The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

[jmcquate]

Also saw me first HMX-1 Plopter last week..........sort of a mini Ploper-palooza.

 

[ea6bflyr]

Pretty cool. Maybe applicable to the ASTB as well.

140908-N-ZZ999-002 WASHINGTON (Sept. 19, 2014) An infographic depicting a Carrier Air Wing. (U.S. Navy graphic by Khanh Hong/Released)

 

[ea6bflyr]

How does a UAV take a selfie? I weep for the future.

140918-N-UZ648-009 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 18, 2014) An MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system prepares to land at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., after completing an approximately 11-hour flight from Northrop Grumman's California facility. (U.S. Navy Photo by Erik Hildebrandt/Released)

 

[ea6bflyr]

Pretty cool. Maybe applicable to the ASTB as well.

140908-N-ZZ999-002 WASHINGTON (Sept. 19, 2014) An infographic depicting a Carrier Air Wing. (U.S. Navy graphic by Khanh Hong/Released)

I'm not sure I like the "Electrical Attacker" under EA-18G Growler....

 

[jmcquate]

That's a lot of Hornets. A long ways away from the days of 1 squadron of Tomcats 2 of Hornets 1 of Intruders 1 of Corsairs 1 of Prowlers 1 of Hawkeyes and 2 Seahawks with a Greyhound Det.

 

[ea6bflyr]

That's a lot of Hornets. A long ways away from the days of 1 squadron of Tomcats 2 of Hornets 1 of Intruders 1 of Corsairs 1 of Prowlers 1 of Hawkeyes and 2 Seahawks with a Greyhound Det.

At the beginning of my career, the CVW was composed of
2x F-14 squadrons
2x A-7 squadrons
2x A-6 squadrons
1x A-3 squadron det
1x EA-6B squadron
1x E-2 squadron
1x H-3 squadron
No COD Det.
VERTREP via HC-11 from AO & AOEs

 

[Alto53]

Unique visitor to PDX for the last week. Of note, it took 3 airframes to support a single flying display showing at the HIO airshow over the weekend, but then of course my old airframe wasn't a stellar performer all the time either

 

[Alto53]

Raptor photo, courtesy of B. Shemley.

 

[jmcquate]

At the beginning of my career, the CVW was composed of
2x F-14 squadrons
2x A-7 squadrons
2x A-6 squadrons
1x A-3 squadron det
1x EA-6B squadron
1x E-2 squadron
1x H-3 squadron
No COD Det.
VERTREP via HC-11 from AO & AOEs

I would have gotten popcorn and a scorecard for Vultures Row to see a Whale roll into the groove.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

I'm not sure I like the "Electrical Attacker" under EA-18G Growler....

Well, they attack "electrical things" right? I guess would be something like this, "what happened to the radar" "the electrical attacker got it" "we need to find that guy, he keeps attacking our electrical things"

 

[magnetfreezer]

I'm not sure I like the "Electrical Attacker" under EA-18G Growler....

Our intel O-1 sent out the daily readfile to wing leadership with the "vis recce of the day" picture of a Prowler and the answer listed as "EA-4 Electronic Fighter". Had a short talk with him about QCing stuff.

 

[brownshoe]

I would have gotten popcorn and a scorecard for Vultures Row to see a Whale roll into the groove.

No popcorn needed. Just an everyday occurrence back in my day. (People jacking off in towels? Fucking asshole would have the shit beaten out of him, no Chief involved. Times have changed.)

 

[Hozer]

^amen.

 

[revan1013]

Pretty cool. Maybe applicable to the ASTB as well.

140908-N-ZZ999-002 WASHINGTON (Sept. 19, 2014) An infographic depicting a Carrier Air Wing. (U.S. Navy graphic by Khanh Hong/Released)

MH-60S - Airborne Mine Countermeasures...

LOL. The rest sounds right though.

 

[Recovering LSO]

Maybe the Hornet guy was scared.

It's not a Hornet. Check the wingtips.