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Agreed - we still have a long way to go in the PA/PR battle. However, that being said, in my 20 years of service I have enjoyed watching a very steady (albeit slow) improvement in our military Public Affairs capabilities. But, as Thucydides alluded to, we still have a long way to go...

LOL! You know for years, while flying the Herc, I've always wanted to jump out (as the actual aircrew) midway through flight to scare the hell out of the jumpers in the back. For all the times that I have supported CPC either during CON PARA or during J stage of BPARA I have always thought to...

250 KCAS. I don't think anybody wants to be hitting the slipstream at that speed though ... yikes.

Nope - same speeds for the C-130 and the C-17 during the drop phase. For the C-17 ...... jumpers will be forced, by the slipstream, into and slightly under the aircraft - hence the requirement for the extra 4' of static line - it is just to ensure that they really are absolutely clear of the...

The Maple Leaf on my jump wings are only red - I'll let a guy with the white Maple Leaf answer that one. I simply don't know the answer to that one.

Yes. We will get there one day. One step at a time. Our long term goal/plan/doctrine is to perform airdrop with the C-17 aircraft as well as with the C-130J. Currently we simply don't have the crews trained yet to even perform the shear volume of airland taskings that are being piled onto the...

WHAT?????  :o No, absolutely not - let me kill that rumour right here and now. Those are our aircraft - bought and paid for. We got/received NOTHING from the Australians. 701 and 702 will cycle down to the USA this spring to also be retrofit for a defensive systems upgrade just like 703 and...

The last two - 703 and 704 should be with us very soon. We took official delivery of 703 from Boeing in Long Beach on 7th March and we just took delivery of 704 from Boeing the other day - 3rd April.  So, in a sense we now legally own and have accepted all 4 C-17 aircraft for our Canadian fleet...

Evil twin brother ...................

LOL!!  That is probably true!!  The J model does not come with a crew compliment (or even seats) for the NAV or for the FE, so your conspiracy theory may hold some truth!! You cannot compare the two.  The C-130J and the C-17 are apples and oranges.  That's like comparing a pickup truck to a...

Air Mobility Advisory Group

The Airbus and Challenger are out of my swim lane. I don't plan or write the QS for those aircraft. I have no idea how long their upgrade plans are going to be. As for the CC177 - well, it's a little more than big iron that only flies into CAT II airports. Plus, right now, the CC177 is the only...

That would be an over-simplification.

That is not determined yet. The old paradigm required pipeliners to upgrade from First Officer to Aircraft Commander within 3 years (36 months in the Div Orders).  After that they have even more time to then upgrade in their speciality such as a Tactical or SAR Aricraft Commander.  However...

You old fart!! Get ready for it kids - pipes will be posted to EVERYTHING from now on. The Air Mobility Group has finally taken the "old boys & dinsoaurs" out behind the wood shed and shot them. The sacred cow of Air Mobility postings has now been put to bed. Fresh new pilots can now pipe...

For the sake of OPSEC I will refrain from commenting or highlighting the launching and fuel tankering procedures or policy for Northern Sovereignty Operations. Suffice it to say - Air refueling has been thought of and dealt with. Really guys - that is all we should be saying on the matter. It...

Interesting site - thanks for the post - some very nice photos there. It was very quick getting 702 into service. We picked it up on 18 Oct and flew it out of Long Beach, California to Trenton. On the 21 Oct we flew to Cold Lake to pick up the first load of cargo. Landed in Inuvik on 22 Oct. 3...

Ah ha! Inflight refueling = "AR", Air Refueling. IR = Infra Red.  Something very different. Confused the heck out of me - I'm gettng old. We will not be doing any AR. G2G: If only I could be as good loooking as that C-17 pilot. Alas, there but for the grace of God ..................

TH6 - I don't understand your question. What are you asking? What do you mean "... IR capability....."?

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