VMM-263 will be returning to the states without their Ospreys
Thats not surprising, 53's been doing it for a long time now...I can't imagine any of the other airframes not doing it save the Jet guys...
VMM-263 will be returning to the states without their Ospreys
Thats not surprising, 53's been doing it for a long time now...I can't imagine any of the other airframes not doing it save the Jet guys...
The Air Force does it with their jets. Just makes sense to not put all that unneccesary airframe fatigue on a plane just to fly it from one part of the world to the other.
What about the difference in fatigue when you're flying daily combat missions in a harsh environment with field maintenance versus stateside routine w/ stateside maintenance?
Seems to me you could develop a large discrepancy between non-deployed and deployed aircraft. Makes sense to me to have all your aircraft about the same point in their service life... wouldn't that help with large scale upgrade efforts and replacement by lots?
The Air Force does it with their jets. Just makes sense to not put all that unneccesary airframe fatigue on a plane just to fly it from one part of the world to the other.
Yes but you put how many hours of flight time and burn up how much jet fuel just for the sake of flying a dozen fighters from one end of the world to the other and replacing them with a dozen more. It just makes more sense to just leave a set number of aircraft in theatre and rotate personel through.
It just makes more sense to just leave a set number of aircraft in theatre and rotate personel through.
Harriers do it all the time. Terrible idea.
IMHO it erodes the sense of ownership in your jets. It always takes a month or so on each end receiving the other jets, getting to know their persistent gripes, decoding the passdown books, and un-assing what brand X has done.
Squadrons tend to really wear out their jets the last month or so prior to the turnover. Very little TLC. Nobody ever admits it, but in a month or so, it isn't their problem.
Then you get back home, get you jets from brand X, and find out that they, too have worn the crap out of them getting all of their predeployment training done and left them in a stinking heap on the flightline.
It's a watseful strategy, although it sounds good on paper.
Anyone ever think of doing an empirical study (comparing logs or whatnot) and putting the "good idea" to rest?
Harriers do it all the time. Terrible idea.
IMHO it erodes the sense of ownership in your jets. It always takes a month or so on each end receiving the other jets, getting to know their persistent gripes, decoding the passdown books, and un-assing what brand X has done.
Squadrons tend to really wear out their jets the last month or so prior to the turnover. Very little TLC. Nobody ever admits it, but in a month or so, it isn't their problem.
Then you get back home, get you jets from brand X, and find out that they, too have worn the crap out of them getting all of their predeployment training done and left them in a stinking heap on the flightline.
It's a wasteful strategy, although it sounds good on paper.
What about the difference in fatigue when you're flying daily combat missions in a harsh environment with field maintenance versus stateside routine w/ stateside maintenance?
Seems to me you could develop a large discrepancy between non-deployed and deployed aircraft. Makes sense to me to have all your aircraft about the same point in their service life... wouldn't that help with large scale upgrade efforts and replacement by lots?
OK, devil's advocate here. How has the SSBN force managed to do it with Blue/Gold crews for so long then?I heard the same thing about the whole grand 'Sea Swap' idea with the Navy, where they turn over a ship at 6 month intervals to different crews. A grand experiment that the brass seemed happy with but talking to a few of the sailors that took part, lots of buffoonery when it came to maintenance.
I believe they want to make that standard with the LCS's, if they ever come on line.
OK, devil's advocate here. How has the SSBN force managed to do it with Blue/Gold crews for so long then?
OK, devil's advocate here. How has the SSBN force managed to do it with Blue/Gold crews for so long then?
I believe they want to make that standard with the LCS's, if they ever come on line.