NEWS Syria Combat Mission

[pilot_man]

Actually, I think they'd probably be ok with the cat and trap, especially in the down position. But I don't know why you'd want them - they only help you see things that you shouldn't be focusing on anyway. Aside from that, you're obviously not seeing color and your acuity is degraded to probably 20/40 or 20/30 at best. It's not worth the trade-off to have an aided deck-spotting capability.

Regarding the story, I though it was pretty well done. The buddy bombing was a bit unusual, wouldn't have expected to see that.

That sounded more like hitting something at the same time and not buddy bombing. They were talking about being "In range".

And I wouldn't want anything to do with landing at the boat with NVGs.

 

[SynixMan]

Also, the Waveoff lights and the ILARTS camera's IR illum lights are not NVG compatible. If you got waved off, it'd be like staring into the sun.

 

[Tycho_Brohe]

Also, the Waveoff lights and the ILARTS camera's IR illum lights are not NVG compatible. If you got waved off, it'd be like staring into the sun.

 

[Python]

Somebody from another squadron in my airwing left the goggles up on his helmet for the trap. Went right through the HUD.

 

[Dogpatch09]

Thought this was interesting that the Navy not only has some Broncos, but most recently has been flying them in Syria/Iraq for SOCOM support. Wonder if I can select VAL out of primary now...

I was enjoying that first article until they directly quoted Pierre Sprey, and then lost all legitimacy.

 

[nittany03]

Somebody from another squadron in my airwing left the goggles up on his helmet for the trap. Went right through the HUD.

New callsign afterwards, I presume.

Not sure why you would do that. To m,e they were annoying as fuck to have on and not be using them. Just enough weight in the wrong place, so that turning your head felt subtly awkward and weird. Not to mention the back seat, where you had a choice of looking sideways out the canopy with them down, or flipping them up to actually use the system. Look forward with them down, and you'd risk banging them against the panel, not that you could see much of the display that way anyhow.

 

[Gatordev]

Irish (and zippy), your post(s) were deleted due to some external considerations.

 

[armada1651]

That sounded more like hitting something at the same time and not buddy bombing. They were talking about being "In range".

Must have missed that, I just heard the "3, 2, 1, pickle" a couple times.

 

[jtmedli]

Do any pilots ever get to use the Four barreled ones? Or is that Special Forces Only?

I've only seen the SOF guys with them. Honestly, I wouldn't want them. My peripheral vision is an asset when I'm landing the helo and I'm often looking under the goggles to help identify towers/wires or even just get a more realistic idea of what things in front of me look like.

 

[jtmedli]

Also, the Waveoff lights and the ILARTS camera's IR illum lights are not NVG compatible. If you got waved off, it'd be like staring into the sun.

Been there. Done that. Wish it upon no man.