THUMPIN455

True but the way it was worded made it sound like that inter service rivalry we have going.. We have a few USAF people here, and we are always eager to play the USAF vs whoever game..

Nothin personal, the GF loves that game, she plays it for neopets.. lol.

grruminator78

No harm no foul... just as long as we don't bash our friends with the funny little hats (it's just too easy!)

deebo68

We fly three types currently:

HH-60 Inventory = 64

MH-53 Inventory = 41

UH-1N "Huey" Inventory = 63 (primarly used in AF Space Command)

Not sure if you count the Osprey, it's a tilt rotor aircraft, and it's pretty cool!


Deebo

grruminator78

Last time I saw an AF huey was a vandenburg

THUMPIN455

Whats with the little brimless hats anyway? Are they trying to be elite like Paratroopers or perhaps SF? Oh wait the SP's have little black brimless hats too.. nevermind..

Anyone wanna know about Cargo aircraft? Yay trash haulers for the win!

paddy187

Maybe US pilots should learn that big union jack and orange symbols on the top of APC's mean friendly and not foe!!!! Just a thought

deebo68

Yea, they use the hueys a lot at VAFB and at the missile bases up North, i.e. Minot, ND, Malmstrom, MT, and F.E. Warren, Wyoming. Sometimes when the weather is bad we hitch a ride out to the missile fields up here.

They're trying to come up with a "joint" replacement, but thats going to take some time.

THUMPIN455

Hard to see the jack when you are doing 300mph at 300AGL... but yeah they have been briefed repeatedly... those were some bad days...

deebo68

US pilots do the best they can with the information on hand. The "fog of war" and murphy's law takes over sometimes and knowone can help that.

crunchyskippy

I'm a little late in the thread, but don't forget that the Marines have helos as well, including MX-1 (the POTUS puddle jumper). Wesee it (three of'em, really)quite often in the DC area.