Girls and aircrafts

[v2]

Chinese People's Liberation Army twin sisters pilots:

 

[Matt308]

Slightly O/T, but in British Forces, the right hand edge of the FS Cap is supposed to be parallel to the ground, and the cap worn at an angle to the right, closed at the top, with the badge therefore facing slightly upwards. This also held good for the RCAF in its day.

It looks as though the Canadians have been Americanized.

The photo is from the Canadian Military Police Museum, and shows an RFC sidecap worn correctly.

Americanized? We adopted the beret. Go figure. It's France's fault.

 

[Matt308]

Chinese People's Liberation Army twin sisters pilots:

They don't look like twins. Just two brainwashed Chicoms.

 

[timshatz]

They look like clones...which would explain at least some of the 1.3 billion. Can't all be Viagra/Ginsing.

Can it?

 

[ndicki]

Aaah, Timshatz, people of Middle Kingdom very active.

 

[Pisis]

Attack of the Clones?

 

[mkloby]

It looks as though the Canadians have been Americanized.

Here's USMC regulation for the garrison cover, or piss cutter: Garrison caps will be worn centered squarely or slightly tilted to the right, with the top unbroken, and with the base of the sweatband about one inch above the eyebrows.

 

[Vince57]

Didn't check all thread pages to see if that has already been discussed, but I thought it could be interesting to notice that the top-scoring fighter pilot of all times, Erich Hartmann, was tought to fly a glider by his own mother in the thirties, from a bio I read. Don't know what she was looking like, but from what her son achieved, guess she was a damn pretty good instructor!!!

 

[ndicki]

Here's USMC regulation for the garrison cover, or piss cutter: Garrison caps will be worn centered squarely or slightly tilted to the right, with the top unbroken, and with the base of the sweatband about one inch above the eyebrows.

Makes you look like you work for MacDonalds. We wear them tilted as far over to the right as they'll go without actually falling off!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Here's USMC regulation for the garrison cover, or piss cutter: Garrison caps will be worn centered squarely or slightly tilted to the right, with the top unbroken, and with the base of the sweatband about one inch above the eyebrows.

That was actually the same as the Army but now we wear the beret. Damn why do I keep typing "we". I am not in the Army anymore! Well I am still in the Inactive Reserve for 2 more years.

 

[ndicki]

My order of preference, just for fun (assuming that you aren't in imminent danger, though):

No1 Dress cap, (= peaked cap) coloured
Service Dress cap, (= peaked cap) khaki
Field Service cap, (= sidecap) coloured, worn properly!
Beret, tribal (= assorted colours according to job)
Field Service cap, khaki (no longer used)
Nasty camouflaged things with scrim in
Strip of torn face veil like Rambo
Helmets (never wore them)

Unfortunately, the days are gone when you could wear pretty hats with combat dress. Probably saves a few lives like that, though.

 

[v2]

Am I late?

 

[Matt308]

Hmmmm

 

[timshatz]

Yeah, offhand shot but not bad. What country is she with? Don't recognize the uniform.

 

[ndicki]

V2, can I have one like that? Netherlands? She's got British-style ranking.

 

[v2]

Looks to be Belgian. The jet is "FA-121" which is with 1 Sqdn at Florenne, if the database is correct.

 

[v2]

BAF F-16AM, #FA-121, in clean configuration with just fuel tanks at Florennes AB during a TLP session on February 3rd, 2004.

 

[timshatz]

Belgian?

Belgium has an air force?

Why?

 

[ndicki]

A. You're right, she is Belgian - spot the flag on her arm-patch:

B. Belgium has an air force in order to buy time for the French to get their engines into reverse gear in time.

 

[v2]

Belgian?

Belgium has an air force?

Why?

Something about Belgian Air Force:
Scramble on the Web - The Belgian Air Force