VFC-12 Hornets Gettin new paint!

[WeenerBoy]

You think the F-15C has a great Splinter camo job...

Also, AviationIntel is a great website by an amazing photographer. Lots of great write ups & photos







http://aviationintel.com/2012/05/24/...et-splintered/

[Old school]

Nice, makes me want to get back into making model planes even though that paint scheme looks like it would be a real challenge to replicate on a small scale.

[Elbows]

That scheme is pretty easy - my father does a lot of models, and does many schemes like that (popular from WW2 etc.).

It can be as simple as painters tape used properly with airbrushing.

[NHDUBN#2]

Are these "aggressors" used for training?

[Elbows]

I'd assume so - I don't think anyone in the Navy/AF has the balls to request some interesting schemes over the generic and boring dull grey we've adopted.

[ShadowRabbit6]

Are these "aggressors" used for training?

Yes....VFC-12 is an Agressor squadron. I was two hangars away from them when I was with VFA-34.

[NHDUBN#2]

what did you do with VFC-34???

[ShadowRabbit6]

Quality Assurance Rep., Egress/Environmental Systems Technician, Plane Captain and Line Division Supervisor from 2007-2012.

[NHDUBN#2]

Quality Assurance Rep., Egress/Environmental Systems Technician, Plane Captain and Line Division Supervisor from 2007-2012.

wow very cool. Thank you for your service. I hear the F-18's are starting to get haggard from over use. Is this true?

[ShadowRabbit6]

wow very cool. Thank you for your service. I hear the F-18's are starting to get haggard from over use. Is this true?

It's funny, but among all the aircraft on the carrier (Hornets, Super Hornets, Prowlers, Hawkeyes) the baby Hornet has the highest sortie rate. It may take a few more man hours of maintenance then when they were new, but the F/A18 A-D's are among the most reliable combat aircraft out there.

[NHDUBN#2]

It's funny, but among all the aircraft on the carrier (Hornets, Super Hornets, Prowlers, Hawkeyes) the baby Hornet has the highest sortie rate. It may take a few more man hours of maintenance then when they were new, but the F/A18 A-D's are among the most reliable combat aircraft out there.

Cool. I forgot about the Prowlers...

[ShadowRabbit6]

Cool. I forgot about the Prowlers...

On my second deployment VAQ-131 had a Prowler stuck in the hangar bay for almost four months becuase the landing gear wouldn't retract.....even the Grumman tech reps couldnt figure it out. Last cruise they had one down for two months for a cracked canopy....guess it's kinda hard to find a new canopy for a 30 year old aircraft....

[NHDUBN#2]

There are not any left out in the Nevada bone yard?

[Elbows]

Tell that to the A-10 guys...

[Zombiee313]

Tell that to the A-10 guys...

I was born in 1982.... and I found out when I was working A-10's that the last one was made in 1982..... made me feel old

[ShadowRabbit6]

There are not any left out in the Nevada bone yard?

VAQ-131 is in my Carrier Air Wing and I know they have at least three more years left with the EA-6B.

[veedub87]

I was born in 1982.... and I found out when I was working A-10's that the last one was made in 1982..... made me feel old

At my base, we had guys flying B-52s whose grandfathers had flown B-52s...

[NHDUBN#2]

Cobra and Huey drivers have to be getting close.

[Obin Robinson]

I have old photos of when I was at VFA-106 and we got one of their jets and we left the camo job on it but put our tail code and squadron identification on it. I loved the old VFC-12 camo paint. It made the Hornet look, well, cool. This new paint job is unique as well. They always had the best looking jets at Oceana.

obin

[NoDubJustYet]

Cobra and Huey drivers have to be getting close.

KC-135s have been in service since 1957.

[NHDUBN#2]

Ahhh ya KC-135's . And they fly out of Pease ANGB over my town all the time.

[Upindust]

I'm irritated that they are failing to mention the creator of the paint scheme.

AD3 Taylor (Darrall Taylor)

[joness0154]

I'm irritated that they are failing to mention the creator of the paint scheme.

AD3 Taylor (Darrall Taylor)

Whine whine whine.

It's the military. You're not going to get any recognition. Get over it.

[NoDubJustYet]

I'm irritated that they are failing to mention the creator of the paint scheme.

AD3 Taylor (Darrall Taylor)

Dude, no offense, but you're an E-4. Do you really think an enlisted guy is going to get any credit?? I'm sure some ringknocking O-5 NFO is taking all the credit!

[Upindust]

Whine whine whine.

It's the military. You're not going to get any recognition. Get over it.

well listen here.. he IS getting recognition from it. He didn't just draw it out on piece of paper he's worked side by side with chiefs having private meetings making, and designed it on Maya. Ever used Maya? it's not easy. It's a lot of work 3 MONTHS worth of work just to create it.. he deserves recognition for it. You are only saying he doesn't because you're jealous.

[joness0154]

well listen here.. he IS getting recognition from it. He didn't just draw it out on piece of paper he's worked side by side with chiefs having private meetings making, and designed it on Maya. Ever used Maya? it's not easy. It's a lot of work 3 MONTHS worth of work just to create it.. he deserves recognition for it. You are only saying he doesn't because you're jealous.

Super.Cool.Story.Bro

Remember, I wasn't the one that came in here butthurt that I didn't get recognition for a simple paint job.

[joness0154]

omg Darrall Taylor is a GUY.. do you think"upindust" is a guys screen name? It's NOT. I'm not a guy and I'm not even in the Navy. i just known who created it.

and instead of acting like a jerk and being like "he deserves nothing for his hardwork" which by the way he did in his own freetime while also being a fulltime college student. You should be saying "well he did a great job"

It's a cool paint job, but I wasn't the one that created a username and posted in here solely to complain about someone not getting recognition in an article.

And I'd be very surprised if he is able to get a copyright on it. AFAIK, works of the US Government are not copyrightable....and if they were, the government would generally hold the copyright, not the individual who created it.

[Upindust]

actually THEY are.. the invidividual created the entire thing solely on his own personal time not the military's time. You don't know **** about what happened. Infact we have the paperwork the GOVERNMENT paperwork that says until he's compensated for it he owns it 100%.. so now what we're you saying?

And I only came on here to spill WHOM is responsible for it.. not to bitch. it's when someone decides to be negative which I know is stemmed from jealousy but still you should really calm that jealousy.

P.S http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/...ms/1650.8D.pdf

[NHDUBN#2]

Well that went off the tracks quick....

[joness0154]

Well that went off the tracks quick....

Just trollin' wife/girlfriend/fiance. Slow Monday

[Upindust]

Just trollin' wife/girlfriend/fiance. Slow Monday

hardly trolling...

"trolling

Being a prick on the internet because you can. Typically unleashing one or more cynical or sarcastic remarks on an innocent by-stander, because it's the internet and, hey, you can."

definition fits you better but whatever, I'm out. I can only take so much stupidity

[joness0154]

hardly trolling...

"trolling

Being a prick on the internet because you can. Typically unleashing one or more cynical or sarcastic remarks on an innocent by-stander, because it's the internet and, hey, you can."

definition fits you better but whatever, I'm out. I can only take so much stupidity

[71sbeetle]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDDDD it's done