SH-60B sundown begins, MasterBates sheds silent tear

[kejo]

Well it has "officially" begun. This week our CO and Commodore flew the first SH-60B to DMAFB in Tuscon to join the Boneyard. It was the 13th production model built in 1983, and retired with over 11,000 flight hours logged.

So, as they say: "LAMPS will never die, 60B's just fade away"

 

[FLYTPAY]

This week our CO and Commodore flew the first SH-60B to DMAFB in Tuscon to join the Boneyard.

Sundowns suck....at least they will have a couple weeks of flying there to think of how they will come into the break at DFMAFB

 

[MasterBates]

Funny, there's already a couple 60Bs at DM (seen them in person)

 

[kejo]

Funny, there's already a couple 60Bs at DM (seen them in person)

I thought that too...I'm told this is the first "official" strike of the aircraft. Notice the ""

 

[Hozer]

Shit, the MEF mods I rode in as a crewman in '93 had 7,000 hrs plus on 'em.
How'd they stretch the hours on those birds? They were the de facto high timers b/c they turned right around after post cruise DRI and went back to theater.
Have to pull out the log books and check Buno's...

 

[MasterBates]

There were quite a few East Coast birds over 10K when I left in 07.

 

[SH-60OB]

Shit, the MEF mods I rode in as a crewman in '93 had 7,000 hrs plus on 'em. How'd they stretch the hours on those birds? They were the de facto high timers b/c they turned right around after post cruise DRI and went back to theater. Have to pull out the log books and check Buno's...

Most of those "MEF mod" birds are back in the RAG now. As the block 1's and eventually Core B birds came out each became the new high demand platform (everyone want's all the toys) and the Bock 0's became 1 minuses and made their way back to RAG.

I haven't heard the term MEF Mod in a long time. But we took all of that gear on my first deployment. I'll bet even you know what that ugly welded on loop on the AW's seat support is for, we've certainly come a long way.

V/R
OB

 

[2ndGen]

What are they being replaced with? Newer 60s?

 

[Pags]

Mh-60r

 

[HAL Pilot]

Saying the SH-60B to MH-60R tranisiton is a sundown is like saying the transition from P-3B to P-3C was a sundown.

This isn't a sundown. This is trading an older model of the same aircraft for a new one. The community is not going away.