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Officer in charge of Royal Navy's new carriers is top RAF man who has never served at sea
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| 25 October 2015
| JENNY STANTON
Posted on 10/25/2015 8:13:37 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: Chode
The F-35?
But they’re almost ready.
Just like they have been for what now, almost a decade?
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posted on
10/25/2015 12:30:42 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: diogenes ghost
And why not? We are borrowing their helos to have enough working ones for maneuvers in europe.
Both pitiful conditions aren’t they?
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posted on
10/25/2015 12:34:16 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: Kickass Conservative
ya never know, nothing surprises me any more
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posted on
10/25/2015 12:57:28 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Sequoyah101
and they'll prolly still be almost ready ten years from now
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posted on
10/25/2015 12:58:47 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: sukhoi-30mki
He doesn’t know his port from his starboard.
To: Chode
Admittedly, they don’t have a huge amount of experienced carrier senior officers to draw from.
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posted on
10/25/2015 2:21:52 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: Chode
Sounds like this guy is the CAG, so better that he knows more about planes than ships...though it doesn’t sound like he knows much about shipboard flight ops.
That’s what happens when you cut back so far you lose experience as well as hardware.
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posted on
10/25/2015 2:25:19 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: Chode
If they choose the guy to oversee carriers who has shipboard experience, he won’t have any aviation experience.
I guess he won’t be CAG...sounds like more than that.
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posted on
10/25/2015 2:29:21 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: minnesota_bound
Lol...gonna learn quickly...
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posted on
10/25/2015 2:31:19 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Don't give it a thought. Any problems can be fixed by going back in time. From the article, the UK is into time travel.
The systems of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the two carriers, are now being tested and in 2016 the ship will be handed over to the Royal Navy for Sea trials. It is expected to come into service in 2012.
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posted on
10/25/2015 2:47:12 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
To: Sequoyah101
The F-35 Edsel?
Nope, I’ve said all along, you’re never going to see full production of that “thing”. They’ve wasted time and money on stealth, which the other side has pretty well figured out.
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posted on
10/25/2015 2:53:59 PM PDT
by
Dartman
(Canada 10/19/15 Santa Claus won.)
To: Dartman
Yup. And that is why it is called an arms race. Point and counter point. One obsolete defeated technology after another.
Change is the only constant.
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posted on
10/25/2015 3:20:23 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: rlmorel
i was just thinking that a CAG without ship flight-ops, they might be better off with someone who knows how to command at sea and trust the squadron commanders to work out the flight-ops rather than a guy that might make Capt. Peter “Wrong Way” Peachfuzz look like Adm. Nelson
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posted on
10/25/2015 5:13:39 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Chode
The Royal Flying Corp has been envious of the Royal Naval Air Service and tried to take it over forever.
Actually succeeded in the 20's. Didn't work well
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posted on
10/25/2015 5:37:43 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(It's funny 'cos it's trure - Homer)
To: Oztrich Boy
ahh yes, the joys of inter service rivalry
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posted on
10/25/2015 5:48:48 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Chode
Yeah. This sounds like a land-based billet, though...not a seagoing one.
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posted on
10/25/2015 6:05:14 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: rlmorel
God i hope so
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posted on
10/25/2015 6:27:49 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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