To put this thread on topic, I just have to add that manned fighters,
in general, will become things of the past.
Mike
On Aug 6, 2005, at 9:59 PM, Dave Register wrote:
Off topic but - enjoy those F-14s while they're out there. They are
rapidly being retired and only a few squadrons (D model) are left.
Should be entirely gone in about 18 months. Overflight at the
Army-Navy game last season was a Tomcat squadron - probably the last
time that will happen.
VF-143 (now VFA-143) transitioned out shortly after returning from
Iraq and is wrapping up training on F/A-18Fs. Other squadrons are
sequencing over to Super-Hornets (E and F models) shortly. The last of
the pure fighter squadrons are almost gone..
Sad to see an old warhorse leave the fleet but the planes are older
than most of the pilots.
- Dave R
Today I took an all day cruise aboard the USS Harry S. Truman
aircraft carrier. After leaving Norfolk and were far enough out to
sea we were treated to a nice air show where we were allowed to watch
from the flight deck as aircraft landed and took off. They recovered
and launched F/A-18 and F-14 (which broke after landing and came back
to port with us) from the angle deck with cats 3 & 4 and when they
were slung from the ship they went right past us on the bow portion
of the carrier. I have to say that it was very impressive to watch
and mostly FEEL the power as they passed. A F-14 even made a high
speed pass close to the ship and broke the sound barrier as it
passed.
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