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Posted: 3/21/2014 4:09:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/21/2014 4:25:30 PM EDT
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More air-to-air kills than the F-22. Quote HistoryMore kills of military aircraft than Aegis 
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Posted: 3/21/2014 4:52:20 PM EDT
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More kills of military aircraft than Aegis Quote HistoryQuoted:
More kills of military aircraft than Aegis True. |
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Posted: 3/21/2014 4:52:35 PM EDT
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RIP VP-22, the Blue Geese. RIP VP-48, Boomers 
My Navy Expeditionary Medal was from my time in VP-48. P-3 stories, as a SS2, then SS1, cross training to SS3, plus ASWOC/TSC duty, I've got quite a few. Some funny, some frightening, some likely still confidential, and some made of solid fucking brass, but as a teller of stories they would take too much to type here. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 5:14:28 AM EDT
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3?
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Posted: 3/22/2014 5:57:29 AM EDT
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I flew to Japan in the EP-3 that landed in Hainan. The bolted new wings on it and put it back into service. They got special permission for the tail feathers. Most of the time it's a standard logo, the bat on that plane takes up the entire tail, it's got red evil eyes and giant teeth and talons. Quote HistoryQuoted:
I flew to Japan in the EP-3 that landed in Hainan. The bolted new wings on it and put it back into service. They got special permission for the tail feathers. Most of the time it's a standard logo, the bat on that plane takes up the entire tail, it's got red evil eyes and giant teeth and talons. Interesting. I was assigned to do a paper on that plane/incident a few years ago for a mock briefing in a program I was taking. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 7:05:28 AM EDT
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? I don't have inside knowledge but I would think a whole bunch of electronics |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 7:09:45 AM EDT
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? EP-3 is the ELINT version. It collects electronic intelligence while patrolling off the coast of countries. It has additional elecronics pods under the belly and on the back, |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 7:42:51 AM EDT
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My first tour out of A school was at an AUW unit in an un-named foreign country. AUW units provided Betty and Lulu Nuclear depth charges to the VP Squadrons which, back then were P2V equipped. Twenty years later I was Officer in Charge of an AUW unit that provided B57 bombs to P3 units. I was also an NTPI inspector for West Coast VP Squadrons.
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Posted: 3/22/2014 8:21:59 AM EDT
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Never realized that the P2V was used so extensively in Vietnam.
According to Wiki US Army used it for gunship/surveillance as the OP-2E/AP-2E/AP-2H. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 8:54:28 AM EDT
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The talk about sonobouys falling out reminded me of one falling out of the belly as we rotated on takeoff. I remember seeing it bouncing and skidding down the runway. Tower was on the horn immediately to tell us too.
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Posted: 3/22/2014 9:08:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The talk about sonobouys falling out reminded me of one falling out of the belly as we rotated on takeoff. I remember seeing it bouncing and skidding down the runway. Tower was on the horn immediately to tell us too. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 9:10:12 AM EDT
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I love threads like these.
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Posted: 3/22/2014 9:14:44 AM EDT
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? They're filled with geeks and nerds. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 9:21:10 AM EDT
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? The EP-3 has a canoe on top and an M&M forward under the flight station. It looks like a P-3 with leprosy. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 9:53:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I didn't read the whole thread to see if it was already mentioned, but a buoy fell off a P-3 here a couple years ago and crashed through a guy's roof a mile down the road from me. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The talk about sonobouys falling out reminded me of one falling out of the belly as we rotated on takeoff. I remember seeing it bouncing and skidding down the runway. Tower was on the horn immediately to tell us too. One of the Moffett squadrons had a plane take a lightening strike headed out of area. It was over Los Gatos when it got hit. Besides blowing off all the static wicks and burning up a bunch of electronics it blew the Mad boom cap off. I landed in someone's pool. Just after he'd gotten out of the pool from his morning swim! Yeah, that sonobuoy falling out cost my Ordnanceman a case of beer. He was a bit stupid at times. I went to help him load buoys and commented on the fact that there weren't any CADs on the one still on the trailer. He looked at the trailers and then up at the belly, said "Fuck, fuck, fuck fuck" and started pulling buoys out of the belly. Only human being I've ever seen that could fall asleep on the takeoff roll, sleep most of the flight and then bitch about needing to go home and catch more shuteye after the post flight. His one saving grace was the unbelievable collection of porn magazines he had. Never saw so many in one place as he always had in his ron bag. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 10:19:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? The P-3 had a lot of different models. The VQ birds looked just like a regular P-3 for the most part. Aside from the optical flat windows at the observer positions you couldn't really tell the difference between them and an straight ASW bird. VXN-8 had a bunch of special planes. I used to like to see the Project Magnet plane come through on deployment as they had a rather nice looking blonde female who was easy to talk to and look at.    And the squadron I spent the most time attached to:  QE-3 was the ghost bird. It was haunted. No one liked to have to work on it alone late at night. Strange things happened on it. Like the APU shutting itself off. One of the AMEs was running a water separator test one night and said he watched the switch cover open by itself and the switch move on its own to the off position. He said he made it from sitting in the FE's seat to the main cabin door before the lights went off. I had to fish in a HF long wire in through the open port over wing when it broke off up at the tail instead of at the mast like they normally did. That was not fun. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 11:46:05 AM EDT
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Long transits to on station can be boring so a lot of pranks get played on new pilots. Have the whole crew run from the front of the tube to the back and then to the front over and over again so the senior pilot gives the junior shit about not keeping his trim up.
There was some sort of tube at the TACCO's station that connected to the left seat pilot's gauges. You could light a smoke and then blow smoke in the tube and it'd look like the pilot's gauges were on fire. Send a newb outside with a cup of ice water and a cup of hot water and have him walk around the plane with his hands over his head to "calibrate the infrared." |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 1:10:30 PM EDT
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The P-3 had a lot of different models. The VQ birds looked just like a regular P-3 for the most part. Aside from the optical flat windows at the observer positions you couldn't really tell the difference between them and an straight ASW bird. VXN-8 had a bunch of special planes. I used to like to see the Project Magnet plane come through on deployment as they had a rather nice looking blonde female who was easy to talk to and look at. http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~bzelip/birdseye/img/vxn8p3_01_10mar2002.jpg http://modelingmadness.com/scott/books/sq/p3ina2.jpg http://www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/uploads/imageuploads/315713936454122491.jpg And the squadron I spent the most time attached to: http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa5/KBVP/VP-40P-3.jpg QE-3 was the ghost bird. It was haunted. No one liked to have to work on it alone late at night. Strange things happened on it. Like the APU shutting itself off. One of the AMEs was running a water separator test one night and said he watched the switch cover open by itself and the switch move on its own to the off position. He said he made it from sitting in the FE's seat to the main cabin door before the lights went off. I had to fish in a HF long wire in through the open port over wing when it broke off up at the tail instead of at the mast like they normally did. That was not fun. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? The P-3 had a lot of different models. The VQ birds looked just like a regular P-3 for the most part. Aside from the optical flat windows at the observer positions you couldn't really tell the difference between them and an straight ASW bird. VXN-8 had a bunch of special planes. I used to like to see the Project Magnet plane come through on deployment as they had a rather nice looking blonde female who was easy to talk to and look at. http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~bzelip/birdseye/img/vxn8p3_01_10mar2002.jpg http://modelingmadness.com/scott/books/sq/p3ina2.jpg http://www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/uploads/imageuploads/315713936454122491.jpg And the squadron I spent the most time attached to: http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa5/KBVP/VP-40P-3.jpg QE-3 was the ghost bird. It was haunted. No one liked to have to work on it alone late at night. Strange things happened on it. Like the APU shutting itself off. One of the AMEs was running a water separator test one night and said he watched the switch cover open by itself and the switch move on its own to the off position. He said he made it from sitting in the FE's seat to the main cabin door before the lights went off. I had to fish in a HF long wire in through the open port over wing when it broke off up at the tail instead of at the mast like they normally did. That was not fun. That's incorrect. Both VQ-1 and 2 fly the EP-3 Aries. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 1:11:21 PM EDT
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They're filled with geeks and nerds. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? They're filled with geeks and nerds. Yes, but what is the difference? |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 1:14:30 PM EDT
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Long transits to on station can be boring so a lot of pranks get played on new pilots. Have the whole crew run from the front of the tube to the back and then to the front over and over again so the senior pilot gives the junior shit about not keeping his trim up. There was some sort of tube at the TACCO's station that connected to the left seat pilot's gauges. You could light a smoke and then blow smoke in the tube and it'd look like the pilot's gauges were on fire. Send a newb outside with a cup of ice water and a cup of hot water and have him walk around the plane with his hands over his head to "calibrate the infrared." Had a pilot walking around with a buoy during preflight to calibrate the OTPI. Of course we made him carry a DICASS "because it has a more powerful radio transmitter". (He had no idea it was also the heaviest). Told him to follow the IRDS camera so we could monitor the test. Played the video months later and had him brief the Wardroom during a "training session". |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 1:17:07 PM EDT
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Yes, but what is the difference? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? They're filled with geeks and nerds. Yes, but what is the difference? The geeks have a bit more dweebage and the nerds are straight up weenies. Unless it's a linguist in which case, they're just plain weird. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 1:23:04 PM EDT
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Yes, but what is the difference? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? They're filled with geeks and nerds. Yes, but what is the difference? As far as the airframe goes? Nothing. A P-3 is a P-3 is a P-3. Filled full of leg shavers and plastic spoon carrying types. 
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Posted: 3/22/2014 1:34:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2014 1:53:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/22/2014 2:19:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's incorrect. Both VQ-1 and 2 fly the EP-3 Aries. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? The P-3 had a lot of different models. The VQ birds looked just like a regular P-3 for the most part. Aside from the optical flat windows at the observer positions you couldn't really tell the difference between them and an straight ASW bird. VXN-8 had a bunch of special planes. I used to like to see the Project Magnet plane come through on deployment as they had a rather nice looking blonde female who was easy to talk to and look at. http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~bzelip/birdseye/img/vxn8p3_01_10mar2002.jpg http://modelingmadness.com/scott/books/sq/p3ina2.jpg http://www.sim-outhouse.com/soh_ftp/uploads/imageuploads/315713936454122491.jpg And the squadron I spent the most time attached to: http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa5/KBVP/VP-40P-3.jpg QE-3 was the ghost bird. It was haunted. No one liked to have to work on it alone late at night. Strange things happened on it. Like the APU shutting itself off. One of the AMEs was running a water separator test one night and said he watched the switch cover open by itself and the switch move on its own to the off position. He said he made it from sitting in the FE's seat to the main cabin door before the lights went off. I had to fish in a HF long wire in through the open port over wing when it broke off up at the tail instead of at the mast like they normally did. That was not fun. That's incorrect. Both VQ-1 and 2 fly the EP-3 Aries. The Aries II came after I left the service in '88. The VQ birds that came through on deployments all had optical flats in place of the bubbles at the aft observer stations. Weird open electronics racks. And stencils for just about every PatWingPac bird flying at the time. I don't think I ever saw a VQ bird painted in VQ insignia when I was on deployment. I do remember "our" planes going flying while they were still sitting in the Hangar though. The Cold War was an odd game. The Charlie Update I was the brand new variant as I was getting out. VP-31 had one Charlie Update II at the time. I never paid much attention to the VQ birds as we usually didn't pull any maintenance on them. Were those the original Aries aircraft? None of the one I remember had canoes. They did have some awesome cameras in back though. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 2:22:31 PM EDT
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This reminds me that I need to try to track down the P-3 patch my aunt sent me from Iceland when I was much younger. She was in the Navy and stationed at NASKEF for a while (Retired a few years ago as a Senior Chief).
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Posted: 3/22/2014 10:53:17 PM EDT
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As far as the airframe goes? Nothing. A P-3 is a P-3 is a P-3. Filled full of leg shavers and plastic spoon carrying types. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? They're filled with geeks and nerds. Yes, but what is the difference? As far as the airframe goes? Nothing. A P-3 is a P-3 is a P-3. Filled full of leg shavers and plastic spoon carrying types. The hardest thing about being a P-3 guy is deciding what to spend all that per diem on. |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 10:56:48 PM EDT
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The Aries II came after I left the service in '88. The VQ birds that came through on deployments all had optical flats in place of the bubbles at the aft observer stations. Weird open electronics racks. And stencils for just about every PatWingPac bird flying at the time. I don't think I ever saw a VQ bird painted in VQ insignia when I was on deployment. I do remember "our" planes going flying while they were still sitting in the Hangar though. The Cold War was an odd game. The Charlie Update I was the brand new variant as I was getting out. VP-31 had one Charlie Update II at the time. I never paid much attention to the VQ birds as we usually didn't pull any maintenance on them. Were those the original Aries aircraft? None of the one I remember had canoes. They did have some awesome cameras in back though. That's a different squadron, not VQ. At least now. 
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Posted: 3/23/2014 12:49:28 AM EDT
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The hardest thing about being a P-3 guy is deciding what to spend all that per diem on. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What differes the EP-3 from the "regular" P-3? They're filled with geeks and nerds. Yes, but what is the difference? As far as the airframe goes? Nothing. A P-3 is a P-3 is a P-3. Filled full of leg shavers and plastic spoon carrying types. The hardest thing about being a P-3 guy is deciding what to spend all that per diem on. I can understand the per diem and flight pay, but what do you guys do to earn the base pay? |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 12:51:50 AM EDT
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Assume for the sake of nothing in particular, you dropped a passive buoy in somewhat stormy waters, how far away do you think you could hear a pinger on a black box?
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Posted: 3/23/2014 1:31:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:  Buring tires signalling our arrival, Al Nasirya, Iraq in the distance circa March 2003, operating from Kuwait as we support the Marines push into Iraq.  I'd give a reasonable amount to have seen the battle from the air when my unit pushed through 2nd Marines lines. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 1:58:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2014 2:06:26 AM EDT
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My niece is now a USN Naval Intelligence Captain in Afghanistan. Back during Somalia, she was in the back of an EP-3 watching bad things happen to people without a whole lot she could do about it. A lot of the footage during the Battle of Mogadishu that we see nowadays was from her unit, taken from a long way offshore. A very capable bird.
ETA: My Grandfather was a plane captain with VPB-26 back in WWII when they were flying PBMs. Here's one of their birds off Guam aboard the USS Norton Sound: 
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Posted: 3/23/2014 8:02:35 AM EDT
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Assume for the sake of nothing in particular, you dropped a passive buoy in somewhat stormy waters, how far away do you think you could hear a pinger on a black box? It all depends on the strength (source level) of the pinger and the ambient noise. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 8:08:34 AM EDT
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Mine was burning oil wells.
I'd give a reasonable amount to have seen the battle from the air when my unit pushed through 2nd Marines lines. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w135/Desert_AIP/P-3/PR100610588236.jpg Buring tires signalling our arrival, Al Nasirya, Iraq in the distance circa March 2003, operating from Kuwait as we support the Marines push into Iraq.
I'd give a reasonable amount to have seen the battle from the air when my unit pushed through 2nd Marines lines. Actually I think that shot is an oil well. I think it was the Brits we were supporting going into Basrah at night, we arrive onstation and the sky over the city lit up with about a dozen to two dozen parachute flares. That was kind of cool to watch. Several video clips of LAVs taking out vehicles and one with a Tomahawk impact into a building with around 100 people standing around outside (and then running). As I said earlier, it was much safer up there, so not much to tell. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 8:23:33 AM EDT
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I was a Navy AW and got trained on passive sonar on a P3. Put your ass right to sleep.
During the late 90's you could still pickup a Russian boomer 50+ miles off the coast of Virginia. Went the better route and cross-rated to AD (powerplant mechanic) and the T56-14 was a good engine, Upside down from the C-130 engine But I've seen 10k hours on engines with little problem and built engines up and ran them on test cell for 4yrs. Good stuff. VP-94 Crawfishers were right next door and I saw them de-com but it was always a neat bird to watch takeoff and land. Aren't many squadrons left for anti-submarine warfare but trained with VP30 Crows nest which is a training squadron, but its still a neat bird. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 3:25:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually I think that shot is an oil well. I think it was the Brits we were supporting going into Basrah at night, we arrive onstation and the sky over the city lit up with about a dozen to two dozen parachute flares. That was kind of cool to watch. Several video clips of LAVs taking out vehicles and one with a Tomahawk impact into a building with around 100 people standing around outside (and then running). As I said earlier, it was much safer up there, so not much to tell. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w135/Desert_AIP/P-3/PR100610588236.jpg Buring tires signalling our arrival, Al Nasirya, Iraq in the distance circa March 2003, operating from Kuwait as we support the Marines push into Iraq. I'd give a reasonable amount to have seen the battle from the air when my unit pushed through 2nd Marines lines. Actually I think that shot is an oil well. I think it was the Brits we were supporting going into Basrah at night, we arrive onstation and the sky over the city lit up with about a dozen to two dozen parachute flares. That was kind of cool to watch. Several video clips of LAVs taking out vehicles and one with a Tomahawk impact into a building with around 100 people standing around outside (and then running). As I said earlier, it was much safer up there, so not much to tell. One the FEs in VP-40 was with a squadron that was deployed to Cam Ranh Bay. He said they had LS/MFT painted on the bomb bay doors. It stood for Low Slow/Makee Fine Target. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 3:59:12 PM EDT
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Here are some pictures of patches I got from my dad. He collected them as a kid when my grandfather was flying P-2s and P-3s. There are a bunch of Patrol Squadrons represented.
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Posted: 3/23/2014 4:03:21 PM EDT
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Here are some pictures of patches I got from my dad. He collected them as a kid when my grandfather was flying P-2s and P-3s. There are a bunch of Patrol Squadrons represented. <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2111.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2111.jpg</a> <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2113-1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2113-1.jpg</a> <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2114-2.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2114-2.jpg</a> Awesome collection. Nice toes.
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Posted: 3/23/2014 4:15:26 PM EDT
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Nifty flying machine...too bad the engines are up-side down.
I was TDY at Rosey Roads in '85 and the P-3's that were there had THE most awesome tail markings EVER! A hooded executioner chopping a bloody sub in half with an axe! And Me with no camera. I've searched on line , but found nothing.
The Ol' Crew Chief VP-93 - The Executioners. They were a Reserve Squadron based @ Selfridge ANGB outside of Detroit. I drive past their last operational P-3B (now on display in the Selfridge museum) on my way to work every day. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 4:38:53 PM EDT
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Here are some pictures of patches I got from my dad. He collected them as a kid when my grandfather was flying P-2s and P-3s. There are a bunch of Patrol Squadrons represented. <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2111.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2111.jpg</a> <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2113-1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2113-1.jpg</a> <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2114-2.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2114-2.jpg</a> I'll have to dig around and see if I've got an old VP-1 patch to send you. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 4:54:58 PM EDT
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Both VQ-1 and 2 fly the EP-3 Aries. Not anymore.
VQ-2 was decommissioned in 2012. I'll give up one of the secrets of VQ-2, the "Spook" logo used by VQ-2 in the 60's and 70's. 
The image was not of a classic "Spook", it is the logo of the Spanish spirit making company Sandeman. 
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Posted: 3/23/2014 4:59:18 PM EDT
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Awesome collection. Nice toes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here are some pictures of patches I got from my dad. He collected them as a kid when my grandfather was flying P-2s and P-3s. There are a bunch of Patrol Squadrons represented. <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2111.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2111.jpg</a> <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2113-1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2113-1.jpg</a> <a href="http://s156.photobucket.com/user/gunner284/media/IMG_2114-2.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t39/gunner284/IMG_2114-2.jpg</a> Awesome collection. Nice toes. Can't have a picture here without toes
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Posted: 3/23/2014 5:02:36 PM EDT
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VP-65 was the reserve P-3 squadron across the ramp from my first squadron.
They were VP-65, the Tridents. 
We called them "The Queers with the Spear".
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Posted: 3/23/2014 5:19:15 PM EDT
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Not anymore.
VQ-2 was decommissioned in 2012. I'll give up one of the secrets of VQ-2, the "Spook" logo used by VQ-2 in the 60's and 70's. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D64MSs_sa4E/T4ZDQQb3e3I/AAAAAAAABtI/YvLr62a_oqQ/s1600/vq2_logo.jpg The image was not of a classic "Spook", it is the logo of the Spanish spirit making company Sandeman. http://ayay.co.uk/backgrounds/vintage_labels/liquor/sandeman-port-and-sherry.jpg And now you know. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Both VQ-1 and 2 fly the EP-3 Aries. Not anymore.
VQ-2 was decommissioned in 2012. I'll give up one of the secrets of VQ-2, the "Spook" logo used by VQ-2 in the 60's and 70's. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D64MSs_sa4E/T4ZDQQb3e3I/AAAAAAAABtI/YvLr62a_oqQ/s1600/vq2_logo.jpg The image was not of a classic "Spook", it is the logo of the Spanish spirit making company Sandeman. http://ayay.co.uk/backgrounds/vintage_labels/liquor/sandeman-port-and-sherry.jpg And now you know. I assume that sherry is from Rota. 
Once VQ-2 went the Whidbey, it was only a matter of time to consolidate them into one squadron. Of course that's one fewer opportunities for command... |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 5:21:16 PM EDT
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The news regarding the Malaysian search just showed one of the P-8s on the ground in Australia with VP-30 tail feathers.
Talk about a nav extend training mission! 
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Posted: 3/23/2014 6:05:34 PM EDT
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The news regarding the Malaysian search just showed one of the P-8s on the ground in Australia with VP-30 tail feathers. Talk about a nav extend training mission!
Perth in local Autumn tough duty. |
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Posted: 3/23/2014 7:31:58 PM EDT
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I have a pretty good one.
Back in February of 85, the squadron that I was in (VP-8) had a slight mishap. Just a couple of weeks in to the deployment, LC 81, the CO's plane was doing touch-and-go's on three engines. To make a long story short, upon landing, the crew somehow forgot they were running on just three engines when they decided to reverse thrust. The plane veered to the left side of the runway skidding in to the dirt/mud collapsing the nose gear and ramming it in to the APU compartment, ripped at least one of the engines off and bending and twisting the fuselage. The plane was FUBAR and they didn't think they were ever going to get the damn thing unstuck. A Lockheed crew flew in from Germany to do the overhaul and got it better than new. If anyone seen our squadron logo painted just outside of the admin office upstairs in the hangar, I painted that.
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Posted: 3/23/2014 9:41:58 PM EDT
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Perth in local Autumn tough duty. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The news regarding the Malaysian search just showed one of the P-8s on the ground in Australia with VP-30 tail feathers. Talk about a nav extend training mission!
Perth in local Autumn tough duty. VP-30 is the RAG, not an operational squadron.
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