Why did you choose your squad name?

[49Jester]

Growing up a miltary aviation history buff (like most of us here) I enjoyed reading about the exploits of Dick Bong in his P-38 in the south pacific. So when I finally decided to go out on my own ...the 49th seemed like a logical squad name

[murraysa6]

See Rule #4

[phatzo]

from the Urban dictionary, pretty much sums it up

From the traditional Australian expression: "Don't come the raw prawn!" or "Don't come the raw prawn with me!", meaning: "Don't try to put one over me!" or "Don't treat me like a fool!".
Particularly used to indicate that the listener is aware of the speaker's ingenuousness, for example where the person to whom it's directed feigns innocence or naivety.
Etymology:
Some sources say it is a WWII Australian Army expression. As to why it arose: one suggestion is that the reason lies in cooked prawn being more palatable than raw prawn. However, anyone from a fishing background who has handled raw prawn flesh, will know that it is limp, wet and slippery; like the sort of people at whom this phrase is directed.
Manager: "I'm sorry, Dave, management has reviewed our operational requirements and found that your position cannot be justified financially".
Employee: "Don't you bloody come the raw prawn with me. I know it's you who wanted me out. At least have the guts to tell me to my face".

[icepac]

I wanted "spanish inquisition" because nobody expects me to show up where I eventually show up.........like tanking the strats from 3 sectors out or driving GV's to fields that have no spawns nearby.

Sadly, longer names get truncated so I went with "twilight zone" which still explains the nature of my missions.

I'll eventually join a squad but I'm pretty new and still exploring the extreme corners of the sim which doesn't really help any squads.

[guncrasher]

I wanted "spanish inquisition" because nobody expects me to show up where I eventually show up.........like tanking the strats from 3 sectors out or driving GV's to fields that have no spawns nearby.

Sadly, longer names get truncated so I went with "twilight zone" which still explains the nature of my missions.

I'll eventually join a squad but I'm pretty new and still exploring the extreme corners of the sim which doesn't really help any squads.

I remember you drove a tank for 2 hours to get to the strats, it took me 5 minutes to kill ya

semp

[Reschke]

Well to expand a little on the VF-17 name...I started the squadron in September of 2002 here in AH after my previous squadron closed up shop. That one was LJK and we had moved over from FA in late 2000/early 2001. I have always been a Corsair nut and didn't want to get stuck in the VMF rut by starting another VMF squadron in AH. At that time in the early days it seemed like everywhere I looked there were VMF units but only one other VF unit was around back then.

So I started VF-17 based on the historical squadron and its been going since then. I ran it from inception until 2006 and then I retired and its been through the wringer with different CO's and guys stepping up to not let the squadron disappear from the rolls in AH. Although I can bet that someone would have revived it eventually. Anyway that is the brief history behind it from my perspective and honestly this group that currently flies in VF-17 is probably the best group I have been associated with aside from the first group that joined up in the first few months I had the doors open. <S> to all past and present members of VF-17; thanks for being a part of this squadron for 9 years now.

[icepac]

I remember you drove a tank for 2 hours to get to the strats, it took me 5 minutes to kill ya

semp

That's part of the risks involved with that kind of mission.

I sit outside the range for flashing the strats until high buffs attack them which causes the flashing and all enemy to be climbing after buffs.

I usually use all my rockets and most of my shells to destroy the buildings and then drive just outside of the city flash limit and kill the train that supplies the factories I just shelled/rocketed a few times after that.

Most of the time, the enemy never knows I had been there unless they notice that one of the strats is near below 30% and stays there for a long period of time.

[BaldEagl]

I wanted "spanish inquisition" because nobody expects me to show up where I eventually show up.........like tanking the strats from 3 sectors out or driving GV's to fields that have no spawns nearby.

I used to do those types of missions all the time.

Once on the old Pizza map (you've never seen it) I had several kills and damage I wanted to land but as I rolled to my nearest base a sector and a half away it was captured.  Then the next one then the next one and so forth.  After 5 hours of driving all he bases I could get to were captured and I was finally captured in enemy territory.

I also once went on an eight hour PT boat ride.  I had damage on several factories and three kills along the way before I finally connected with a friendly task force and landed successfully.

On my three sector trips to target peolpe would fly over and ask if I was nuts.  Nope.  Just taking the scenic route.