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Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)
- Thread starter Top_Gun_1_0_1
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Caesium
Blue is my favorite color
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Here's a dumb question: Does this info present any OPSEC risk by tipping adversaries to the way the Navy trains?
https://theaviationist.com/2016/12/30/you-can-track-u-s-navy-private-contractor-dogfights-online/
https://theaviationist.com/2016/12/30/you-can-track-u-s-navy-private-contractor-dogfights-online/
In my opinion, yes. But obviously someone decided that it didn't.
I've flown with Italians, Spaniards, Saudis, Aussies, Indians, and I think a Dane or two, although that flight may have been canceled...I can't remember. Each have their own style and varying level of skill they bring to the table. I always found it amusing that the Europeans, as a group, tended to approach the training as you would sterotypically expect, as a whole. But there would always be exceptions in each group that would surprise (both positively and negatively).
That is a big change, used to be Navy policy to only have PEP folks in the RAGs and VT's and not operational squadrons.
It makes perfect sense but it is still a significant change, not a bad one though I imagine the drinking game has been elevated in those wardrooms to new levels. I still remember the Aussie P-3 we hosted in Whidbey, the off-duty crew drank two coolers full of beer on their flight from Hawaii and then went straight to the O Club and drank 'til 0200 with some of us hosts, on a Tuesday.
My previous airwing had 2 Brits on board, one flying Hornets and the other Rhinos. One was Paddles qualified as well. This was in addition to 2 Brits on board that were our equivalent of senior AB(H?)'s and worked the flight deck all day and all night so they could bring the experience back to Britain who felt they had lost lots of proficiency of launching and recovering aircraft.
I presume this program had its genesis when the UK was still buying C model JSF.
That is my understanding of it. Are they no longer?
They went with the B, then the C, then back to the B after they decided that putting catapults on their new carriers would be too expensive. They still have guys doing harrier exchanges after a short hiatus.
Are the adversary aircraft required to have their ADS-Bs on? I realize they're civilian contractors and all, but can't the FAA make an exception for them? For OPSEC purposes?
Recall reading something a while back that said they wanted to embark USMC squadrons on their carriers. Don't know how the Marines feel about that.
And I mean above JO level evaluation criteria, where being on a ship with a fully stocked wardroom bar is automatically better than being on a ship with no bar.