The Mighty P-3 - "Subservience Plane"

[Flash]

Apparently just the sound of the 'Mighty Hunter' is enough to strike fear in the hearts of mere mortals nowadays, scaring the residents of the otherwise peaceful village of Sanaa, Yemen who feared it was a mere drone about to rain destruction down upon them. Apparently the P-3 is, in the words of one Yemeni journalist, a 'subservience plane' (not sure if the second link works, my computer doesn't like the Guardian's website). Sounds like a great idea for crew patch to me......

 

[xj220]

Well that's what us P-3s are known for, raining steel...

 

[Malo83]

 

[AllYourBass]

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Between that picture and a P3 pilot/Redditor's description of the lifestyle as "drink beer and collect per diem," I might be bumping something else off my dream sheet

 

[Brett327]

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I wonder what genius decided to present the MK-58s and what looks like SUS or MK-25s in their "loadout" pic. Ooohh, not the dreaded Marine Location Marker of death!

 

[HercDriver]

Well that's what us P-3s are known for, raining steel...

Us, too. There was that time I lost an access panel from the left side in the armpit area, flying over Eureka, CA.

 

[Hozer]

I wonder what genius decided to present the MK-58s and what looks like SUS or MK-25s in their "loadout" pic. Ooohh, not the dreaded Marine Location Marker of death!

Ohhhhh! The terror! 30 MLM's! Probably more than the entire years' allotment these days for the Wing. Seriously, you could get a nasty cut from peeling back a Mk-58...

 

[CommodoreMid]

Well that's what us P-3s are known for, raining steel...

SPLATTER-TAC!!!!!

 

[Sky-Pig]

"Subservience Plane"...honestly, that's a better try than most FNG PAOs trying to write up an article about the mighty Orion. It took me a while to learn to correctly spell "Surveillance" and "Reconnaissance". It also captures the whole "Red-Headed Step Child" aspect of P-3 aviation

And as a former EP-3 bubba...don't forget about the deadly ALD-9 TFOA high-altitude bombing campaigns...

 

[Jim123]

If AQ in Yemen ever figures out how to call base ops and register a noise complaint, then it'll be game over for these subservience flights...

 

[CommodoreMid]

"Subservience Plane"...honestly, that's a better try than most FNG PAOs trying to write up an article about the mighty Orion. It took me a while to learn to correctly spell "Surveillance" and "Reconnaissance". It also captures the whole "Red-Headed Step Child" aspect of P-3 aviation

And as a former EP-3 bubba...don't forget about the deadly ALD-9 TFOA high-altitude bombing campaigns...

A couple months ago the commodore came through the squadron spaces, and the ASDO dutifully announced, "Commander Patrol and RENAISSANCE Wing 11, arriving." I just about cried I was laughing so hard.

 

[robav8r]

Ohhhhh! The terror! 30 MLM's! Probably more than the entire years' allotment these days for the Wing. Seriously, you could get a nasty cut from peeling back a Mk-58...

And I STILL remember the NATOPS data on the MK-58 . . . and the MK-25, MK-84 . . .

 

[zippy]

I wonder what genius decided to present the MK-58s and what looks like SUS or MK-25s in their "loadout" pic. Ooohh, not the dreaded Marine Location Marker of death!

Probably a flying AO

 

[Jim123]

And I STILL remember the NATOPS data on the MK-58 . . . and the MK-25, MK-84 . . .

And the MK-64?

 

[Flugelman]

I wonder what genius decided to present the MK-58s and what looks like SUS or MK-25s in their "loadout" pic. Ooohh, not the dreaded Marine Location Marker of death!

Don't turn your nose up at what we used to call the PDC (Practice Depth Charge). We had a P2 crew mark on top and signal an attack with 2 separate PDC releases at which time the target sub was supposed to "give up" and surface. When he didn't the AO in the afterstation tied 4 PDC's together (on his own) and dropped them on the next on top. The combined detonation damaged the periscope shears and there was hell to pay in the next few days.