Head of US Navy’s Air Patrol and Recon Confirms Developments

The Nav Log ^ | 11/25/08 | litton51@hotmail.com

[pabianice]

VP Navy! VP1, '77-'80

VP-1, 69-72

[pabianice]

For what the P-3’s mission is, and ESPECIALLY the EP-3, they were perfect! They need to be slow and low flying, where a 737 is not really useful...................

The P-8 won primarily because of its higher speed during transit to and from the OPAREA. It won secondarily because of the jet jock leadership in naval air. Because it's fuel economy at low levels sucks, the Navy spin is that ASW can be done just fine at 20,000 feet. Bullshit. It has to be with the P-8 and the Navy is scrambling to develop ordnance that can be dropped from high altitude. The tail is wagging the dog. The punchline is that, IMHO, few P-8s will be built, esp. under a commander in chief and congress who hate the military.

[Red Badger]

Somehow I think Boeing had a huge hand in this decision..............But that’s just a guess...........

[Iron head mike]

Hey, I hate to sound biased, (MAC ‘79-’81) but... seems like a spanking new 130 could be adapted for this mission mosh scose.

[pabianice]

Hey, I hate to sound biased, (MAC ‘79-’81) but... seems like a spanking new 130 could be adapted for this mission mosh scose.

Where would you put the bomb bay?