The Wood Shed has a new home! Steve Ambrose is a former S-3 Viking naval flight officer and as such, has some great insight into not only ASW (anti-submarine warfare, a recurring theme that pops up occasionally anytime some fool thinks that aircraft carriers are passé) but a pretty damn keen perspective on events of the day, as well.
As far as Steve being a Hoover ‘Fo (“‘Fo” being naval aviation shorthand for “NFO”, or Naval Flight Officer – once virtually a pejoritive in naval air parlance, now a well established member of the naval aviation team (note: the first Navy F-4 Phantom back seater who was part of a Vietnam MiG killing team was offered, at first, a lesser award than the pilot, who was receiving a Silver Star. Needless to say the BS flag went up on THAT one and both received the third-highest military decoration for valor)), we won’t talk about why we call the Viking the “Hoover”.
Ok, we will. Those big high-bypass turbofan engines on the thing sound exactly like a vacuum cleaner when it is spooling up.
Blogroll him.
Hey, that’s “War Hoover” to you, old Pinch. Thanks for the plug! I’ll do my best to live up to it.
Doesn’t NFO stand for “No Future Outside”
Seriously, nothing sounds as sweet as a War Hoover calling the ball with a full load of mail and a surplus fuel to share with the rest of the airwing.
recovering sailor,
dw
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As a ‘REAL’ ASW guy (SENSO) I will do my best to keep you honest… ;-)
– Try it without us –
You just have to respect somebody who gets into a slightly streamlined bus and gets shot off the front of the ship.
Thanks to the guys and ladies who designed and built and maintain the engines, too!
I can’t believe that they can fit those things on a carrier.
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