On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 06:27:44 GMT, "Navin R. Johnson"
wrote:

I rented The Great Santini the other night and was surprised to find out
that the Marines had fighter pilots. I thought the only USAF and Navy had
the fighter pilots.

Wow, are you going to catch it over this one :-) (assuming that this
is not a troll).

The USMC has had "fighter pilots" since the 1930's and some of the
very best "fighter pilots" at that. They currently fly the F/A-18 and
the AV-8.

Al Minyard