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F-22 = Wicked Witch?
- Thread starter OSUbeaver
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It ain't just the F-22, we had some problems with our Prowlers after enduring the monsoons that Guam calls rain. That included such fun as flooding our hangar with 2 inches of standing water. Most of the problems were similar, mostly electrical in nature.
The moisture there also caused the B-2 crash, it was apparently 'unofficial SOP ' to turn on the pitot heat to dry the system out but the mishap crew did not do that and the plane took over on takeoff because it thought it was a different speed than it actually was.
The joys of flying in the tropics.
The moisture there also caused the B-2 crash, it was apparently 'unofficial SOP ' to turn on the pitot heat to dry the system out but the mishap crew did not do that and the plane took over on takeoff because it thought it was a different speed than it actually was.
The joys of flying in the tropics.
At the corner of Ocean Dr and Ennis Joslin? West of TAMUCC?
Quite possibly the most ingeneous threadjack I've ever seen. Follow it up with something about good chow and it's off to the races.
I t would be east of TAMUCC.....just before you got on that causeway on the right.
I'm surprised they let F-22s out of CONUS.
It seems weird that planes based in Alaska would be regularly deployed to Guam. Why not just make it permanent at Guam? Seems like a lot of wear and tear on planes and people...?
It seems weird that planes based in Hawaii and Whidbey would be regularly deployed to Misawa/Kadena/AUAB/etc. Why not just make it permanent at Misawa/Kadena/AUAB/etc. Seems like a lot of wear and tear on planes and people.
Brett
Haha noted. I guess I thought the weather extremes, were, well...more extreme. Like mountain dew extreeeeme!
All kine' local issue, Bruddah ... $$$$$ ... and another example of 'local' issues w/ respect to GUM:
Peace & Justice for Guam -- The Guam Military Buildup
Jobs in Guam: a lawmaker's long reach ...
Neil Abercrombie - Wiki
... by U.S. Rep Neil Abercrombie, D-HA ...
Bottom line: he's indebted to his local base, the HNL trade unions ... and he wants to stop GUM development for the military until and unless he can channel some of the development $$$$$ ... i.e., an additional $10 BILLION to the U.S. taxpayer ... as a quid-pro-quo for the unions' previous support (and future support???) to grease the skids for his run for Hawaii Governator ...
It's ALWAYS about power & money, isn't it ... ???
I love Hawai'i ...
It seems weird that planes based in Hawaii and Whidbey would be regularly deployed to Misawa/Kadena/AUAB/etc. Why not just make it permanent at Misawa/Kadena/AUAB/etc. Seems like a lot of wear and tear on planes and people.
Brett
Thats crazy talk- then we wouldn't have our beloved, readiness driven and weekend flying, IDRC that we use to justify our community funding... How would we prove that we are ready to deploy if we are permanently forward deployed???
Besides... we'd lose all that per diem. :icon_wink
No! The answer CAN'T be that there is local politics involved! The reason HAS to be that the USAF is a bunch of weenies!
