P-3/P-8s officially out of Hawaii?

[PropStop]

Should base them in Anchorage, AK! That'd put them within one tank of Europe or Asia.

 

[xj220]

I'm down, Alaska is beautiful. Although, we'd be on an AF base, which may not be bad. Hard to say.

 

[PropStop]

I'm down, Alaska is beautiful. Although, we'd be on an AF base, which may not be bad. Hard to say.

I did 3years at that base (joint tour), wasn't too bad most of the time. Of course, i was in the joint HQ, so had little direct interaction with the base at an operational level. The BX kicks ass - nice gun counter though their ammo prices were never anything to write home about...

 

[PropAddict]

Just curious for putting down DH preferences for next years board. I'd love to go to Hawaii, but I don't want to have to Move in the middle of the tour like the Brunswick guys did.

Word on the street is that all the VPness will be gone from KBay by 2017, except for VPU which will sundown in 2018. The wing is set to move in 2016, as of now.

I'm betting this will influence a lot of pilots' choices to take the bonus and hang around for a DH tour. . .I know it's making FTS at VR-51 look more and more appealing to me every day.

 

[PropStop]

Word on the street is that all the VPness will be gone from KBay by 2017, except for VPU which will sundown in 2018. The wing is set to move in 2016, as of now.

I'm betting this will influence a lot of pilots' choices to take the bonus and hang around for a DH tour. . .I know it's making FTS at VR-51 look more and more appealing to me every day.

Especially when the bonus is now so small. Not really worth taking the risk. I took the gamble on the big bonus and lost (won?), had to do a DH tour (though OP-T, so not a bad deal). If the bonus I had an offer of was as small as it is now, I'd have never taken it.

 

[81montedriver]

At least you guys still have a bonus!

 

[PropAddict]

Rumors heard from a pair of O-6s at BUPERS I talked to last week is that, "The bonus is going back up. We're 2 years away from the new T-notch and most communities are losing pilots at an unsustainable rate."

 

[robav8r]

Rumors heard from a pair of O-6s at BUPERS I talked to last week is that, "The bonus is going back up. We're 2 years away from the new T-notch and most communities are losing pilots at an unsustainable rate."

To be reflected in the FY-14 ACCP message perhaps ???

 

[PropStop]

Rumors heard from a pair of O-6s at BUPERS I talked to last week is that, "The bonus is going back up. We're 2 years away from the new T-notch and most communities are losing pilots at an unsustainable rate."

HA! Saw that coming...

 

[Kaman]

Anything is within "one bag of gas" with in-flight refueling! I can see the P-8 force being based in two bases INCONUS as a logical decision, but I would advocate for permanently deploying at least one squadron to Japan or Guam at a minimum...The airplane will be MUCH easier to support than the P-3 because of the commonality with the 737NG.