The Aircraft You Never Hear Anything About

[CaptainRon]

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact.asp

I was looking at this link of all current Navy aircraft. A lot of these things never get any attention.


Aircraft, Fixed Wing

C-9 Skytrain logistics aircraft

C-12 Huron logistics aircraft

C-20 Gulfstream logistics aircraft

C-40A Clipper logistics aircraft

E-6A Mercury airborne command post

EP-3E (ARIES II) signals intelligence reconnaissance aircraft

F-5N/F Adversary aircraft

NU-1B Otter light cargo transport

P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)

T-38 Talon supersonic trainer

T-39D radar-navigational trainer

T-39N/G Sabreliner training aircraft

U-6A Beaver all-purpose utility transport

X-26A high performance glider
Aircraft, Rotary Wing

HH/UH-1N Iroquois helicopter

TH-6B helicopter

VH-60N Night Hawk helicopter

Does anybody on this forum fly any of these?

 

[A4sForever]

The Aircraft You Never Hear Anything About ...... Does anybody on this forum fly any of these?

Never "heard anything about" these birds ??? .... Yes, I have .

*edit* .... Flew ... not fly. I.e., did, not does.

 

[CaptainRon]

A4s, which one did you get a chance to fly in? I'm guessing the F-5?

 

[gregsivers]

I don't, but I'd love to do the VR gig flying C-40s in the reserves later in life.

 

[A4sForever]

A4s, which one did you get a chance to fly in? I'm guessing the F-5?

Actually ... 6 of 'em. Not all in the NAV, of course ....

 

[gregsivers]

C-40s fly out of NAS Fort Worth and Jax (those I know of for sure). I know the ones out of NAS FW fly all over the place, I've checked their schedule before. Strictly a reserve flying job I believe.

 

[Brett327]

c-12s (Kingair) are mainly shore duty flying jobs so are c-26s (which are not on your list) C-9s I think are mainly reserve units...C-20s I know fly out of Naples, not sure where else we have them C-40s are BBBs I want to say they are used for DV transport.I flew and will fly E-6s. T-38s are what the Air Force trains on for their advanced jet syllabus, not sure what the Navy uses them for.
T-39s are the intermediate A/C for NFOs.
Those are the only ones I know off the top of my head

Last tour I flew on Army C-12, UC-35, UH-60, Air Force and Navy C-9 (aside from my normal AC) , AF UC-21, c-141
did not get to fly on the C-40 or C-20 (both are insanely amazing and expensive)

C-40s are just 737s. They're replacing the fleet of C-9s. The C20 series are the Gulfstream jets you're probably thinking of. They're not just for VIPs and I've flown on them several times.

Brett

 

[Fly Navy]

C-40s are BBBs I want to say they are used for DV transport.

Your standard C-40A is a standard 737-800. I've flown on one twice. They're not BBB. Maybe if they have some DV ones they are, but not the normal ones.

 

[Fly Navy]

I know the AF uses them for DV transport, not sure what all we use them for and where they all are (know of the one in Naples)
as far as the 737s (C-40)...yeah I guess the ones I know of are the AF decked out ones...did not know the Navy was using those to replace the C-9

You caught it yourself. C-40A is a replacement for the C-9 (thank god, the C-40s are nice).

 

[zippy]

T-38s are what the Air Force trains on for their advanced jet syllabus, not sure what the Navy uses them for.

I think they have the 38s out at Pax... but I could be mistaken.

 

[C-Mike]

I think they have the 38s out at Pax... but I could be mistaken.

That they do. I'd be curious to know how many they have (TPS), but I do know they have at least one.

 

[Flash]

These aircraft are at TPS:

U-6A Beaver all-purpose utility transport
X-26A high performance glider
TH-6B helicopter

I flew the EP-3E Aries II, ugly but well hung.......

 

[TheBubba]

Lets see... I see Sabre(toothed)liners every single day, and will get hours in them. Saw a bunch of T-38's last time I was at Chennault (CWF) and they make the occasional appearance at NAS P-Cola (NPA). And we have a couple of E-6B pilots and at least one EP-3 pilot at VT-4. And if I'm not mistaken, the C-12 and the T-44 are variants of the same aircraft... (the T-44 also make a few appearanced at NPA, and I've seen one or two C-12's too.)

@Retread... The T-39's are only used in intermediate for foriegn studs. Us Americans get to fly in the T-1A. We don't get inside a Sabreliner until advanced.

 

[Venom-0]

T-38C...50th FTS for UPT.

Also at the 49th Fighter Training Squadron at Moody for IFF.

 

[Fly Navy]

T-38C...50th FTS for UPT.

Also at the 49th Fighter Training Squadron at Moody for IFF.

Last I checked, those are Air Force squadrons

The list he has comes off the Navy fact file.

Trivia: The Navy has F-16s.