Search results

In Hot, dry places wear brown. In hot, wet places (like the Philippines) wear green. The color should serve as some camouflage for a downed aviator.

It's not just PR, the Blues are a huge re recruiting tool. How many folks saw the Blues as a kids, dreamed of doing that are now members of this board??? I am. Not saying it was wrong to cancel the season, I'm just saying the Blues do provide a benefit for Big Navy besides PR.

Depends on the Air Station. Some may elect to continue with a scaled down show using civie and local units. The Blues will also do fly-ins to Air Stations to do static display, media and other type events. They still are going to fly (single ship) they just don't have the money to maintain...

Visible moisture won't reflect a 16 inch shell back to the firing platform, you can't say the same for a laser.

Until we start blinding 20,000 fishermen in the Gulf or in C7F AO!!

So, does everyone on the ship need laser eye protection? http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/08/navy-unveils-drone-killing-laser-video How about every ship in the area when you fire this thing off? We're going to start using lasers in the Gulf... what's the worst that could happen????

Phrog, what name do you use to post over at that site?

Grenades..... Dammed Apple Spell-check!!!

At least in this movie (unlike the cartoon) folks actually get "killed" as opposed to having a Granada going off next to you and you are knocked out like made-for-tv violence like TheA-team (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6) I don't remember this being in the cartoon either....

I've been saying that since 98!!!

From the DOD: http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/otherratesMile.cfm Mileage rates for Car: $0.565 Motorcycle: $0.535 Airplane: $1.33 Mileage (Allowance) for using a privately owned conveyance (POC) for local/TDY and PCS travel are reimbursed as a rate per mile in lieu of reimbursement...

How did the evolve into a LAMPS-geek-a-rama? Can we get back to watching the P-3 bubbas shoot at each other?

His Dad posted a 38, so KJ Un is twice the golfer that KJ Il was??

Samuel L. commented on that...

So we should bomb North Korea with the World Famous Diamond Formation?

It helped hide all the black staining that comes from engine exhaust from the ship and aircraft

Newport was looking to get a carrier and the folks who run Battleship Cove walked through the expenses with them. You need to have a 1000' of pier space, which not many places can afford to give up. If you already have it, then you are taking up a significant piece of income generating...

In that case: I don't know.

I've had a few SELRES students in-residence at Newport. The detailers will mobilize (not sure what the correct Reservist term is) for a year to attend class. Had a P-3 SELRES and a Hornet SELRES come through while I was there. I really don't know the process for how it happened, but I would...

You should have seen what he said to the young sailor who brought 11 items to the 10 item or less lane....

Kow, you left an Ensign at the controls by himself????

BZB, Years ago, the Navy had ships (Knox Class for example) that couple not land some of the helos in the inventory. The Perry Class had to be lengthened to accommodate the H-60; hence the term "Stretched FIG". When you had a deck you couldn't land one, there was only one way to get fuel and...

The fuel line plugs into the connection in the cabin. The crew man can manually disconnect the hose however it remains connected to the rescue hoist so in an emergency you may have to cut the hoist to prevent becoming a water skier!

Any helo bubbas ever do a real wet HIFR before? I've done dry plugs for training, but never wet. When I did my last in 2003 my Training O told me we don't even have a HIFR qual anymore...

My first squadron the XO was relieved about 3 weeks before change of command. The only reason the JO's knew something was up was that we were inside a month and zero CoC preps had been started. Things like invites, arranging for the CoC dinner, etc were all on hold and no one would say why (or...

Thanks.

So, I'm watching Inside Combat Rescue and I notice the helos are flying with the cockpit doors off. Anyone know why? I can speculate it's for egress reasons, or for better viz in the LZ (which my be countered by brown out in the actual cockpit) or for weight or maybe for airflow/temperature...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/us/rear-admiral-charles-m-gaouette-is-disciplined-by-navy.html?_r=0 File under "Is Naval Aviation dying"?!?

My expirience is being the MO when I'm not allowed to move my own aircraft, but those who do move them are not responsible for repairing the damage they cause. For example, we land on TR with 3 helos for FRS then TRACOM CQ. There are a total of 4 airframes on the boat. My three helos and a...

When has the boat ever needed a reason to have a crunch?

Woo-hoo!!!!!! Bring it on!!!! When do I get to crunch some aircraft????

1 squadron done in 2013. Possibly 3 more by the end of the planned Runway project in DEC 2014. That leaves 2 squadrons left to transition in 2015. So, at the beginning of FY 16 there will be P-3's (besides 30 & 62) flying at Jax. The toughest thing is finding the parking for all f them!

The last plan I saw had the P-3's still flying at Jax through 2016.

Brett, if there was one thing you should have learned from your time in Newport is "never say never" (especially when gov't spending is involved)

The TPS pilot said something about SuperHornets getting wing cracks from the buddy stores. Don't know if its true or not, just conveying what was told to me.

Heard a rumor from a TPS guy that folks are looking at the cost of bringing back the S-3 for tanking only. Doubt it will happen, but thought the idea seemed interesting.

What ever degree interests you enough that enjoy the course work and get the highest grades possible is the right answer. Taking a technical degree because someone thinks it will enhance their package but end up with a 2.4 will loose out to the 3.5 history manager when they both apply to flight...

Ma Any chance there was sequestration back then?

Looks like some historians have dug up a German immigrant who flew two years earlier than the Wright Brothers. Jane's and the Smithsonian are disagreeing with each other over the validity of this claim...

The H-3 called ir an "ice shield" since it prevented large quantities of ice from being injested down the intakes. The H-3 shield looks like a wall in front of the intakes where a squadron would paint it's logo. So, I would agree it's FOD. Two photos show the H-3 with and without the shield.

If some has this email, please post or PM!

More like mid to late CY 13....

Assuming you're here until 2017 and the buy goes as scheduled.

What about VP (P-3/P-8) Cecil Field???

The Triton FIT guys were pretty adamant to use the right name to avoid crossing the streams.

Not exactly true. BAMS-D is the five currently flying Navy Global Hawks. The "D" is for Developmental. Saying BAMS is like saying JSF, it's the program, not the actual air vehicle. Triton is the follow on program to the BAMS-D. Think F-17 and F-18 except we are actually deploying the...

Which is appropriate since our Commander in Chief made us shut it down so his wife could be a New York senator!!!

Once the two sticks he had to rub together got wet, it was all downhill from there...!!

Don't know when the helo guy was there, Big Time emailed me about divert. He had an O-4 working for him but I font recall his name.

Yup, now Air Ops on HST