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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.Seen… I think 12 Wings last chance at the game was Lise, and she was useful elsewhere. Sid has been in all the right places to... -
Between the lack of serviceable aircraft and the lack of available ships, half the time it seems like they are just maintaining their...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.That’s… worrisome. If the crews aren’t able to deliver the capability, then does it point to we don’t really need it anyway? I’m not...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.I was at the Fleet Air Arm museum in July and saw “Humphrey,” the Wessex from Antrim that pulled the SAS off South Georgia after the...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.12401 at the museum is stripped out in the back (we’re working on mocking up the original config as it was the first one delivered in...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.Again, absolutely concur. But would those 5 retaskings had of been as easy if you (the TACCO) weren't there? And how much detail would...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.That's an excellent point. Maybe Embarked Maritime Aviation, to remove the confusion with LRP? Plus EMA sounds good. As well, in my...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.This is a lot more of a grey area. That's the USN model, in the UK they belong to the RAF. But given the RCN currently has no capacity...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.Absolutely correct. However, the doctrinal difference I think we are talking about, in our language, is whether you are normally...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.I don't know that remains true... it assumes that somebody has to coordinate the "dip gang" (not necessarily dipping, but I'll use the...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.The term independent has been discussed here before. It means the ability to control a "dip gang" or equivalent. It's enabled by a...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.It was, I participated in one of the 12 Wing reviews. It was a tweak to the intent, but a major rewrite to format (aka we wrote it...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.In reality, closer to 4 decades… it flows from ideas about “next gen ASW” in the mid 80s that was part of HELTAS development.
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.Oh, and as an aside, this is what I’ve been bringing up wrt the 60R. Canadian MH ASW doctrine is that the aircraft operates...
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Baz replied to the thread CH-148 Cyclone Progress.Ok, not disagreeing, although I would argue that is still tactics and employment, but given this has always been an issue, whatever. By...
