Navy Says Farewell to Last Sea King

[Mike Weeks]

I believe some will find this of interest; the passing of yet another
long-serving "bird".

MW

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28190

NNS070312-14. Navy Says Farewell to Last Sea King

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stephanie Tigner, Fleet
Public Affairs Center Pacific

CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron
(HSC) 85 held a decommissioning ceremony for the Navy's last H-3 Sea
King helicopter March 6.

The helicopter departed Naval Air Station North Island en route to
Atlanta to be prepped for foreign military sales.
....

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Mike Weeks wrote:
> I believe some will find this of interest; the passing of yet another
> long-serving "bird".
>
> MW
>
> http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28190
>
> NNS070312-14. Navy Says Farewell to Last Sea King
>
> By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stephanie Tigner, Fleet
> Public Affairs Center Pacific
>
> CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron
> (HSC) 85 held a decommissioning ceremony for the Navy's last H-3 Sea
> King helicopter March 6.
>
> The helicopter departed Naval Air Station North Island en route to
> Atlanta to be prepped for foreign military sales.
> ...
>

Just another reminder of how old I am:-)

I have about 30 minutes total flight time in three H-3 flights...two
at NAS NI and one in Pensacola, each during during DWEST en route to
duty stations in Okinawa, Hawaii and Spain.

I think I have more time bobbing on the water waiting for them to show
up than I do actually riding in them.

Glad I never needed to wait for one in the real world...and glad they
showed up for the training events.

[Greasy Rider[_3_]]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:20:00 -0600, "MTW" >
postulated :
>Great... now every bird and ship I was associated with is either
>decommisioned or in a museum. I think I'll have a beer and a nap...

You aren't alone!

(Intrepid, Forrestal, Independence, FJ-3, AD-6, F11F)

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:02:38 -0400, Greasy Rider
> wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:20:00 -0600, "MTW" >
>postulated :
>>Great... now every bird and ship I was associated with is either
>>decommisioned or in a museum. I think I'll have a beer and a nap...
>
>You aren't alone!
>
>(Intrepid, Forrestal, Independence, FJ-3, AD-6, F11F)

You REALLY know you're old when you meed former flight students of
yours who are now senior captains for major airlines! :-)


Bill Kambic
Haras Lucero, Kingston, TN
Mangalarga Marchador: Uma Raça, Uma Paixão

[MTW]

Great... now every bird and ship I was associated with is either
decommisioned or in a museum. I think I'll have a beer and a nap...


MTW

> wrote in message
. ..
> Mike Weeks wrote:
> > I believe some will find this of interest; the passing of yet another
> > long-serving "bird".
> >
> > MW
> >
> > http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28190
> >
> > NNS070312-14. Navy Says Farewell to Last Sea King
> >
> > By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stephanie Tigner, Fleet
> > Public Affairs Center Pacific
> >
> > CORONADO, Calif. (NNS) -- Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron
> > (HSC) 85 held a decommissioning ceremony for the Navy's last H-3 Sea
> > King helicopter March 6.
> >
> > The helicopter departed Naval Air Station North Island en route to
> > Atlanta to be prepped for foreign military sales.
> > ...
> >
>
> Just another reminder of how old I am:-)
>
> I have about 30 minutes total flight time in three H-3 flights...two
> at NAS NI and one in Pensacola, each during during DWEST en route to
> duty stations in Okinawa, Hawaii and Spain.
>
> I think I have more time bobbing on the water waiting for them to show
> up than I do actually riding in them.
>
> Glad I never needed to wait for one in the real world...and glad they
> showed up for the training events.

[Mike Kanze]

>Great... now every bird and ship I was associated with is either decommisioned or in a museum. I think I'll have a beer and a nap...

Ditto.

T-1A, T-34B, UC-45J, T-39, T-2A & C, TA-4F, A-6A & B, KA-6D, TC-4C, USS BRAINE (DD-630), USS OKANOGAN (APA-220), USS SYLVANIA (AFS-2), USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16), USS RANGER (CV-61), USS CORAL SEA (CV-43). Most are now razor blades, Zippos, or beer cans.

Many A-6 airframes became artificial reefs off Florida. The BRAINE was sold to Argentina and later expended as an Exocet target.

There are several A-6 airframe gateguards and museum pieces about the land. Also, there are 148 A-6E airframes at AMARC, some of which - by their bureau numbers - were A-6As that I flew back in the time before time.

http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCInventoryByArea.asp?Desc=Area%201&Id=01

--
Mike Kanze

"The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it."

- Steven Wright


"MTW" > wrote in message ...
Great... now every bird and ship I was associated with is either
decommisioned or in a museum. I think I'll have a beer and a nap...


MTW