All things MV-22 Osprey

[jmcquate]

HMX-1 Plopters..............someone has to schlep the press.

 

[Hair Warrior]

Those are HMX-1 out of JBAB.

 

[Griz882]

Correct.

 

[Flash]

the black helicopter crowd just lost its collective shit.

They would be catatonic if they sat on the shore of the Potomac for a few hours, there are all sorts of helos and others flying around all the time from HH-65’s to UH-1/Bell 412’s and H-60’s of all stripes to name a few.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Nice to see Narines on the long line Bambi Bucket.

Wondering if pilots are doing vertical reference (not sure if side windows permit a very clear view of load while flying) or going with crewman verbal cues...

 

[Skinsuit]

We can't see any sort of external load from the cockpit, it's all crew chief commands. We also don't external all that often, and that's the first time I've seen a bambi bucket besides a figure in the NTRP.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Global Supply Chain Support: The Osprey Case Study - Second Line of Defense

Although the Osprey has become a globally deployed aircraft, the supply chain has not. This is crucial as we move forward into an era of regionally specific crises involving peer competitors. It will not just a race to get that Fed Ex delivery from the US through foreign customs, it will be...

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[Z4nd3R]

I'm getting close to submitting preferences for duty stations and figured I'd ask if anyone here has any insight as to what the training is like at each station. I've asked around the VTs, but most of the instructors have been out of the V22 for some time now. I've asked buddies who are ahead as well and have gotten mixed reviews.
Right now I'm thinking Oki, Hawaii, West coast, East coast.

Thanks

 

[DocT]

West Coast, West Coast, West Coast, West Coast.

There. That list is much better.

 

[phrogdriver]

I know a bunch of guys in HI now. Give it some consideration.

 

[phrogdriver]

Oki is good if you’re married, not so much if you’re single.

 

[scoolbubba]

I'm getting close to submitting preferences for duty stations and figured I'd ask if anyone here has any insight as to what the training is like at each station. I've asked around the VTs, but most of the instructors have been out of the V22 for some time now. I've asked buddies who are ahead as well and have gotten mixed reviews.
Right now I'm thinking Oki, Hawaii, West coast, East coast.

Thanks

Hawaii is the shit. Go there.

 

[Skinsuit]

Don't put New River. You'll spend plenty of time here while you go through 204, and if you end up loving it, someone will certainly trade places with you. You'll have the rest of your life to check out the NC coast, but Hawaii or Oki?

 

[DocT]

Hawaii is the shit. Go there.

It is...for vacation. Training areas are extremely limited. The huge majority of Hawaii beachy type shit can be done in San Diego also which has the best training areas in the world.

 

[Gatordev]

I get the training areas argument, but,

The huge majority of Hawaii beachy type shit can be done in San Diego...

Not even close.