hey were ret. earlier this yr. hey were ret. earlier this yr.They should have been retired a long time ago.
I just read the C-130 was out of Sacramento.
I live down here in Chula Vista and lately (maybe last 2 months) we have been getting buzzed by Cobras a lot. I don’t know if they are flying in and out of OLF Imperial Beach or what but they are always coming from or heading in the direction of IB so maybe they are running training missions from there. Doesn’t bother me watching them at all buzzing by, sometimes 3-4 in a group. It does drive you nuts though when they go by at 2 oclock in the morning at 500ft because they are not the quietest things and I have been woken up by them many times.
Anyway, a few times we have been outside when they have gone over and they are way low passing over the houses and sometimes with the way they are whipping around, fun to watch, but looks like they may be goofing off or hot dogging. Honestly us, and a couple neighbors, we have talked and always say that one of these days one is going to end up in someones back yard.
For a Cobra and a C-130 to collide in some very open space seems odd. Were not talking about 2 real fast moving aircraft so coming upon each other and not having time to avoid each other, especially with the maneuverability of the Cobra seems odd. I pray for the crews and hope this wasn’t the case of one or both of the crews messing around because for those 2 to just be flying along and run into each other seems like a long shot, especially with collision avoidance, that I assume is probably at least on the C-130 and a Cobra having radar capable of shooting objects miles away. Someone mentioned refueling, I know that CC ones are equipped to refuel CC choppers for extended search and rescue but don’t know if they train or participate in refueling Marine/Navy choppers.
From fleet service. VX-30 continues to fly four S-3s and NASA flies one as well.
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They should have been retired a long time ago.
Incorrect. Lots of life left in those Vikings and NAVAIR is left shorthanded with no viable replacement for the S-3s ASW capability.