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Coast Guard S-3 Vikings
- Thread starter FLYTPAY
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Now if you had only waited a year, you could have done a lateral transfer to the Coast Guard instead of taking my jet spot...
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Jesus Timah Timah!! You winged already!? And if you had gone jets you would be mulling about being almost halfway through the program right now
....makes up for my short stint in primary.Word of mouth from Viking community....no link yet....I gave the sales/capabilities brief to the Chileans and Peruvians 2 years ago and it was being tossed around then too. The plan was to take the hot seats out and make it a little more comfortable.
How recent did you hear? I left S-3's hearing the same but it seems to have turned around. If my source is wrong, I will kick him in the balls.
Hope that goes better then the "Coasties buy E-2s experiment."
edit: spelling fixed. (Nose = NAVCAD)
No doubt...that was truly painful.
A pilot from Clearwater went about a month ago and flew the S-3 as part of the test/eval team for the proof of concept. I believe this crazy idea is marching forward.
Yep, we are getting planes that are castoffs from other services. In the government this is called "progress".
Would the Vikings replace or augment the Falcons? What mission would they be taking on?
Surface Search and Surveilance. It has a wicked radar that combined with its speed, and loiter capability, make it an awesome platform.
Nah, probably not... They'll probably just put some of us tube rats back there to operate the radar and look out the windows.
In the more immediate future watch for the S-3 to make a bit of a comeback helping out the lost P-3 sorties. Have heard several different ideas on standing up some additional squadrons until the P-3/P-8 world has settled out.
You may also see the S-3 in a couple years in an ANG/AFRES status fighting fires. I have a friend working on the contract for a company in Southern California. Interesting stuff for the old bird.
You may also see the S-3 in a couple years in an ANG/AFRES status fighting fires. I have a friend working on the contract for a company in Southern California. Interesting stuff for the old bird.
How do you stand up units when you only have 2 squadrons and no RAG? I'm not disputing the possibility... but it seems to me that there might be better alternatives.
Same way you do Tacamo's or any other community with no RAG. OJT.
Old bird??? OLD BIRD???? Sigh...
I was in VX1 when we did the OpEval on the NEW birds. I installed the only known S3 paper MAD recorder for some of the tests. Only time I ever got to ride the ejection seats.