And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Are those two different missiles mounted under the wing?
Yes, that (idiot) non-combat Commandant (Berger) dismantled ($hit Canned) virtually all USMC supporting arms. I am truly afraid that the Marine Corps will far too soon just be a memory.
second home in NC, we get some air traffic from cherry point and oceana. doesn't take much to get a wing-waggle out of the harrier boys, approaching low.
VMA-213 "Ace of Spades" out of MCAS Cherry Point, NC. I used to go there while analyzing how well the Marines trained Harrier pilots. According to the training officers of the gun squadrons, the answer was "Not well." But, only the top pilots went into Harriers. The Replacement Air Group (RAG) squadron (VMAT-203) had only the same footprint of time to train Harrier pilots as did the F18 trainers. Problem is that the Harrier is much more complicated to fly, so the trainees put much more time into learning to fly the aircraft and less into how to fight with it than the F18 folks. I was there at the time that 9-11 happened, and boy could I tell you stories about being there for that! Fun contract to work on, thoiugh.
Nope. Just Sidewinders sitting under the mounting rails.
ReplyDeleteThe gray part is the mounting pylon and the white is the actual rail for a Sidewinder. I think a blue color denotes it as an inert/training missile.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, sir!
ReplyDeleteWould love to see a closeup of the tail art on the Harrier in the foreground.
ReplyDeletehttp://masm.over-blog.com/2016/02/mcdonnell-douglas-av-8b-harrier-ii-vma-231-ace-of-spades-97th-anniversary.html
DeleteHow about a post of military aircraft art.
ReplyDeleteThe "Harrier" will soon be just a memory as the USMC retires it.
ReplyDeleteThe last two AV-8B pilots are being trained this year. The AV-8B is scheduled to be fully retired by end of FY2030, along with the legacy Hornets.
DeleteYes, that (idiot) non-combat Commandant (Berger) dismantled ($hit Canned) virtually all USMC supporting arms. I am truly afraid that the Marine Corps will far too soon just be a memory.
DeleteThe AV-8B is being replaced by the F-35B.
DeleteAnd the F/A-18s by F-35C.
Deletesecond home in NC, we get some air traffic from cherry point and oceana. doesn't take much to get a wing-waggle out of the harrier boys, approaching low.
ReplyDeleteBlue ones are simulators
ReplyDeleteGood catch on the blue practice rockets.
DeleteI remember the AV-8A being deployed to Iwakuni in the early 1970s. Interesting times.
ReplyDeleteNice looking atoll in the distance, I wonder where that is.
ReplyDeleteVMA-213 "Ace of Spades" out of MCAS Cherry Point, NC. I used to go there while analyzing how well the Marines trained Harrier pilots. According to the training officers of the gun squadrons, the answer was "Not well." But, only the top pilots went into Harriers. The Replacement Air Group (RAG) squadron (VMAT-203) had only the same footprint of time to train Harrier pilots as did the F18 trainers. Problem is that the Harrier is much more complicated to fly, so the trainees put much more time into learning to fly the aircraft and less into how to fight with it than the F18 folks. I was there at the time that 9-11 happened, and boy could I tell you stories about being there for that! Fun contract to work on, thoiugh.
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