I'll back up lowflier03 at the expense of breaking my 3 year self-imposed silence on here. HSC-25 was slower than a bunch of ASW dudes in HS-14. Believe it.
Interesting because I am on the det that HS-14 flew with a very short time ago when one of our birds went down, and that's not what we saw.... We have video proof that we may or may not post on youtube which shows our bird picking a load, dropping on the carrier, picking a load of retro and clearing the deck ALL while a certain HS-14 bird is on short final to the hookup man. And this was our second operational vertrep.... for both pilots in the bird.
Pick, drop, retro pick, depart... all while one bird goes from final to a 30ft hover (yeah, that high... and scared to come down) over the hookup man... hmmmm... just sayin'. :icon_wink
I'm sure perspective accounts for a lot, but it can only be so cut and dry before you have to admit defeat.
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100529-N-0754Y-273 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 29, 2010) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters, assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command fleet dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7), conduct a vertical replenishment with the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is underway from its permanently forward-deployed port at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka for combat operations efficiency evaluation in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Justin E. Yarborough/Released)
Nice! I'm right seat in the heads-on bird... Why is 06 perched? Well... I wasn't doing the picks that day...
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