Marco Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 No, contract has been awarded. They (Jax Airport Authority and Embraer/Sierra Nevada) have been prepping the hangar that they will use for the last few months now. One of the guys I work with at the 125th works full-time at the Embraer factory in Melbourne. He said its been very festive there the last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Gotcha - Super T it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 No, contract has been awarded. They (Jax Airport Authority and Embraer/Sierra Nevada) have been prepping the hangar that they will use for the last few months now. One of the guys I work with at the 125th works full-time at the Embraer factory in Melbourne. He said its been very festive there the last week. Confirmation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATIS Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 OV-10 returns to Pax River. http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/31716 Cheers ATIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiFlyer Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 (sigh)......tugs at my heart when I see something like this. I flew one of the Langley OVs long ago in a land far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 (sigh)......tugs at my heart when I see something like this. I flew one of the Langley OVs long ago in a land far away. Shooting womp rats for fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanee Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 OV-10 returns to Pax River. http://www.thebaynet.../story_ID/31716 Cheers ATIS Saw one here at Oceana while sitting in marshal a couple of weeks ago. Cool airplane. Never thought I'd actually see one turning/flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiFlyer Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Shooting womp rats for fun? Sorta...except when they shot back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spur38 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 See www.cactusairforce.com beautiful and flying OV-10! Eat your hearts out fellas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 OV-10 returns to Pax River. http://www.thebaynet.../story_ID/31716 Cheers ATIS If one wanted to get in on this early, how do you think one would do such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky_king Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 And the oil starvation issue in inverted or negative g flight. The negative g limit is on the fuel system, not the oil system. The oil system has a near-zero g limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmacwc Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Are we still talking about this..... Welcome to yesterday's war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Are we still talking about this..... Welcome to yesterday's war. Still plenty of shenanigans in Africa and some drug tomfoolery in South America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theat6bisasham Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Still plenty of shenanigans in Africa and some drug tomfoolery in South America. Like we really need to get into a freakin' quagmire all over again? Are you serious? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Man Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Like it's up to us where we operate? Are you serious? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Like it's up to us where we operate? Are you serious? Listen, we just have to be ready for more high jinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATIS Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_07_08_2013_p06-588656.xml I'd give my left nut to go fly this as a NFO/CSO/WSO...whatever you call it these days. ATIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilon Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) Sort of a different venture being developed by textron/cessna. Interesting concept. http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2013-09-16/textron-airland-jv-unveils-scorpion-tactical-jet Edited September 17, 2013 by epsilon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Kinda sounds like an updated version of the A-9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Sort of a different venture being developed by textron/cessna. Interesting concept. http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2013-09-16/textron-airland-jv-unveils-scorpion-tactical-jet It looks like the child of a F-18 and SU-25... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Looks like a Tomcat of old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) Is it possible that by quickly mothballing the A-10 the Air Force is intentionally creating a capability gap to drive the purchase of a Fifth-Gen designated CAS airplane? In 2009 a buddy of mine was at Oshkosh and heard a Cessna higher-up talking to AF officials about building a new CAS jet. Well, this is that airplane. Congress would never pay for another new platform with the F-22 and F-35 debacles, and the outstanding performance of the A-10 as a CAS platform (no apparent "need" for a new jet). However, with all services screaming for a designated CAS airplane, and the desire of the Air Force to be all Fifth-Gen, this new Cessna jet is positioned very well to have a future. If all of this is intentional, it's genius negotiating strategy with Congress and the other services, assuming we don't have another ground war in the next 5 or so years. Edited September 21, 2013 by Pancake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Noonin Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Is it possible that by quickly mothballing the A-10 the Air Force is intentionally creating a capability gap to drive the purchase of a Fifth-Gen designated CAS airplane? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) Wow. Insightful response. My bad. This is BO.net. Continue bitching... Edited September 21, 2013 by Pancake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Noonin Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 You asked a yes or no question. What the fuck do you want? No, it's not possible. This one is completely money related. There is no vast conspiracy to axe the A-10 in order to develop a 5th gen pure CAS platform. What exactly would be 5th gen about it, by the way? Stealthy? No real need for that. If we're doing down n'dirty CAS A-10 style, they pretty much know we're there without a radar, don't they? Advanced sensor fusion? Advanced handling? Advanced propulsion? The money crunch is real. Very very real. It is not some manufactured illusion to mask secret plans or a military-industrial complex conspiracy. Is that better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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