I thought that too! It's almost like they were made by the same company!
Obviously they got one of them right.
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Obviously they got one of them right.
Lobster
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Into the break at Fallon at dusk, CVWR-30 1987 det.
Another unreal sunset. I was talking with my old man about seeing stuff like this when he was up there. I'm jealous...
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020723-N-9536A-006 Pacific Ocean off the Coast of Okinawa, Japan (Jul. 23, 2002) -- Helicopter Antisubmarine Light Five One (HSL-51) fires an AGM-119 “Penguin” anti-ship missile from an SH-60B “Sea Hawk” helicopter, during aircrew weapon certifications. HSL-51 is home based at the forward deployed naval facility in Atsugi, Japan, with detachments operating out of Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Lisa Aman. (RELEASED)
Tomcat on a VR route over the eastern California desert, circa 1986.
So I've noted the lack of TCS in a few of your pics. What's the deal with that?
Didn't used to be enough so it was a cruise swap item. The Reserves didn't get them very often.
Correct. 2002 was pretty much it. I think -51 had the last shot (may be it above). -37 had one of the last evolutions. I don't use the word "shots" because not all of the weapon left the rail. It did have a cool 15 degree offset though...fortunately the motor didn't fire and they landed on San Clemente safely.
The Penguin was actually a capable missile, they just sat around in the inventory for so long that they ended up breaking a lot in the end. We bought the weapon system but weren't allowed to (or didn't) buy the maintenance pubs that goes along with it.
This was in the early days of the mod... and we only had three or four of them for the whole 12-plane squadron. Plus, the aircraft we had were all 158xxx and very early 159xxx BuNo aircraft... some of them were the original VF-1 and VF-2 aircraft that were delivered in 1972/73. We still had the old "coffee grinder" radios in the back seat, instead of the nice digital UHF radios.
Old R.O. Picture of the Day for 21 Aug 2008
VMFA-531 F/A-18A clears the coast near Del Mar on a Seawolf departure from NAS Miramar into W-291, 22 February 1986.
The squadron had just transitioned to the Hornet. Note the lack of any pylons or other drag inducers on the a/c.
VMFA-531 F/A-18A clears the coast near Del Mar on a Seawolf departure from NAS Miramar into W-291, 22 February 1986.
The squadron had just transitioned to the Hornet. Note the lack of any pylons or other drag inducers on the a/c.
invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
Ofcourse not, that'd make too much sense.
Don't you have any pictures of F-14's?
I.e., the biggest target in the fight ... ????
Don't you have any pictures of F-14's?
I.e., the biggest target in the fight ... ????
Most of my slides of other aircraft are in the archives at Tailhook HQ in San Diego... Just wait until November when I get back there on a visit... the scanner will be blazing!
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