Anyone ever been to Vladivostok?n/t

[wsbill]

... in response to You forgot to mention the hand cranks fo..., posted by BrianN on May 9, 2002

But you can bet they'd send a AIM-9L in nice weather or a AIM-7F in there direction at close range on a crapy day.

[BrianN]

... in response to Re: They'd never waste a phoenix for scr..., posted by wsbill on May 10, 2002

Crap, the 7/9's are like sodas going out of a 7-11.  Ok, you proved yourself, you know the latest foxtrot and lima branding...

just get me and an awg9... with a 54 load, a good scope, radio, and ughhh... oh man, I'm back to my old cold war days shootin them badgers and bears.

(just an ex aic).

[wsbill]

... in response to Yeah, but they're Cheap!!!!!  haha!!!, posted by BrianN on May 10, 2002

But the 14's were on station, didn't see any 54's, I've only seen those on ship and in the ready.

Digital gauges are so nice when turning engines.

[Richard]

... in response to Yeah, but they're Cheap!!!!!  haha!!!, posted by BrianN on May 10, 2002

for those of us who aren't military / aviation buffs

[BrianN]

... in response to What's an "aic"?, posted by Richard on May 10, 2002

No biggie, it's just a navy acronym for air intercept controller.  Never turned a wrench on an a/c though so that's way out of my league.

[wsbill]

... in response to Re: What's an "aic"?, posted by BrianN on May 11, 2002

Sounds like you flew around in those SIGINT airplanes.. E-6's varieties...  though, I'm more familar with the ERA-3 variety.  "Save The Whale".

[BrianN]

... in response to Re: So are you a 'RIO' ?, posted by wsbill on May 11, 2002

even then i woulda been in an e2b/c, not in an ea6.  i was a destroyer/cruiser radar dude.  (those poor ugly ass whales.. gawd those things were ugly).

[wsbill]

... in response to oh no...., posted by BrianN on May 11, 2002

a4's forever.  I was transfered into EW outfit (A3, A4 & EA-6A, just like the B, but without the two other riders) in 1983-87.

I've always been a Mech, so I'm not to familiar with all that black crow stuff.  What we did was fly around and act like the Russians (attacking, jamming and shooting scooters at the boat like it was a missle) during the workup cruise for the battle groups preping to be deployed.

I think they use learjet now.  A whole lot cheaper.

I think we got national attention one time when we were flying out of San Diego, where in which the Chaffe was being deployed on take-off and all those metal strips grounded out alot of electrical lines that blew alot of transformers in the city...like about 1/4 of the city.

It's amazing how that stuff fools the radar screens, but boy will that stuff make you itch if you it on ya.
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