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TH-73

IKE said:
Ugh, correction... TRAWING FIVE took its last TH-57 flight. HX-21 operates TH-57Cs, and USNTPS will fly TH-57Bs soon.
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I wonder if the Navy considers them 'officially' retired from the service yet or not. The T-2, S-3 and T-34C were all officially retired but then flew for several more years after in the Navy, pretty sure the Turbo-Weenie still does.
 
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Gatordev said:
The ultimate indignity was the final flight and sundown ceremony of the SH-60B at North Island.....while two SH-60Bs were still deployed from WINGLANT. I guess there was no reason to acknowledge those dirty Reservists.
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Is it really a big deal to celebrate the retirement of a variant of a platform when it continues to fly in in the fleet in another major variation in essentially the same mission ?
 
wink said:
Is it really a big deal to celebrate the retirement of a variant of a platform when it continues to fly in in the fleet in another major variation in essentially the same mission ?
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Maybe you had to be there, but the vibe was far more about the CDRE having the ceremony under his watch versus whether the platform was truly being sundowned at a specific time.

With the benefit of perspective, I understand your point, but I think what put a mildly bad taste in some people's mouth was that there wasn't recognition that there were still people deployed flying the airframe that was supposedly now retired.
 
Gatordev said:
Maybe you had to be there, but the vibe was far more about the CDRE having the ceremony under his watch versus whether the platform was truly being sundowned at a specific time.

With the benefit of perspective, I understand your point, but I think what put a mildly bad taste in some people's mouth was that there wasn't recognition that there were still people deployed flying the airframe that was supposedly now retired.
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60F & H sundowns OTOH actually coincided with the transition of HS-11 and HSC-85 to 60S and the end of all USN operations of the legacy series (to my knowledge).
 
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