New AirWarriors Header

[Minnesota Tomcat]

I don't know if there's a thread about it anywhere yet, but that's awesome. It screams 'Murica and Naval Aviation all in one beautifully done header. Bravo.

Bravo on the very classy header! I am duly impressed!

 

[HokiePilot]

I have talked to a few former Army now Coastie DCAs. They get even get Naval Helo Pilot numbers issued to them out of the list the TW-5 maintains.

 

[jmcquate]

"Gypsy 201"...................NICE!

 

[webmaster]

Stole it from a member's FB feed! Thanks @HeyJoe !

 

[EODDave]

Gypsy Roll!

 

[PropStop]

LAME! LAME!

P-3 or I'm going home. Make it happen!

 

[jmcquate]

VF-32 old school beat down............remember kiddies to turn the volume up on the heat growl.

 

[UMichfly]

Great picture! Really nice work hiding the stick holding it up!

 

[robav8r]

The Tomcat never, ever gets old !!!

 

[Hotdogs]

http://www.janes.com/article/42729/uh-1n-huey-retired-from-usmc-service

Not a Huey guy myself, but the UH-1N airframe is one of the last Marine Corps platform to actually have served since the Vietnam timeframe (Might be some reserve 46s still out there though...not sure) and has been sundowned with in the last couple of months replaced with the new UH-1Y. Oldest BuNo dates back to around '71 IIRC. Might be worth a new header once the F-14 one gets some mileage on it. The current one is pretty sharp too btw.

 

[wink]

http://www.janes.com/article/42729/uh-1n-huey-retired-from-usmc-service

Not a Huey guy myself, but the UH-1N airframe is one of the last Marine Corps platform to actually have served since the Vietnam timeframe (Might be some reserve 46s still out there though...not sure) and has been sundowned with in the last couple of months replaced with the new UH-1Y. Oldest BuNo dates back to around '71 IIRC. Might be worth a new header once the F-14 one gets some mileage on it. The current one is pretty sharp too btw.

Agree. Celebrate the Huey on the occasion of the old "N" retirement. Hueys are long gone from the Army. The USAF operates about 60 "Ns" for ICBM security/log, some resurrected from USMC cast offs. How is that for a turn about.

 

[jmcquate]

USAF still fly a handful of Hueys out of Andrews for VIP transport.

 

[Flash]

VF-32 old school beat down............remember kiddies to turn the volume up on the heat growl.

A Tomcat guy in my first squadron gave us a rundown about how that fight went, it wasn't pretty from the Tomcat side of things.

 

[Hotdogs]

USAF still fly a handful of Hueys out of Andrews for VIP transport.

Correct, but my point is that it is not a tactical aircraft anymore and essentially being used for admin, and is no longer used in USMC service anymore. I don't have a huge dog in this fight, but realized the lack of attention with regards to the UH-1N retirement. Just food for thought for the future.

 

[Flash]

USAF still fly a handful of Hueys out of Andrews for VIP transport.

Correct, but my point is that it is not a tactical aircraft anymore and essentially being used for admin, and is no longer used in USMC service anymore. I don't have a huge dog in this fight, but realized the lack of attention with regards to the UH-1N retirement. Just food for thought for the future.

We can just commemorate it's retirement from the USMC, we don't care much for the USAF on this site anyways...