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I’m all about asking well in depth questions with discussion, but for someone like the OP who has a habit of asking very easy to find answers, not so much.
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I’m all about asking well in depth questions with discussion, but for someone like the OP who has a habit of asking very easy to find answers, not so much.
NJ Devil Dog
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Thank you for all your responses! TPS guys are few are far between around here and it's great to be able to hear from guys who have been through it or worked alongside it. It helps us in training gain a little bit more clarity on the fleet and all the different pathways that may be available in the years to come.
I'll make sure that I filter my questions through seasoned AirWarriors members before posting and will ensure that all further questions are very difficult to answer.
I'll make sure that I filter my questions through seasoned AirWarriors members before posting and will ensure that all further questions are very difficult to answer.
Can confirm, but they are a small minority- usually no more than 1 or 2 per selection board (class).
Isn’t VX-30 kind of an anomaly in the test community? The VP folks that go straight from sea duty get P-3 qual’d unless they are using the Biz jets now for range clearance. I think they also have an E-2 but I could be wrong. They have some TPS billets but tbh I don’t know or understand why a range clearing mission or telemetry observations would require that.
Is there another half to that unit that I’m not tracking?
Is there another half to that unit that I’m not tracking?
Flight test is flight test, and sometimes the system under test is an SM-6. Some of these aircraft have special EO/IR packages, or serve as telemetry and flight termination system relay for long range shots.
Gotcha. But maybe to clarify in the spirit of the original question, the flight test evolutions at VX-30 are likely not contributing to the flown aircraft themselves.
Great pulls. I'm not capable or unwilling to do the research to call this shit out, but yeah I think it was a lot of people's perception.I don’t need HR, I just need a search bar. Took me less than two minutes. I’m certain there are more.
but the HR dude calling out a dude in the pipeline...well it made me slightly angry.
I hear ya. I’m all for teaching a man to fish, but I also wouldn’t be anywhere near where I am today if people didn’t take the time to answer the occasional “silly question” along the way.
I think our general MO should be to answer the question, and then point folks to the search function or another thread if it’s going to help them. Obviously there will be exceptions, like trolls, or people who are simply being lazy. However, I don’t think this thread was one of those.
VX-30 was a pretty nice option for the pilots out of VQ back in the day, they would get qual'd in either NP-3D telemetry birds or DC-130A drone launchers but also C-26's where they racked up a bunch of hours flying C-26's to China Lake and elsewhere, apparently it was daily shuttle to and from China Lake. I did a couple of dets doing testing down there with the EP-3 and the Prowler and really enjoyed it, the flying and the area.
Totally agree. You eat what you kill as far as some knowledge learning goes. WRT to this OP I believe it was a totally normal RFI and in good faith. That should be the going in position for responders on here, unless there are obvious red flags.
I wish I had a site like this during the application process and through flight school. Didn't know about AW until after my 3rd overseas deployment. I think it's an invaluable resource.
I was fortunate in finding this at the appropriate time. I believe I actually joined in 2001 during my freshman year of college, but it must have been with a different username or something. Either way, this place was a real gold mine from applying to NROTC (I was a transfer student and applied to college program in 2003), completing the program, applying to aviation/service selection queries, through flight school. I feel like the "what %" question was even begrudgingly entertained back then. Hopefully I've been able to give some of that back over the years since.
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VX-30 is at mugu, among other things…