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Rocketman99 · July 17th, 2005, 23:29

I am active duty AF and the training is being given at Kadena. In terms of travel, Okinawa is just as far from Iwakuni MCAS as Tokyo for all practical purposes, so he elected to come down here instead of heading to Yokota.

After flying out here operationally for almost 4 years, I can say I would not want to learn how to fly at a base in Japan. You lose a lot of the weather/XC/flight plan practice you would get in the states flying overseas. The ideas and procedures may be the same, but the forms and information are different Plus, leaving the local area means talking to Japanese controllers and that is no easy task even though they're speaking English!

July 17th, 2005, 23:29	#9
Rocketman99 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: On your left shoulder holding a pitchfork Posts: 1,046	Re: 3 week wonder? I am active duty AF and the training is being given at Kadena. In terms of travel, Okinawa is just as far from Iwakuni MCAS as Tokyo for all practical purposes, so he elected to come down here instead of heading to Yokota. After flying out here operationally for almost 4 years, I can say I would not want to learn how to fly at a base in Japan. You lose a lot of the weather/XC/flight plan practice you would get in the states flying overseas. The ideas and procedures may be the same, but the forms and information are different Plus, leaving the local area means talking to Japanese controllers and that is no easy task even though they're speaking English!