The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery, Troisième partie: la vengeance!

[hscs]

Bet the winds were in limits….

 

[Llarry]

And we didn't have seat belts in our cars then, either. And wearing a bike helmet? What's a bike helmet?

 

[Llarry]

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force is credited with 5 EP-3 "ELINT" aircraft and 4 OP-3C "Recce" aircraft. Here's one of the latter with a Growler.

 

[VMO4]

That Growler looks like it was washed, waxed, and had a full color roundel put on for the picture.

 

[JTS11]

That Growler looks like it was washed, waxed, and had a full color roundel put on for the picture.

Looks like the Japanese are more tactical where they place roundels though...😆

 

[Llarry]

As stated above, the JMSDF has both EP-3 and OP-3C versions, here are both in the same photo; EP-3 on the left, OP-3C on the right.

 

[Griz882]

Looks like the Japanese are more tactical where they place roundels though...😆

Isn’t that where the lav is located?

 

[JTS11]

Isn’t that where the lav is located?

クソ缶詰

From what I understand, thie placement of roundels is the origin of the term "shitcanned". Can't be certain of that though. 😁

 

[mad dog]

From a few minutes ago at Holiday Inn Express…

 

[Uncle Fester]

March 1983, 41 years ago this month, the Coasties conducted the final flights of the HU-16, ending the era of US military flying boats.

 

[AllAmerican75]

And then the safety brief was born.

There's a reason we don't like to do forecastle VERTREPs anymore.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Like, a mishap reason? Or just, it was awkward/scary? I was HCO on my first ship (FFG) and the forward vertrep station stuff was still in the ACSM but we never used it.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Like, a mishap reason? Or just, it was awkward/scary? I was HCO on my first ship (FFG) and the forward vertrep station stuff was still in the ACSM but we never used it.

Many memories of learning to hoist as a new '46 pilot - off the forecastle of a FFG! Talk about on-the-job training!

 

[hlg6016]

There's a reason we don't like to do forecastle VERTREPs anymore.

Not a Helo guy, But I could visualize that side slipping right into the bridge.

 

[AllAmerican75]

Like, a mishap reason? Or just, it was awkward/scary? I was HCO on my first ship (FFG) and the forward vertrep station stuff was still in the ACSM but we never used it.

Mainly because it's incredibly dangerous and there's nowhere to go if something goes wrong. I'm sure there's been at least one mishap but I don't know of any specifically off the top of my head. When I was on the FFG, we still briefed it as a capability/possibility and still painted the forecastle for it (as required by NAVAIR) but we never once did it. We did do a HIFR once for our deployment certification but that wasn't all that bad.

I think, much like HIFR, it just isn't that necessary anymore and the benefits don't outweigh the danger involved.