Navy seeks spare parts supplier for new P-8A aircraft

Fearless Tower said:
I think you are confusing mission with tactics.

Technology most definitely will result in changes to the TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures), but the key warfare/mission area remains the same.

ASW is a primary mission for both the P-3C and the P-8. The tactics will obviously be different once they fully sort out how they will employ the P-8 in ASW.

The EP-3 is a SIGINT platform - very different from ASW and while the next generation USN SIGINT aircraft may also be based on the 737 airframe, it will NOT be a P-8.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Click to expand...

ECM is a big part of the mission now, and the side of the program that will evolve for the future.

The VQ guys are the high priority now.
 
Should've kept the S-3 and just upgraded it. Would've cost far less that a P-8.
 
Tom-D said:
Do you know why they called the S-3 the hoover?





It carries 4 dirt bags.
Click to expand...

LOL! Nah it's the engines. Gotta good vid of one doing FCLPs at El Centro. With all those power changes those things created a heck of a racket.:)
 
Last edited:
Tom-D said:
Do you know why they called the S-3 the hoover?





It carries 4 dirt bags.
Click to expand...

Hey now, don't be dissin' the War Hoover!

Although in all fairness, most folks the have had experience trying to do ASW with Hoovers said that they were a poor substitute for what a P-3 could do. The only real advantage of the S-3 that we lost was having a fixed wing ASW platform that was organic to the Strike Group.
 
Fearless Tower said:
Hey now, don't be dissin' the War Hoover!

Although in all fairness, most folks the have had experience trying to do ASW with Hoovers said that they were a poor substitute for what a P-3 could do. The only real advantage of the S-3 that we lost was having a fixed wing ASW platform that was organic to the Strike Group.
Click to expand...

One of our DH's flew Hoovs in a past life, and he mentioned that the ASW part of the mission was long gone by the time he was flying them. I'm sure they were an asset when they were still doing it though. We did lose a really decent organic tanker. Obviously we have the 5 wet Rhino, but the S-3 was a different level of capability.
 
Tanking, sure, but hauling the blivet of mail from Diego Garcia to Gonzo station was what really endeared the Hoover to our hearts.
 
gkainz said:
Tanking, sure, but hauling the blivet of mail from Diego Garcia to Gonzo station was what really endeared the Hoover to our hearts.
Click to expand...

I honestly would have loved to be a US-3 guy, for the short period of time that was around. COD life, fun little cross country jet with plenty of room (they had a lav right?), and tons and tons of gas. That said, I remember visiting North Island back in the late 1980's with my folks, and my mom said something along the lines of the S-3 being the "cutest jet" she had ever seen. I think she made a similar comment at my winging ceremony when she saw the T-45 :cringe: Luckily my wife said that the Hornet was "scary and industrial" when I took her to work one day shortly thereafter, so my manhood was restored :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top