I don't how long they did it for but during the Vietnam War they wanted their pilots to have experience on the ground since for the most part they were tasked with ground support.
So which ship, from which series do you like the most? Most practical? Should the pilot be flying as unencumbered as possible or in a space suit?
All Marine officers, regardless of MOS, do go through The Basic School after OCS where they learn how to lead an infantry platoon, it's the officer equivalent to MCT (Marine Combat Training) for enlisted Marines. However, to the best of my knowledge, this never meant that Marine pilots would do a tour as an infantry officer. What they would sometimes get assigned to would be FAC (Forward Air Controller) duty because, as pilots, they would be better able to communicate with their fellow pilots when directing them in on ground attack runs because they'd know the best ways in and out of a target zone and what obstacles or dangers to look out for. But I don't know if the Corps still does this, not with the advent of the JTAC. With JTACs, who are, from what I understand, enlisted specialists, I'm not sure that FACs are deployed by either the Air Force or the Marines anymore.
For pure realism, the B5 Star Fury can't be beat. But for a WWII style dogfight, the best that I can recall seeing is the X-Wing. It's not too wide like an A-Wing so you can see below you without having to angle your fighter, and it actually has some rearward visibility, if a bit restricted.
I actually likeJohn Boy in space
One of my favorites too. Very corny, but how can you go wrong with a ship, with breasts, lol.I actually likeJohn Boy in space
I think that's what Sybil Danning was for
I love this since it came out and watch it to this day. I hope someone picks it up and runs with it. Please not like Galactica. They ruined it with reboot. Also, they could run 2 different storylines if they would in reality use Marines as pilots and grunts similar to the sci-fi show StarShip Troopers.
Better to have two different sets of characters or just have the cast be either pilots or grunts, not both. The whole idea of pilots who double as gunts simply because the Marine Corps says that every Marine is a rifleman first is just plain stupid. Aside from that it would be horribly expensive to have a grunt squad made up entirely of officers who are also trained fighter pilots, they would also suck at both of their jobs when compared to dedicated pilots and dedicated grunts. Unless they trained practically 24-7 there's not enough time for them to become truly proficient either in the sky or on the ground since they'd be splitting their training time between the two.
