Naval Aviation "A" School in Millington, TN

[wcam...@datastar.net]

I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
info on this place?
Casey Cameron
wcam...@datastar.net

[J.D. Baldwin]

In article <336e9ce3...@news1.alterdial.uu.net>,

<wcam...@datastar.net> wrote:
>I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
>Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
>info on this place?

The Pulled Pig Platter at the golf course (over on the airfield side,
which I believe is now defunct) is excellent. And if you don't get
down to the Rendezvous (rib joint) and Beale Street (home of some
unbelievable blues joints), you will be missing some of the most
sublime experiences this life has to offer.
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[James Corley]

In <336e9ce3...@news1.alterdial.uu.net> wcam...@datastar.net
writes:

>
>I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
>Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
>info on this place?

> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

Just north of Memphis,suburb. Go to Graceland, but only if you want to
see something out of the Beverly Hillbillies! Good God, the 60s and 70s
were tacky!

[DRC]

wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
>
> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

--
Millington was not that great but Memphis is. BE SURE TO TAKE A CAR if
you
have one. Millinton is the worst place to get stuck without wheels, at
least it was in 1975!!

DRC
USN-USNR

[Richard H Gassan]

wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
: I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
: Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
: info on this place?
: Casey Cameron
: wcam...@datastar.net

I'm sure it's become much more splendid than the muddy, gray-skied, bleak
little slice of Tennessee scrubland it was in 1978.... Sure it has.

Bring a car. The base itself lacks...something...hm...what is it... oh,
yea, interest.

Richard
gas...@history.umass.edu

[Jim & Irene White]

wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
>
> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

ALL THE SCHOOL ARE IN PENSACOLA FL. MOST ALL ARE FULL. YOU MAY BE
ASSINED TO A JOB, BEFORE YOU GET IN TO A CLASS.

[KIMANDJIML]

I spent four long years there. After A school I was given orders to MAG-42
on Northside. There are worse places to be stationed. But, you need a car
or you'll be stuck in Millingstone with no hope of having any sort of life
while your there.
Jim

[David K. Bryant]

jo...@dnc.net (John Mosbarger) writes:

>On Tue, 06 May 1997 02:54:48 GMT, wcam...@datastar.net wrote:

>>I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
>>Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
>>info on this place?

> Ah, yes,. Naval Air Technical Training Center, affectionately
>known as Naval Air Testicle Twisting Center. Was there in 66-67. Is
>the Sailor Tailor still in Millington?

Hey, I was there in '67 too.

[CJ Martin]

I was there in 83-84. What a place. What a drag...

If you are going there, my advice is to make sure you have a car, so
you can excape the base and that hellhole town, Memphis is cool.

Hehe, I wonder if the 'Anchor' club is still going. I barfed on the
pool table there one night...

CJ

[AA767ER]

Welcome to the world of Navair, I started my aviation career there in 1983
at AV "A" school, at the time thats where AT's, AQ's, and AX's went, but
from what I understand AQ's and AX's no longer exsist. Your getting into a
great career field, even though I was an AT, are shops were combined
AE/AT. If your planing to get into the civil field afterwards try to get
"O" level, i.e. squadron. I'ved worked for Lockheed, DEA, general
aviation, and now AA. Even know I needed an A&P license to get these jobs,
I was always hired as a avionics tech. Over half of the avionics crew on
the 767 line I work are either ex-navy or marine avionics or electrical
types.

Good Luck,

Jim
By the way you're gonna find out that AE stands for Aviation Everything

[privett]

Yes I too was there in "67, going to Instructor school for NAMTD.
Bob Privett, ATC retired.
pri...@cris.com

[CJ Martin]

In the east coast Tomcat world of the mid 80's, we had an IWT shop
(AT/AQ) and an AE shop.

BTW, the nickname for an AE is "one wire"...because they never can
seem to fix anything that has more than one wire...<G>

Boy, do I have some good AE stories...like the time a couple of AE's
replaced the speedbrake switch in the throttle...the next time the jet
was flown (by the XO!), the speedbrakes would pop out every time the
#1 UHF radio was keyed...

..or the time the AE's miss-wired a relay, so that every time the
pilot would hit the DLC/chaff button on the stick, the spoilers would
come out (and chaff would be expended)!

..or when we IWTer's were stuck with a gripe on an AWG-9 antenna that
we could not fiigure out. The antenna went bad in flight was changed,
and then would not work...even if "known good" antennas were hung on
the jet (and BTW, robbing an antenna SUCKS!). All the voltages read
good...what gives? Later during an engine turn, I ran up the radar
(IWT was required to supply a backseater during maintenace turns in
order to run certain tests) and was shocked to hear the antenna come
on line, and check good! Turns out that when we removed the original
(bad) antenna, but before we hung the new one, the AE's had rewired
the ground power contactors...and got the phases messed up!
Arrrggghhh!!!!

Ah, the good ole days...

CJ
(former AT2, VF-33 Starfighters)

[DonSS3]

Did the AW "A" school thing in winter of 1975. I didn't think Memphis
would be THAT cold!
AW-1 (Ret)

Don

According to Hemingway:
"There are only three true sports; Auto Racing, Bullfighting and Mountain climbing. All the rest are children's games at which men play."

[David K. Bryant]

privett <pri...@cris.com> writes:

>Yes I too was there in "67, going to Instructor school for NAMTD.

I got my NAMTD Instructor Training after I went back in '69
for AVIB.

[Mark & Page Gioielli]

cma...@origin.ea.com (CJ Martin) wrote:

>>

>In the east coast Tomcat world of the mid 80's, we had an IWT shop
>(AT/AQ) and an AE shop.

>BTW, the nickname for an AE is "one wire"...because they never can
>seem to fix anything that has more than one wire...<G>

Heh Heh, in the East Coast A-6 community, we also referred to them as
"spark chasers."

Millington....I had heard recently that it was closed....if not, GET A
CAR!!! Silky O'Sullivan's in Memphis was one of the bars of choice
(81-82).

The bars in Millington that I remember were: The Brig, The Anchor, The
Longbranch (became off-limits), and The Pier 2.

I also remember finding out what 19 degrees below zero felt
like....brrrrrr

[KIMANDJIML]

The Stage Stop was the big hang out while I was there.
Jim

[DRC]

--
Is Overtons Square in Memphis still there? Bars galore. Frequented the
place in '74. Do remember the Pier 2 had great pizzas

DRC

[BiNM]

David K. Bryant <dbr...@netcom.com> wrote:
: I got my NAMTD Instructor Training after I went back in '69
: for AVIB.

I was there in 68 going to AT "A" school and some AFU "P" school. Did
instructor school at Miramar and taught at VF-124 FRAMP.

Re-enlisted in 69 to get "B" school but never went back to Millington
because I never asked for my "B" school slot.

BiNM

[DRC]

Robert Reiss wrote:

>
> In rec.aviation.military.naval, wcam...@datastar.net writes:
> >I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> >Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> >info on this place?

> > Casey Cameron
> > wcam...@datastar.net
>
> The NATTC wa moved to Pensacola, FL at the end of last year as a
> result of the BRAC process. The naval facility at Millington is currently
> slated to be the site of the Bureau of Naval Personnel beginning next
> year (it's presently manned by a skeleton staff).
>
> Bob Reiss
> re...@lccneta.dt.navy.mil

--
Where in Pensacola did they put NATTC, Sherman, Whiting or Cory Field?

A whole lot more to do in Pensacola than Millington (been in both
places),
Fort Pickens and Barancas, Naval Air Museum, the beaches, the fishing,
etc....

I hope you get there in the summertime Casey, BUT you'll still need a
car !!

DRC

ps... the Blue Angels homecoming airshow at NAS Pensacola in November is
the
best I have ever seen.....

[Robert Reiss]

[Edgerfam]

I passed through there in 1990 and it wasn't too bad. The base itself is
way out in the boonies. On Fridays they used to have a cattle car run a
bunch of marines and navy people right into the middle of Memphis. Lots
of fun, but watch out about getting too trashed.

The barracks are a step up from boot camp (of course) and the liberty
policy seemed pretty liberal (I was an E-6 going to the instructor school
at the time, so all I know is what I observed driving around the base).
Across the main road is a golf course and riding stable. The gym is
medium size and the pool is olympic size I think. The ex Seals at the
pool will hook you up with a skydiving club too. They have a nice movie
theater/deli/resturant complex also.

If you can bring a car then by all means bring it. There isn't much to
see outside the gate and all the non-seedy bars are a drive. Of course
the club on base is nice-if you don't mind the 100 to 1ratio of men to
women!

I thought the air station part was being turned over to the city? What
school are you going to?

TTYL.

-David (ex AW1)

[GaylordT]

I almost forgot the "AVIATION" School in Millington . Any one else there
in 1950?

Is Krump Stadium still there ?

On Liberty we used to go to the "T" dace in town and had to bring your own
bottle and dance with the Girls. Tenn was a dry state.
GAYL...@AOL.COM

[M Tipton]

Its a "Tropical Paradise" !

Since the move to Pensacola, the local economy has boomed. Used car sales
are up, Real-estate market up. As for "A" school, well its allot better
facility
than that in Millington!

M

Robert Reiss <re...@oasys.dt.navy.mil> wrote in article
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On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

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On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

Dont do youre homework in the EM club

[jacks...@gmail.com]

Millington was ok. I learned to fly there. I went to AO A School there in 1990. But in my free time took flying lessons. I went to Aircrew school first in Pensacola. Going from NAS Pensacola to NAS Millington was like going from Beverly Hills to Compton.

[daf...@yahoo.gr]

Τη Τρίτη, 6 Μαΐου 1997 - 10:00:00 π.μ. UTC+3, ο χρήστης wcam...@datastar.net έγραψε:

> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

Hi was there from april to septemper 1991 for AE A1 training good luck, i had a wonderfull time . I was sent thre by the Greek Navy.

[tfra...@gmail.com]

On Friday, May 9, 1997 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, CJ Martin wrote:
> In article <19970509012...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, aa7...@aol.com (AA767ER) wrote:
> >Welcome to the world of Navair, I started my aviation career there in 1983
> >at AV "A" school, at the time thats where AT's, AQ's, and AX's went, but
> >from what I understand AQ's and AX's no longer exsist. Your getting into a
> >great career field, even though I was an AT, are shops were combined
> >AE/AT. If your planing to get into the civil field afterwards try to get
> >"O" level, i.e. squadron. I'ved worked for Lockheed, DEA, general
> >aviation, and now AA. Even know I needed an A&P license to get these jobs,
> >I was always hired as a avionics tech. Over half of the avionics crew on
> >the 767 line I work are either ex-navy or marine avionics or electrical
> >types.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> >
> > Jim
> >By the way you're gonna find out that AE stands for Aviation Everything
>

> In the east coast Tomcat world of the mid 80's, we had an IWT shop
> (AT/AQ) and an AE shop.
>
> BTW, the nickname for an AE is "one wire"...because they never can
> seem to fix anything that has more than one wire...<G>
>

> Boy, do I have some good AE stories...like the time a couple of AE's
> replaced the speedbrake switch in the throttle...the next time the jet
> was flown (by the XO!), the speedbrakes would pop out every time the
> #1 UHF radio was keyed...
>
> ..or the time the AE's miss-wired a relay, so that every time the
> pilot would hit the DLC/chaff button on the stick, the spoilers would
> come out (and chaff would be expended)!
>
> ..or when we IWTer's were stuck with a gripe on an AWG-9 antenna that
> we could not fiigure out. The antenna went bad in flight was changed,
> and then would not work...even if "known good" antennas were hung on
> the jet (and BTW, robbing an antenna SUCKS!). All the voltages read
> good...what gives? Later during an engine turn, I ran up the radar
> (IWT was required to supply a backseater during maintenace turns in
> order to run certain tests) and was shocked to hear the antenna come
> on line, and check good! Turns out that when we removed the original
> (bad) antenna, but before we hung the new one, the AE's had rewired
> the ground power contactors...and got the phases messed up!
> Arrrggghhh!!!!
>
> Ah, the good ole days...
>
> CJ
> (former AT2, VF-33 Starfighters)

Yes, NATTC was the good ole days. I was an AE. Made the Day (capt. mast). I snuck a girl into the barracks, asshole roommate reported me... lol Never did like the Navy 4.0 assholes...

[social...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

I was in Boot Camp at Great Lakes NTC Summer of 1949, some of us from our Boot Camp Company got sent to Millington Fall of 1949. First week we were tested to see how good we were at soldering electrical wires. I stayed there for Aviation Machinist Mate School, and two of my friends who wanted to be an Aviation Bo'sun mate because they worked with their dad who was a plumber, got that, ended up on the Catapults on the ... forgot the carrier, might have been the Boxer.
My final test was to change the fuel pump on an F4F, simple, no problem, got shipped to VP-42 at North Island NAS. I liked San Diego, had to rent a locker for our civilian clothes, lots of clubs, lots of things to do locally and in Mexico ...
Some months later, I was changing spark plugs on a PBM Mariner, Chief yelled up at me to pack my seabags.
Why Chief?
You're going to sea.
Where do I go?
The ship at the end of the dock.
Next day, seabag on my shoulder, no back pack straps, I boarded CV-47 USS Philippine Sea headed for the Korean War, this was the start of the Korean War. I ended up pumping gas as an Aviation Bo'sun Mate and most of us from North Island were placed in all kinds of jobs where sailors were still on leave, having a good time in Mexico, etc.
I swore in for three years, but President Truman gave me a One Year Extension, he could not win the Korean War without me and those of us who joined for three years ... ended up three years and ten months, and then became a Reborn Civilian !!!! GI BILL etc. etc. ETC.
Re: Millington, rode the bus to Memphis, did not know about Elvis in 1949, my pay was about $80 a month, don't recall exactly, but time at Millington NAS went by quickly, don't recall much about what we did when we were not in school .... I liked Memphis, did not know much then, no Google, no Internet to learn, only had Life magazine and National Geographic at the barber shop, etc. to learn more about the world .....

[xair...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

I went there in the Summer of 1978, after the USS Constellation CV 64 WestPac "77-78" Cruise. I Attended ADJ portion of the Aviation Program.
I drove from NAS North Island San Diego, California to Naval Aviation "A" School in Millington, TN.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millington,_Tennessee


Take a Vehicle with you if you have one.

ADJ/GSM 1 Russell

[Marti...@yahoo.com]

I was at AE school in millington in 1978 and 1979.I dated a Filipino girl who was a dancer at one of those seedy bars in millington.Talk about sharing your girlfriend!

[xair...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 5:44:19 PM UTC-4, Marti...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I was at AE school in millington in 1978 and 1979.I dated a Filipino girl who was a dancer at one of those seedy bars in millington.Talk about sharing your girlfriend!

Sounds GREAT Drew Martiin / Martiin Drew ??

BTW Happy 4th
2 U & Ur's

[brianch...@gmail.com]

I barfed on the same pool table in 1989

[pilot...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, wcam...@datastar.net wrote:
> I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> info on this place?
> Casey Cameron
> wcam...@datastar.net

Went to A school in Millington, March-May 1984. Hot, humid, crappy place to be. Memphis was cool, but I had to rent a car to get there. I also rode my first horse there on base....there was a little horse stable there where you could rent a horse for like 3 bucks an hour. I also took 2 or 3 flying lessons at the flying club. That was really cool! Also met a really cute girl who was way too young, but she was horny as hell. Ah, the memories!!

[Steven Hill]

On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, James Corley wrote:
> In <336e9ce3...@news1.alterdial.uu.net> wcam...@datastar.net

> writes:
> >
> >I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
> >Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
> >info on this place?
> > Casey Cameron
> > wcam...@datastar.net
>

> Just north of Memphis,suburb. Go to Graceland, but only if you want to
> see something out of the Beverly Hillbillies! Good God, the 60s and 70s
> were tacky!
I was there in 1969/70 attending AD(J) school then a "C" school for helicopters and from there to Imperial Beach, Ca.
Ream Field, if I remember correctly. Spent many nights watching sun go down and then rise again before I went home.
Then, after a few years, they closed the base and made it NALF Ream Field. Anyway, on to your questions.
Watch out for hookers in town, never go with one as it is a setup for getting rolled or killed. There were some stables there where I used to go riding, very enjoyable if it is still there. Play it safe. There wasn't much more there that I remember now. We stayed in scraggly old wooden barracks that were falling apart.
Best thing to do is study hard for those promotions. After I got out, I spent 39 1/2 years working at Pratt & Whitney and retired. I was making over $48 an hour when I retired. Would still be working if it wasn't for the cancer. Good Luck.