|
|
|
Air Force Liaison/P.Net Original Cast of Characters
Group: Community Supporter
Last Login: Today @ 3:10 AM
Posts: 3,341,
Visits: 8,949
|
|
| Mission capable readiness rate of 68.1%........ means that the thing ain't ready to go 31.9% of the time!!! Hell the C-5 has a better MCR than that!!! When I was on the C-141 many moons ago, all the MAC bases posted their MCR on the gate, Charlestons was pretty much all the time the best with MCRs in the 95%+ range. Now today we keep the C-17 in the 80s+. Which is sad because I know our Airmen are much better at it than before. But they just fly our birds until they are so broke they have to sit awhile.
LOAD CLEAR! LOAD CLEAR! To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Joe
 
Group: Registered User
Last Login: Today @ 12:25 AM
Posts: 329,
Visits: 1,058
|
|
Mortarman11c (1/31/2008)
Mission capable readiness rate of 68.1%........ means that the thing ain't ready to go 31.9% of the time!!! Hell the C-5 has a better MCR than that!!!Two factors impacting the MCR. There is a single squadron of what?12? airframes. One bird going down has a greater impact then one bird going down in a 24 planes squadron, or 70 plus frame wing. The second factor is the timelag for getting some parts to the field, again this is because you have a single squadron. The MCR will go up as the number of MV-22's in-theater increases. Personally, I wish they'd take them to Afghanistan and see how well it performs in a mountainous area.
|
|
|
|
|
OIF Veteran
Group: Past PNET Supporter
Last Login: 9/19/2008 7:35 AM
Posts: 3,600,
Visits: 24,581
|
|
Don't really want to fly in that thing but I'm sure that if it shows up in my PZ or LZ I will have to board the damn thing.
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Joe
Group: Registered User
Last Login: 8/26/2008 10:31 PM
Posts: 219,
Visits: 2,049
|
|
Remember that it's not only a USMC thing. The Air Force intends to buy 50 of them for special ops. I really hope it's a success. I think it could have great utility for airborne operations. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't believe that the 75th won't be jumping it regularly.
Aim small; miss small.
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Joe
Group: Community Supporter
Last Login: 5/3/2008 2:14 PM
Posts: 200,
Visits: 172
|
|
My buddy said a flight of two came into their FOB and everyone just stopped what they were doing. He said it was pretty cool to watch them land.
 I took the road less traveled and that made all the difference.......
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Joe
Group: Registered User
Last Login: 10/1/2008 10:23 AM
Posts: 448,
Visits: 1,416
|
|
Anytime they were out flying at Pax River, people stopped to take a peek. A friend is a Marine airframe guy who's been with the MV-22 for about 10 years now. He gave me a little tour once. I only had jump related questions then. "Where's the cable for static line?" "Huh?"
I lack people-skills.
|
|
|
|
|
Stare Master
Group: Community Supporter
Last Login: Today @ 9:20 AM
Posts: 9,681,
Visits: 48,580
|
|
longrifle (3/24/2008)
Remember that it's not only a USMC thing. The Air Force intends to buy 50 of them for special ops. I really hope it's a success. I think it could have great utility for airborne operations. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't believe that the 75th won't be jumping it regularly.Like helicopters I really don't see a tactical reason to jump them. For the service that owns them they're easier to schedule than an AF bird, which makes them great for pay jumps and training jumps. But any place large enough for even a squad DZ is large enough to land them in.
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American GI. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
"History teaches that when you become indifferent and lose the will to fight someone who has the will to fight will take over." COLONEL BULL SIMONS
|
|
|
|
|
Regular Joe
Group: Registered User
Last Login: 8/26/2008 10:31 PM
Posts: 219,
Visits: 2,049
|
|
"Like helicopters I really don't see a tactical reason to jump them. For the service that owns them they're easier to schedule than an AF bird, which makes them great for pay jumps and training jumps. But any place large enough for even a squad DZ is large enough to land them in." - 509Trooper
Understood, and I think you would be right in the majority of cases; however, I could see them being used for operations like the Ranger raid on Kandahar.
C-130s dropped the Rangers and helicopters extracted them. With the V-22 the drop aircraft might also serve as the extraction aircraft for short duration raids. They could circle on station after the drop until the extraction phase. I think it's usually good to have less links in an operation.
Am I correct that V-22s have a much longer range than most helicopters?
Aim small; miss small.
|
|
| |