AIRLANT visit Q&A

[squorch2]

1) Helo CAG... HAHAHAHAHAHA
2) No towing for Sierra - 53s will continue to det to Bahrain
3) Iran - blah blah blah
4) IAs down to 5000 from 14000 two years ago
5) FDNFs in Rota and Singapore (!)
6) UAVs, the wave of the future, today!
7) Retirement not likely to change for people currently in
8) "due course" career path definitely not likely to change

I'm sure there were other points, but that's all I remember.

 

[bert]

Re: #5:

While I normally don't endorse blue-on-blue crime, if we ever really put an FDNF squadron in Singapore (and there are a ton of reasons why we wouldn't, most of them money related) you can feel free to stab as many of your peers in the back as necessary to get a billet there.

A jury of your peers would acquit you.

 

[Brett327]

I found Singapore to be a little too antiseptic for my tastes. It was like partying at the Epcott center in Disney World. Rota, on the other hand - sign me up.

 

[bert]

I knew some locals and ex-pats there, so I'm sure that improved my visits. COLA would be a nice touch as well.

All that said, I wouldn't be holding my breath for it.

 

[KBayDog]

1) Helo CAG... HAHAHAHAHAHA

I almost lost my shit with that one...

Jim123 suspected that was an AW-planted question.

 

[squorch2]

I almost lost my shit with that one...

Jim123 suspected that was an AW-planted question.

I'm outing myself here, but whatever - that was me. Not a planted question, unless the mind control rays are working again. I definitely took inspiration from the helo CAG discussion here.

 

[KBayDog]

I'm outing myself here, but whatever - that was me. Not a planted question, unless the mind control rays are working again. I definitely took inspiration from the helo CAG discussion here.

Well done! You nearly had me in tears.

 

[illinijoe05]

Please expound on the no towing for sierra's. Is that just for now, or is the whole OAMCM program getting the ax?

 

[squorch2]

Ax. "The 60 is not a viable tow platform."

 

[bert]

Ax. "The 60 is not a viable tow platform."

Well, at least nobody can say "I told you so".

Or almost everybody can. I'm sure it is one of the two. Just another example where the program would have been fine at double the cost and schedule and honest appraisals of where it stood. But as-is it was always going to fail.

 

[SynixMan]

For my clarification, FDNF means based there with family and whatnot, ala Atusgi/Okinawa? Sign me the hell up for Rota.

 

[Brett327]

Wonder what the shift in thinking is for Rota. We had a much larger presence there 15 years ago with permanent VQ and constant VP deployments.

Brett

 

[helolumpy]

Wonder what the shift in thinking is for Rota. We had a much larger presence there 15 years ago with permanent VQ and constant VP deployments.

BMD capability.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Wonder what the shift in thinking is for Rota. We had a much larger presence there 15 years ago with permanent VQ and constant VP deployments.

Brett

Would have been an awesome recruitment tool for the P-3 bubbas......would have made me seriously consider that prospect

 

[OnTopTime]

Would have been an awesome recruitment tool for the P-3 bubbas......would have made me seriously consider that prospect

You betcha. I did a couple dets there from Sig to catch STROG inchoppers/outchoppers, plus the random RO1Ns in transit. Great memories of tapas hoppin'.