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Please tell me that those are starting pay grades...
Uh, nope!
There's still E-1 and E-2 grades...
What happened to the minimum wage of $15 an hour? And considering (at least it was when I was on active duty) that you are "on" 24 hours a day, the pay shrinks considerably. And I don't recall getting overtime when working 6 14 hour shifts a week when in the sandbox.
They didn't/don't. That was a backhanded remark directed to Unions and Democrats demanding $15 an hour living wage for McDonald's burger flippers. I don't see them demanding $15 an hour for soldiers who do much more and suffer for it.When did active duty get $15/hr?
Not when I was in...lol
They didn't/don't. That was a backhanded remark directed to Unions and Democrats demanding $15 an hour living wage for McDonald's burger flippers. I don't see them demanding $15 an hour for soldiers who do much more and suffer for it.
P-39s never even came close to shooting down 15 Zekes over Moresby. Try a maximum of 7, but probably closer to 5,
Ratios for overall P-39/A6M losses are better. All up losses are around 30 for the Zekes to about 60 for the P-39s, though some sources say many more.
Tainan lost 11-13 pilots to P-39s during this period.Between April and November 1942 in operations over New Guinea, Rabaul and Northern Australia, 81 Allied aircraft shot down can be directly attributed to Tainan pilots - 17 Kittyhawks/Warhawks, 38 P-39/P-400s, five A-24s, one Hudson, 10 B-25s, 5 B-26s, 5 B-17s.
What source data?Tainan lost 11-13 pilots to P-39s during this period.
When I was in the USAF eons ago, 1965, E-3 was called airman 2nd class, and my base pay was about $140 a month.
Let's face it; you sign the papers, raise your right hand and swear the oath, you are trading citizenship for indentured servitude. Civilian standards, expectations, and privileges no longer apply. Some folks luck out and achieve a near civilian lifestyle, others bust their hump and get nothing but shat upon. Who said life is fair?I don't see them demanding $15 an hour for soldiers who do much more and suffer for it.
Seaman Recruit, (E-1), boot camp 1970: $87/Mo. Upon graduation, I got instant advance to Airman (E-3), $150/Mo, because of prior education. Found out after I was in, that if I'd told my recruiter about my 2 years bus driving experience and childhood tractor driving, I would have gone in as an instant E-5 SeaBee. Apparently they were desperate for all kinds of drivers and equipment operators, but nobody from Great Lakes RTC was getting orders to SeaBee billets. They must have had their own separate pipeline. IIRC E-5 back then was circa $255/Mo, and I missed out on some of the world's garden spots, such as Cam Ranh Bay, the Mekong Delta, and Diego Garcia.There's still E-1 and E-2 grades...
What happened to the minimum wage of $15 an hour?
Hell, that's more than I live on right now. Guess I outta go re-up!
Tainan lost 11-13 pilots to P-39s during this period.
And, due to lack of effective warning, the P-39s mostly entered combat with an altitude and speed disadvantage (bounced from 6 o'clock high while in an intercept climb), not the best scenario to display the Airacobra's stronger points. Ask Biff what that means in a lackluster mount. An Eagle surprising a Phantom, maybe?The Japanese were on the attack, having to deal with flak weather and a mountain range to a much greater extent than either of the US FGs,
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P-40 vs. Yak-1 vs. Hurricane
What I am saying here is, the P-39 was never given the chance to be
like the other USAAF fighters. Even so, it was no slouch. It juts could not
go up high where all the other AF fighters designated for such could.
For the most part you are right sir. North Africa and the Eastern Front of Russia are notThe enemy unfairly insisted on fighting at altitudes where the P-39 couldn't compete?