tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8103518042660126245..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Mighty War HooverOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38898811113990522272013-12-12T17:37:45.811-08:002013-12-12T17:37:45.811-08:00The Mighty War Hoover returns!The Mighty War Hoover returns!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2132035399501274082013-12-12T17:19:54.397-08:002013-12-12T17:19:54.397-08:00Yep, and faster too... C-2s are S.L.O.W!!!Yep, and faster too... C-2s are S.L.O.W!!!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14468476525851219042013-12-12T15:02:42.060-08:002013-12-12T15:02:42.060-08:00Now that would be nice. And actually make sense.Now that would be nice. And actually make sense.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48976435125321094812013-12-12T15:02:08.672-08:002013-12-12T15:02:08.672-08:00Re: oversight and fairness - are those synonyms fo...Re: <em>oversight and fairness</em> - are those synonyms for inefficient and politically correct?<br /><br />I think they are. But that's just me. Who used to wear the uniform and now is a defense type worker. Been there, seen that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18098988438901275912013-12-12T14:05:29.027-08:002013-12-12T14:05:29.027-08:00Ah, that translation makes perfect sense.
The dou...Ah, that translation makes perfect sense.<br /><br />The double take is the name of the base <em> Boron</em>. My first glance saw something else entirely. Once I looked closer, it was one of those "Ah ha!" moments. (As in I <b>have</b> heard of it. Over at your place. And there's no way anyone would name a place <em> Moron AFS</em>. Would they?)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77115628910165742202013-12-12T09:28:44.391-08:002013-12-12T09:28:44.391-08:00In re: IN DETEGENGO. As I recall, the motto was s...In re: IN DETEGENGO. As I recall, the motto was supposed to mean "Leading, or first, detector." That was our mission: long-range detection, tracking, and intercept.<br /><br />In re: double-take? Edwards? Or the various and sundry Air Divisions the unit was assigned to? We were (administratively) assigned to 26 AD (March AFB) down in Riverside while I was there but had a support agreement with Edwards, which was about 20 miles away.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24625401032118271262013-12-11T21:46:14.852-08:002013-12-11T21:46:14.852-08:00Getting the planes back into working order would p...Getting the planes back into working order would probably take longer than getting crews trained. They could speed up the process by putting in the P-8 Neptune computer systems though, and even training P-3 types for jet/CVN work. I'd love to see it, but we're a too broke and too shortsighted to make it happen imho. Our procurement methods are made for oversight and fairness, not getting (or keeping) the best product in our sailors hands.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57161812343076487822013-12-11T18:21:10.717-08:002013-12-11T18:21:10.717-08:00Actually they ARE looking at putting the S-3s back...Actually they ARE looking at putting the S-3s back on the boat... As C-2 replacement and Texaco again... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33952164189489409262013-12-11T14:48:21.352-08:002013-12-11T14:48:21.352-08:00From what my son and oldest daughter tell me, perf...From what my son and oldest daughter tell me, performing duties as the plane guard on a modern destroyer can be interesting at times.<br /><br />Actually seeing traps from the signal bridge of a can must have been pretty intense.<br /><br />I had no idea you were a Navy vet IT. I guess I have <b>not</b> been paying attention. Pretty awesome.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78903572058252557912013-12-11T14:45:49.402-08:002013-12-11T14:45:49.402-08:001) IN DETEGENDO PRINCEPS, detecting the leader or ...1) <em>IN DETEGENDO PRINCEPS</em>, detecting the leader or prince? Methinks Google Translator's Latin ain't all that great.<br /><br />2) I really did a double-take on the home station of the 750th Radar Squadron.<br /><br />3) I <b>did</b> forget to issue a "cheesy music alert". My apologies.<br /><br />4) I would have been there too watching the light show. Stuff that goes boom amuses me. As long as it's far enough away.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85096123928759417942013-12-11T14:39:44.791-08:002013-12-11T14:39:44.791-08:00Governments, being manned by politicians and burea...Governments, being manned by politicians and bureaucrats, have no soul, no intelligence and no clue.<br /><br />I think I've mentioned gubmint stoopidity before.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12439666513446279922013-12-11T14:38:18.834-08:002013-12-11T14:38:18.834-08:00Ah yes, the Navy S2F-1 Tracker or "Stoof"...Ah yes, the Navy S2F-1 Tracker or "Stoof". I'm glad you brought that one up. I Googled it. I predict there are Trackers in the blog's future.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46612320498284955182013-12-11T14:27:29.374-08:002013-12-11T14:27:29.374-08:00Oops, almost forgot, please wish the Teenangster a...Oops, almost forgot, please wish the Teenangster a Happy Birthday.<br /><br />Oh and aviators? Normal? Yeah, right...<br /><br />Not that there's anything wrong with that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41691314827521449352013-12-11T14:26:11.339-08:002013-12-11T14:26:11.339-08:00For future reference, Google Images can be your fr...For future reference, Google Images can be your friend with the right search term. It can be very frightening as well!<br /><br />The cousins thing, same engine, now I get it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79902643153023991552013-12-11T13:08:18.363-08:002013-12-11T13:08:18.363-08:00I've seen the video of the carrier landing (wi...I've seen the video of the carrier landing (without the enhancements) before<br />The closest I have ever been to an actual carrier landing ...capture would probably be a better word... is from the signal bridge of a tin can on plane guard station<br />The most fun the old tin cans can have is trying to maintain station during flight ops IT (aka Ivan Toblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07484236901066944983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43664598224624321992013-12-11T11:24:10.566-08:002013-12-11T11:24:10.566-08:00...at the U.S. Navy Naval Weapons Center at China ...<i>...at the U.S. Navy Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, California (USA), in 1971.</i><br /><br />Wow, what a co-inky-dink. I was at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron_Air_Force_Station" rel="nofollow">Boron AFS</a> in '71 and we used to sit out on the back deck o' the radar tower and watch the light shows (parachute flares) over China Lake in the summertime (we were easily amused). Lotsa stuff that goes boom happens there.<br /><br />Nice post. Except for the cheesy music.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23461852690956777332013-12-11T11:05:25.686-08:002013-12-11T11:05:25.686-08:00A very versatile bird. Not only a good ASW ac, but...A very versatile bird. Not only a good ASW ac, but a great Maritime "sea conrol" attack bird as well. (shipping, flak towers, harbors, locks, etc.) I once asked AW1 Tim (an old P-3 guy) how long it would take to get a couple of squadrons worth out of the bone-yard and reconstituted, crews trained, etc, and he said "a couple of years." Tuna? Sound about right? JUST like the F-111, we threw away a <i>very</i> useful (and needed) capability for what? We STILL got nada, zilch, to show for the sacrifice......just as both the PLAN and Russian sub threat is growing again.. and their use against growing Iranian shore emplacements and light/fast boat threats helpful.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47083563002309129142013-12-11T08:54:01.372-08:002013-12-11T08:54:01.372-08:00The mail gets there faster in an S-3, than it ever...The mail gets there faster in an S-3, than it ever did in a Stoof.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3258256950108341202013-12-10T19:47:00.525-08:002013-12-10T19:47:00.525-08:00Oh yeah, to answer your questions, yeah, we're...Oh yeah, to answer your questions, yeah, we're pretty normal, but the bar was taken out of the back of the S-3 due to budget cuts. The first video wasn't me, but it was my first squadron- the World Famous VS-21 Fighting Redtails. That vid was a bit after I left the squadron and after they had moved to the USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) when the USS INDEPENDENCE was decommissioned. Great pic of those ejection seat tests by the way- first I'd ever seen that one. Those test pilots survived just fine by the way.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41726705608642816712013-12-10T17:55:10.210-08:002013-12-10T17:55:10.210-08:00I'm impressed, not only with the shout-out, bu...I'm impressed, not only with the shout-out, but the speed at which you put this post together with a ton of photos and vids from all over. I just made that comment late last night! As for the cousin comment, both the venerable Viking and the worthy Warthog have the mighty General Electric TF-34 Turbofan engine. With this baby kicking out 9275 foot lbs of static thrust, jamming the throttles into MIL would feel like...you were laying your head on a down pillow. Yeah, not very fleet of foot, the 450mph/.79 mach wouldn't get you there fast, but you could bring all your friends, your skis, a couple of ice chests, and plenty of luggage. I'll regale you of some Viking stories in a future post, but this being the teenangster's 15th B-day, I must rejoin the party. Thanks for the great post.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.com