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NAS Oceana
- Thread starter BRM21o
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Yeah, the JAX residents joined the crowd of folks who don't want us...
Some Congress-person from Texas was talking about Kingsville... yeah... that's a good one...
This issue is rehashed every few years with Oceana. Years ago when I was stationed there and the higher ups were discussing options, especially with the outlying field to the South (Fentress), Cecil was mentioned again, along with building a floating field just off the coast. Of course The Pilot never reruns the articles that were printed just after 9/11 and how many people loved having those damn noisy aircraft flying 24/7.
Even when I was in Meridian, it was mentioned as a possible option to having the Hornets moved from Oceana. Cheap land and very few people to bother is one of the things that the Navy will look at. The problem with that is though, logistically it seems that it would be a nightmare because of it's location from the Carriers leaving port.
Even when I was in Meridian, it was mentioned as a possible option to having the Hornets moved from Oceana. Cheap land and very few people to bother is one of the things that the Navy will look at. The problem with that is though, logistically it seems that it would be a nightmare because of it's location from the Carriers leaving port.
The latest buffoonery..........
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=96502&ran=36897&tref=po
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=96502&ran=36897&tref=po
Logistic nightmare
Yea, I know that there is some squadrons that do the cross country thing for deployments and even workups. But can you imagine nearly the entire airwing flying cross country for a 3 day CQ outing. Is that cost effective, probably not.
One of the problems that was present in the VA Beach area is the fact that a lot of the new houses that were sold in the Fentress area were done during a period when the runways were being resurfaced the airfield was virtually closed for a year. Low and behold people started really complaining when the field opened up and the Hornets, Tomcats, Hawkeyes and CODs showed up for 24/7 operations.
Yet for some reason we had one house on downwind that we were not allowed to fly over so we had to alter our turns, abeam position and altitude to please the people on the ground.
So why not put the squadrons in Meridian, hell why not Kingsville, plenty of land there I'm sure.
Yea, I know that there is some squadrons that do the cross country thing for deployments and even workups. But can you imagine nearly the entire airwing flying cross country for a 3 day CQ outing. Is that cost effective, probably not.
One of the problems that was present in the VA Beach area is the fact that a lot of the new houses that were sold in the Fentress area were done during a period when the runways were being resurfaced the airfield was virtually closed for a year. Low and behold people started really complaining when the field opened up and the Hornets, Tomcats, Hawkeyes and CODs showed up for 24/7 operations.
Yet for some reason we had one house on downwind that we were not allowed to fly over so we had to alter our turns, abeam position and altitude to please the people on the ground.
So why not put the squadrons in Meridian, hell why not Kingsville, plenty of land there I'm sure.
