Fly Navy said:
K-Bay will close or the VPs will leave it?
VP is only one of many tennant commands/missions at Kbay. IF down the road VP was to reconsolidate, the base would still be there for the 53s and 60s (aviation side).
I just wonder as a community how this is supposed to work. I sat through a "what if" brief back in my squadron a couple years ago, talking about centralizing VP, but the BIG counterpush was that we effectively would do away with a slew of CO/XO slots (squadrons) if the community went that route. Also, some talk about doing "away" with the deployed squadron rotation, and instead have det forward positions. Yada yada yada, I am sure there are a million and one other "what if" scenarios out there and the ppl that put them together got their respective NAM or NCM or whatever.
Bottom line, 2019 is a LONG way away. I think it is a given that you are going to see some dramatic shifts with a new airframe coming online. The main thing, the missions and need for MPRA are still there (I see it on a daily basis doing my job), it is just a question of how many P8s are going to be purchased, and how long they are going to keep the P3s flying during the transition.