That is a Friday patch if I ever saw one.
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CMV-22B Osprey Rollout
- Thread starter Ozarky
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Yes, from the NIAADFWCTP Instagram.
That’s sorta my point. A Codsprey lands at an HLZ to drop stuff off for HADR, it could also pick up a person/people. Combine that with aerial refueling, NVG operations, ASE, then why not pick up a person at night?
I honestly don’t see it being much of a leap to get into the long range CSAR game.
Money and requirements will likely prevent it.
The fact that you don’t think NVD operations, TAAR, threat counter-tactics, and “picking up people and persons” in some random country isn’t a big leap speaks volumes.
You -60 guys love to come up with all sorts of good ideas.
I have 19 years in the Navy, so I've been around long enough to see what problems good idea fairies on the staff can cause. The article is ripe with enough nuggets that some enterprising dipshit will take it and run with it. It'll be up to the COD guys to fight it off.
To provide an example, HSC has kicked around the idea of HAR. Well, once we have a Codsprey, why put HAR on HSC aircraft when the V-22 already has it, and they can also land in the dirt.
I'm not advocating for the V-22 to be used in a CSAR role, I'm just saying that in my experience, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone try and make it a thing.
For the HADR idea, not all HADRs are the same. Those that only require regulation football-sized LZs may work for a CODsprey, but more densely populated areas won't support it. The V-22s were kicked out of all but the PaP ramp and the larger, unpopulated LZs (like FIREBIRD) in Haiti. They just created too much of a mess and damage. Interestingly, the -53s have the same issue, but were never fragged to go into the populated ones because "they" knew better.
I know none of that solves running HSC out of business, so back to that discussion.
I know none of that solves running HSC out of business, so back to that discussion.
Well there was this one time back in '07...I only posted it here because I was on that bird and helped offload some relief supplies. The Shitters blew off SEVERAL tin roofs, but the people on the ground were thrilled to see us.
Marines prepare to offload supplies
Marines prepare to offload supplies from a CH-53E from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (special operations capable), while waiting on the members of a U.S. Navy medical team Bamna. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and the embarked elements of the 22nd MEU (SOC) arrived off...
Ah Haiti...where a 60 knocked off all of their tip caps in a zone where a 53 had been earlier.
Act now and you get a roof included for free!
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Alright, aero or osprey sages:
Why can’t they put the ejectors at an angle so that the sweet, sweet 500 deg exhaust doesn’t point straight down onto the melting flight deck or dry grass of the Sandwich Isles? Is there some usable thrust from flight mode?