squadrons and dates flown in, and I'm sure someone on here could verify his legitimacy.

-Jason

 

[BODENE]

There are many ways to check if he/she is truly a military pilot. They should know their class number. I would start there. Every pilot knows their class number, same with the SEALS. Every SEAL knows exactly which BUDS class they attended. Your colleague would have ended up a Luke AFB at some point in their training. They always publish the class rosters and graduations in their newsletter/paper there. You can always cross reference their name in that publication.

Good Luck!!!

 

[JungleJett]

Your colleague would have ended up a Luke AFB at some point in their training.

Not true...Guard or Reserve folks go to a couple of places. Tucson, Kelly, Springfield (not anymore)..are there some I am missing?

 

[Huggyu2]

..are there some I am missing?

MacDill

 

[NewmanF16]

McConnell, Hill, it depends on how far back you go.

Actually, there is no discriminator anymore. Active, guard or reserve could go to any of the RTUs.

 

[NewmanF16]

You know, I think Klamath Falls was an A-model RTU before they traded their souls to the devil. Those guys were pissed.

They may have been an ADF top-off course, though, I don't remember.

 

[Huggyu2]

No, you're right: Klamath was an F-16 FTU.
But Hill? Are you sure?

 

[NewmanF16]

Hill was the original RTU, from 1979 until 1982 I believe. I want to say the 16th TFS.

 

[USMCAirWinger]

Not true...Guard or Reserve folks go to a couple of places..... Springfield (not anymore

Springfield still runs a B-course

 

[propsarebest]

Do you fighter jocks get a coin like the operators do??

 

[B727Driver]

Flew with a guy who bragged about being a Navy pilot boasting his A-4 and T-38 (?) experience. After checking his resume, he was an enlisted MX in the Navy. What a dork.

 

[Scrapdog]

Not true...Guard or Reserve folks go to a couple of places. Tucson, Kelly, Springfield (not anymore)..are there some I am missing?

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[JungleJett]

Springfield still runs a B-course

I thought they had switched to running the school house for some foreign students only. I guess I should have added that caveat.

 

[USMCAirWinger]

I thought they had switched to running the school house for some foreign students only. I guess I should have added that caveat.

They are doing both

 

[say again]

I flew with this guy that had more stories then Stephen King. He was an F-14 pilot and was shot down twice over iraq in the original war, was a helicopter pilot that was involved in the Somalia disaster, as well as other helo crashes, was in the CIA and stole King Airs from Mexico (he couldn't elaborate on the details, top secret stuff.) Blew up mountains in Columbia, still dont know why. Flew 747's for 5 years at Southern Air but had to "retire" because of some top secret CIA mission. The list goes on. Of course I didn't believe a single story, but it was all this guy had. 40-something, single, living with Mom, no car, no phone, doofy, etc. He was also "best" friends with the CP for JetBlue but couldn't get an interview because he didnt have 1000 hrs jet time. Wait?? Didnt you fly F-14's and 747's?? Wasn't a very good pilot at all, icing on the cake!!

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

I was flying a trip (civilian trip) in to Pax River last summer and so I asked the FNG that we had just hired that I was flying with if he had ever been into Pax before during our pre-departure breif. "Sure, many times", was his reply. Well, since I had been there many times myself I was ready for the PAR as the field was IFR and that's all those crazy Marines use at Pax for a precision approach. No biggy really, except that I also program a nice LNAV/VNAV approach into my FMS as well. So we get cleared for the PAR and this winner hits "direct to" on the FMS and delets my nice approach that I had just set up. Long story short, I give him a good butt chewing on the ground only to find out that his definition of "having been to Pax a bunch of times" was from when he was in the Navy, but get this, he was never a pilot but was on a Sub crew! Nice.

He lasted two-months with us. Two-months too long really.