V-22 Osprey

[wolfpackjeeper]

We follow all the FAA rules for flying over residential areas, but if your area is an approved FAA training route for LAT, you'll see them right on the deck.

If it bothers you and you bitch enough they will make a "noise sensitive area" That you have to avoid by x distance. They are almost always along the coolest terrain features to follow, so everyone just blows past at the minimum distance.

We saw a -22 getting off a route out that way a few weeks ago.

 

[98XJSport]

We get notices here when the navy is flying low to prevent panic and I think to conform with noise issues. There is a winter survival training area a little north, and it used to be common to see a half dozen f-18s chasing low and fast. Low enough to see the vapor tails condensing off the wingtips when they pulled up hard. Havent seen em in the last couple of years though

 

[JNickel101]

The spec ops guys who were at Kirtland AFB (ABQ) are being/have been moved to Cannon AFB, NM (Clovis, NM). Pretty sure the V-22 went there too.

As for the OP, I believe there is a Guard or Reserve USAF Spec Ops unit out of Kentucky or Tennessee....they might also have V-22s there...

 

[wolfpackjeeper]

I saw some scary little black helicopters in Chattanooga today. Flight of 3. Two equipped to carry a couple of rough unsavory fellows on the outside and one setup like a little gunship.

 

[RedHeep]

The spec ops guys who were at Kirtland AFB (ABQ) are being/have been moved to Cannon AFB, NM (Clovis, NM). Pretty sure the V-22 went there too.

As for the OP, I believe there is a Guard or Reserve USAF Spec Ops unit out of Kentucky or Tennessee....they might also have V-22s there...

There are V-22s at Hurlbert, Kirtland, Miramar and New River and there are some transition guys at Cannon, but as far as I know, they haven't moved any assets.

Trust me, there are no more.

Otherwise, the engineering and squadron phone rosters I have sitting in front of me are wrong. I'm pretty sure they're correct.

 

[RedHeep]

I saw some scary little black helicopters in Chattanooga today. Flight of 3. Two equipped to carry a couple of rough unsavory fellows on the outside and one setup like a little gunship.

The little army ones? 58s?

Had a whole army wing show up in Kuwait while we were there. Tons of those little bumblebees flying around. Almost didn't bother putting my hearing protection in when they taxi'd by.

 

[Ghost]

There are V-22s at Hurlbert, Kirtland, Miramar and New River and there are some transition guys at Cannon, but as far as I know, they haven't moved any assets.

Trust me, there are no more.

Otherwise, the engineering and squadron phone rosters I have sitting in front of me are wrong. I'm pretty sure they're correct.

LOL, I find that funny for some reason. Just come out for a test flight one day and set her down in the field. I'm sure that would really freak the locals out. LOL!

 

[FlexdXJ]

I guess one of the guys on an Indiana gun forum saw some Osprey's flying out of Camp Atterbury, just a few miles from where I live.

 

[RedHeep]

I guess one of the guys on an Indiana gun forum saw some Osprey's flying out of Camp Atterbury, just a few miles from where I live.

VMM-162, doing pre-deployment workups outside of Indianapolis. Remote Urban Training as part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

I'm not sure where we're scheduled, I think we're going to VA for RUT.

 

[Boatwrench]

VMM-162, doing pre-deployment workups outside of Indianapolis. Remote Urban Training as part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

I'm not sure where we're scheduled, I think we're going to VA for RUT.

Pre-deployment work-ups are not classified?

 

[RedHeep]

Pre-deployment work-ups are not classified?

You can google the newspaper articles if you like, you might find the MEU CO's letter to the town they were operating in thanking them for their participation.

The 24th MEU Public Affairs Office has pictures on the 24th MEU website of everywhere they've trained. There's no secret there.

It's kind of hard to classify 26 aircraft and 2000 Marines hanging their hat in a small town in the USA, don't you think?

 

[Phil]

It's kind of hard to classify 26 aircraft and 2000 Marines hanging their hat in a small town in the USA, don't you think?

I would probably classify it as "economic stimulus" or "hide the women". Or both.

 

[RedHeep]

I would probably classify it as "economic stimulus" or "hide the women". Or both.

Hey now, that's a horrible stereotype we have to uphold every so often

 

[avnsteve]

see below...

 

[avnsteve]

I saw some scary little black helicopters in Chattanooga today. Flight of 3. Two equipped to carry a couple of rough unsavory fellows on the outside and one setup like a little gunship.

those would be "little birds" AH-6, from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment... Night stalkers. They are actually based at Ft Campbell, NOT part of the 101st. The little bird is based on the MD500 (formerly Hughes 500) was once broadly used by the Army as the OH-6. But, since Ladybird and her hubby had stock in Bell/Textron, the contract went to Bell Helicopters, and the inferior OH-58/Bell Jetranger became the Army's standard observation platform...

all the boys from the 160th that I ever served with much preferred the AH-6 over the OH-58, i have no personal experience with the little birds, except for helping unload them once from a C5

 

[FlexdXJ]

VMM-162, doing pre-deployment workups outside of Indianapolis. Remote Urban Training as part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

I'm not sure where we're scheduled, I think we're going to VA for RUT.

Yeah there are a lot of urban training areas within a couple hours of here.

 

[JNickel101]

There are V-22s at Hurlbert, Kirtland, Miramar and New River and there are some transition guys at Cannon, but as far as I know, they haven't moved any assets.

Trust me, there are no more.

Otherwise, the engineering and squadron phone rosters I have sitting in front of me are wrong. I'm pretty sure they're correct.

20 SOS at Cannon has them...start adding them to your roster

 

[Ghost]

Just had another fly over. Do they do it at night too?

 

[RedHeep]

Just had another fly over. Do they do it at night too?

Night LAT is a separate training code from day LAT.

If they're out by you, they have to be back by 0100 when the field closes.

 

[Ghost]

Night LAT is a separate training code from day LAT.

If they're out by you, they have to be back by 0100 when the field closes.

Might have been something from Shaw. We are like 20m drive time from there.