747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3301 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2894 times:
I know I am in the Navy, but I do not know were I can see a lot of E-6B Mercury's. I saw one at NAS North Inland for a visit, but I just want to know where most of them are base at.
AirRyan From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 2529 posts, RR: 6 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2878 times:
I believe that are all at least home based out of Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City but obviously they will spend the night at all sorts of various places around the world as the mission dictates.
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 2758 times:
Quoting 747400sp (Thread starter): I know I am in the Navy, but I do not know were I can see a lot of E-6B Mercury's. I saw one at NAS North Inland for a visit, but I just want to know where most of them are base at.
VQ-3, VQ-4 are based at Tinker AFB, but are often forward deployed to:
Offutt AFB, Nebraska
NS Rota, Spain
Travis AFB, California
Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
Ftrguy From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 358 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 2706 times:
Usnseallt82 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 4891 posts, RR: 55 Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 2685 times:
Texfly101 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 351 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2673 times:
Patrick AFB in Cocoa Beach is one place where an amazing assortment of aircraft can be seen including the E-6 when it transits from the south. They also have an incredible mix of C-130 special birds. Antennas hanging off of every surface, almost a flying porcupine sometimes...Just sit in the lineup at 2nd Light and you can see everything come right in over your head at 50 feet...tasty waves, tasty aircraft, a combo that is hard to beat IMO
Usnseallt82 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 4891 posts, RR: 55 Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 2587 times:
Quoting RAPCON (Reply 6): Regular visitors at Pax River.
Yep. Pax is east coast and Travis is west. Offutt is for the STRATCOM forward deployment.
Ftrguy From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 358 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2583 times:
Quoting Lt-AWACS (Reply 7): VQ-7 has the 737-200 trainer on the E-3 side of the ramp at Tinker while the E-6s are over on the Romeo ramp.
Its a 737-600 ex Lauda Air. I'll be in the right seat of it in a few months...
Lt-AWACS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2577 times:
My bad on the dash, Copy -600 not a 200. It does still have the lauda-esq stripes on it so that makes sense. I've never been in it but I hear it is nice.
The E-3 wing got ride of the TC-18 trainer birds in favour of sims....bad decision.
Ftrguy From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 358 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2521 times:
Quoting RAPCON (Reply 11): ...who did you piss off?? Big grin
I'm coming from a different platform so I didn't want to be gaudy and say something I haven't earned yet (i.e. the left seat).
Usnseallt82 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 4891 posts, RR: 55 Reply 13, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 2483 times:
Quoting RAPCON (Reply 11): It's that as a former SWO type I still like to make fun of "brown shoe pukes".
RAPCON From Puerto Rico, joined Jul 2006, 671 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 2467 times:
Quoting Usnseallt82 (Reply 13): Quoting RAPCON (Reply 11):
It's that as a former SWO type I still like to make fun of "brown shoe pukes".
That explains a lot.
(now a brown shoe puke)
It's ok, don't feel to bad, it's an honest living. Just like civies need garbage men, the Fleet needs someone to do the dirty, non-intelectual jobs, like.....hauling cargo, flying an E-2, or scouting ahead for the Fleets strike force (DDG's, CG's, SSN's).
I'm sure that even in their dissapointment, your folks still love you!
MODS CAN'T STOP ME....THEY CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN ME!!!
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