Random PICTURE of the day thread *KEEP IT WORK SAFE*

[Moose242]

Unless you have to work on them. I think that the units on the line that have been flying them for a while are putting in something like 14 man hours of maintenance for every flight hour flown.

We just stood up. We have 4 of them. Only one was flyable up to today, we found one of the gearboxes had been overtorqued by the previous unit. It's hard down now too.


Blackout Coverings for night use? This was the middle of the war so they probably were for light discipline.

The f14 required 50 maintenance hours for every one flight hour.

[Downs]

Maybe I was just spoiled by "working" on C-130s for 5 years

[Scott Mc]

Always wondered what the light covering was for! Thanks

[CJ]

The f14 required 50 maintenance hours for every one flight hour.

And this is why you want to be a pilot and not a wrench monkey, lol.

[helosailor]

The f14 required 50 maintenance hours for every one flight hour.

Yeah, you could always spot a Tomcat maintainer a mile away. They were "FML" before that was even a thing. Gargamel knows what I'm talking about. Lol

[Pokulski-Blatz]

The Flat Iron building looked really weird back then. More angled back then, now its round.

[DieselSmoke]

Maybe I was just spoiled by "working" on C-130s for 5 years

I hear ya on that one. I've was a Crew Chief on the 130 for 10 years and before that lawn darts. Not a plane in the world I fell more safe on than an old Herc. We've been through some shit together.

[Mark04]

Yeah, you could always spot a Tomcat maintainer a mile away. They were "FML" before that was even a thing. Gargamel knows what I'm talking about. Lol

I worked on Tomcats for 11 years right up until they were decommissioned. And in the end they were over 85 man hours per flight hour. I love that plane, but what a pain in the ass to keep flying.

[helosailor]

I worked on Tomcats for 11 years right up until they were decommissioned. And in the end they were over 85 man hours per flight hour. I love that plane, but what a pain in the ass to keep flying.

I hear ya. I was on the Independence with VF-21 and VF-154. The had the oldest Tomcats outside of the reserves. Those were some hard working S.O.B.s

[LaserSVT]

[Danny46]

Maybe I was just spoiled by "working" on C-130s for 5 years

Are you with a 22 squadron now?

[Downs]

Are you with a 22 squadron now?

Yeah the first ever reserve V22 unit.


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[Big Dad]

Ya'll found a Bad Mother F'r wallet lately ??

[Scott Mc]

That screams I don't give a fuck like nothing I have ever seen!

[LaserSVT]