Saturday, January 19, 2008
lm leaving not on a jet plane but on a C-130 in 2 days time... for those who dunno how a C-130 look like, click here... and im coming back from thailand on the 4th of feb on a Fokker F-50... so i can be considered one of the lucky few NSFs to have to chance to experience a ride in 2 of the aircrafts in the singapore air force... and its gonna be one hell of a experience i think as the ride from here to thailand is going to take 4 hours!!! and its damn boring on the plane, no games to movies to watch, no pretty air stewardess, no nice cushion seats and you wont be able to sleep well coz the sound of the engine is too loud!!!
dunno why im not really eager to go for this exercise although this cope tiger exercise gonna be a major one which involves singapore, thailand and the united stated... as compared to the concluded K3 live firing, im really not that keen... maybe becoz its all about the results this time round... seriously when i heard the obejctives set for us by our OC, i was very upset... 100% splashes on all targets... say until its very easy... its gonna be a new experience for us seeing new flight profiles and aircarfts which we have nvr previously encounted and he expect us to achieve perfect record... not that i dun wan to achieve it but at least set a realistic one... so whats gonna happen if we dun achieve it??? cancel our nights out??? cancel our live day??? throw us in for every exercise even though we are the senior platoon??? i have no idea but you can be sure our heads will be on the chopping board if we juz let one miserly aircraft slip through our radar... thats always the case isn't it... our heads are easier to offer to the people at the top than your i guess...
now u can see why im not really keen on going... all these is dampening our spirits and add to the fact that our overseas allowance is being eaten up... well, i hope that everything turns out well of course since our platoon pride is at stake... i vow to track down every single flyboy out there to show to everyone that we are not the Best Firing Unit just in name only...
2 more days... C-130 rolling down a street...
some photos...
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