CMV-22B Osprey Rollout

[Treetop Flyer]

C-130’s were like that after Gunny Highway liberated Grenada

 

[nittany03]

Who's the "they" you speak of? This article sounds like unsolicited good idea fairy dust.

(Checks byline) Yep, it's a Rogoway Special . . . I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. ?

 

[hlg6016]

C-130’s were like that after Gunny Highway liberated Grenada
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We could not have done it with out him! He didn't know Van Pebbles was wearing white socks all along.

 

[taxi1]

Not in the USN as it was just cancelled.

US Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles

The U.S. Navy has pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity.

www.defensenews.com

Bunch of unemployed railgunners looking for that next great project, says I!

 

[DanMa1156]

My understanding is that VRC (and now VRM) uses this unique paint job to identify them as a non-combat cargo aircraft for when they fly into foreign airfields. There was discussion of changing the paint though.

Are there places that care? Pretty much any other cargo aircraft as mentioned above is grey

No idea. All I know on the subject is what I shared above. I pushed the I believe button and moved on but the VRC guys seemed to think it was important.

Deep state VRM Conspiracy theory: paint them in a non-tactical paint job to avoid being assigned tactical missions (i.e.: PR/SOF/things that MH-60S was supposed to do if it were funded/trained/fueled appropriately).

 

[taxi1]

It does make sense since there are tactical armed variants, to give it a clear discriminator.

 

[jmcquate]

What I want to know is who's gonna grade the landings?

 

[ChuckMK23]

It does make sense since there are tactical armed variants, to give it a clear discriminator.

Of course our adversary does not care - a white top bird is equally a target...in battle logistical support aircraft most certainly will be sought out. I assume the countermeasures are similar to AF CV-22 or Marine MV-22...

 

[Pags]

Of course our adversary does not care - a white top bird is equally a target...in battle logistical support aircraft most certainly will be sought out. I assume the countermeasures are similar to AF CV-22 or Marine MV-22...

Not CV and depends which MV config. They're essentially the same config that as a Block C/MCOI MV off of the production line.

 

[Pags]

Deep state VRM Conspiracy theory: paint them in a non-tactical paint job to avoid being assigned tactical missions (i.e.: PR/SOF/things that MH-60S was supposed to do if it were funded/trained/fueled appropriately).

Probably depends which part of VRM, the former VRC or the former HSC bubbas that you're talking about. That and whatever CNAF has a plan for. The CNAF thing should probably go first.

 

[taxi1]

Of course our adversary does not care

True, but this thing is just making runs ship to shore, detting from non-adversary countries. We don’t want to alarm the locals.

 

[DanMa1156]

Probably depends which part of VRM, the former VRC or the former HSC bubbas that you're talking about. That and whatever CNAF has a plan for. The CNAF thing should probably go first.

FWIW the VRC guys I know want no tactics. The guys I know from HSC that jumped ship are doing their best to also avoid them.

 

[wink]

It does seem like tacticool is the antithesis of everything guys go to VRC for.

 

[wink]

Where did these guys go, VRM?

 

[kmac]

Let’s also face the reality of tacticool missions: you can’t do that and succeed at the COD mission. The COD requirements already are barely met by a 3 aircraft det. To add missions, you would need more aircraft, more crews, more maintenance teams, and more space on the ship.

Just because an aircraft is capable of an additional mission doesn’t mean it can do both missions at the same time.

As for the fugly paint scheme… yes, that’s traditional for the COD mission of flying into civilian airfields, especially for DV missions.