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Post by phil on Jun 26, 2010 8:58:49 GMT 12
I'd hate to try and get the mod package for that approved in this day and age!
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Post by phil on Jun 15, 2010 21:48:29 GMT 12
Yes, the A4 ones were very different to the Helicopter crew's ALPs.
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Post by phil on Jun 15, 2010 19:47:26 GMT 12
Not being S&S I don't know the proper designations, but the helicopter ones are called ALPs, or Armoured Life Preservers. They can carry ceramic plates in them.
I seem to recall the A4 ones included the koch fitting and strap attachments for the seat.
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Post by phil on Jun 15, 2010 17:40:17 GMT 12
Leather shoulder holster over the top of the equipment.
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Post by phil on Jun 14, 2010 12:18:32 GMT 12
I think you will find that the leap from Sioux to NH90 was considered too huge.
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Post by phil on Jun 13, 2010 21:13:07 GMT 12
Under DTP many support functions, HR and training will be merged anyway. To what extent remains to be seen but the writing is on the wall.
Combining the three services is unlikely to be worth while. Once the higher echelon functions are merged, nothing would change in practical terms on the bases. Army camps would still have the same people on them, the ones that want to be infantry, engineers, sigs, artillery etc. The same principle applies to the personnel on the other bases. You wouldn't suddenly have grunts posted into maintain helicopters, or helicopter pilots posted to battalion as platoon commanders.
We do have different cultures between the three services, and we have that for a reason. Army are not taught to question orders, air force technicians are taught to question everything, it stops aircraft falling out of the sky.
The type of people attracted to the life of an infantryman respond to a different training and work environment than someone who is say an avionics technician.
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Post by phil on Jun 10, 2010 19:21:20 GMT 12
Doesn't go far in AK. Great if you are in OH though, hence so many people own their own places in the Manawatu. so whats the guts with this arangement now. is the cost of living in barracks the same as a MQ rental and the same value given to a serviceman who either rents or owns off base It's called the UAC, Universal Accommodation Component, and forms part of your Total Fixed Remuneration. Everyone gets some form of subsidised accomodation, MQ rents are below market rate so are considered subsidised, to that end those living in MQs do not qualify for the UAC as that would mean they would be receiving two subsidies. The flaw in that theory is if you are trying to maintain a house at another location (ie renting out your family home while you are posted to another area), you lose the UAC when you are posted if you move into a MQ. So to take a pay cut, while having to now pay rent on top of the existing mortgage payments acts as a huge disincentive to be posted to another base if you are a home owner. I know people who have had to turn down promotions because the pay cut they will take, even with the promotion, is more than they can afford. Barracks were put up to market rates, so those living in barracks receive UAC.
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Post by phil on Jun 9, 2010 22:35:51 GMT 12
Doesn't go far in AK. Great if you are in OH though, hence so many people own their own places in the Manawatu.
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Post by phil on Jun 9, 2010 22:05:25 GMT 12
50 million spare sounds like a bit more property than one would assume the NZDF needed, i'm glad that we are prioritizing our spending and getting more of it to the "front line" so to speak. more helicopters You wouldn't be saying that if you couldn't get a MQ in Auckland...
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Post by phil on Jun 9, 2010 19:36:09 GMT 12
A proportion of MQs from Ohakea and Whenuapai/Hobby are being sold off in the short term, with more within a 5 year time frame, I know some houses are being sold off from Linton as well.
I am not sure about WB.
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Post by phil on Jun 8, 2010 19:28:26 GMT 12
I should probably know this one... ;D
What Mk of seat were the RNZAF's B(I)12 Canberra's equipped with?
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Post by phil on May 26, 2010 8:40:13 GMT 12
James was in my recruit course flight, he's avionics. He's still in.
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Post by phil on May 26, 2010 7:01:09 GMT 12
An Air Force photographer apparently won a prize for pictures taken on this op, but I can't say I've ever seen any... Jim I was an Air Force photographer in 2003... I can't recall anyone winning a prize for photos from Kyrgyztan. Being there were only around 12 of us in the trade back then, it would be something that I would remember if they told anyone. It would have been around then that a photographer went to Kabul with the COMJ, but most of those images were classified an were not released.
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Post by phil on May 19, 2010 15:05:16 GMT 12
I had heard it was found impractical as a teaching and trade testing tool. Mutliple small aircraft are better for multiple students than one big aircraft with limited duplication of systems.
It's a shame the museum didn't want one. The museum shouldn't have a choice in the matter if you ask me. Once an aircraft is retired from service the museim should be required to take one or more.
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Post by phil on May 17, 2010 21:53:44 GMT 12
We've had female Huey crews recently.
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Post by phil on May 16, 2010 21:12:15 GMT 12
Allows the trainees to do their ground handling phase.
I guess that means they wont have to come to Ohakea for a week to do it. Should save a bit.
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Post by phil on May 15, 2010 11:19:21 GMT 12
They could look quite good in Yellow/Black training scheme.
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Post by phil on May 15, 2010 9:46:21 GMT 12
They are training and light utility helicopters. They will have an operational role as well.
I'm not too sure the SAS would appreciate flying around in Bright yellow and black helicopters!
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Post by phil on May 14, 2010 22:17:35 GMT 12
I hate to say it but God It Look's Good (sorry Phil) I hate to say it, but even capitalising each word wont make the plain grey any more interesting.
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Post by phil on May 14, 2010 20:28:05 GMT 12
Crickey, what a boring scheme.
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