cool pararescue pic

[abncougar]

gimme the rep!! haha j/k



ONBOARD USS ALABAMA (AFPN) -- Airmen with the 22nd and 23rd Special Tactics squadrons quickly descend from a helicopter rope onto the deck of this submarine in the Pacific Ocean during an exercise. The exercise tested special operations infiltration and rescue tactics. (U.S. Navy photo by Master Chief Petty Officer Daniel J. Niclas)

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/7052/mini051118n9999n0061va.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Futile Talisman]

gimme the rep!! haha j/k



ONBOARD USS ALABAMA (AFPN) -- Airmen with the 22nd and 23rd Special Tactics squadrons quickly descend from a helicopter rope onto the deck of this submarine in the Pacific Ocean during an exercise. The exercise tested special operations infiltration and rescue tactics. (U.S. Navy photo by Master Chief Petty Officer Daniel J. Niclas)


good rep for cougar
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7803/alabama1ux.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5362/uavala2lb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

[saltandpepper]

Nice, Ohio class. Those are some huge hatches.

[Futile Talisman]

Nice, Ohio class. Those are some huge hatches.

Yes, and this is one of the four to convert from SSBNs to SSGNs,

Characteristics and Configurations


This section describes the major modifications that would be made to a TRIDENT-class SSBN when converting it to an SSGN, and details the basic operational configurations envisioned for the new class. It assumes that the "START Accountable" approach would be employed in the conversion. SSGNs would be multi-mission platforms that could support both conventional land-attack and SOF missions in several force package options. In each of these, TRIDENT missile launch tubes 1 and 2 have been permanently modified for SOF lock-in/lock-out and attaching ASDS or DDS. The remaining 22 missile-launch tubes would be modified to accept modules or canisters that could be loaded and unloaded just as TRIDENT missiles are handled today. Tubes 3 through 6 could be loaded with either SOF stowage or a cruise missile module, depending upon the configuration. The three basic force package options summarized below are portrayed in an accompanying diagram.


Maximum Strike - Launch tubes 3 through 24 would be fitted with 7-pack cruise missile canisters. The SSGN would have the potential to fire all 154 (22 x 7) missiles in as little as six minutes.

Strike/SOF (2 ASDS) - 66 SOF personnel could be accommodated. Two ASDS mini-submarines would be positioned on tubes 1 and 2. Launch tubes 3 and 4 would be loaded with SOF ammunition stowage canisters. Launch tubes 5 through 24 would be loaded with 140 (20 x 7) land attack missiles in seven-pack canisters.

Strike/SOF (2 DDS) - 66 SOF personnel could be accommodated. Two DDSs would be attached at tubes 1 and 2. Launch tubes 3 and 4 would be loaded with SOF ammunition stowage canisters or other SOF equipment. Launch tubes 5 and 6 could remain empty or be loaded with additional SOF storage canisters since they are blocked by the two DDSs or the DDS support rails. Launch tubes 7 through 24 would be loaded with 126 (18 x 7) land-attack missiles in 7-pack canisters.

Interior modifications would provide a SOF command and control area and work and berthing spaces for SOF troops. Stealth, speed, and general operating characteristics would remain the same as those of the TRIDENT SSBN. SSGN's primary offensive weapons would be land-attack missiles, SOF, and torpedoes. Mines for precision SOF emplacement could also be carried. Changing the SSGN's configuration to maximum strike or to Strike/SOF could be done either in theater, in homeport, or in selected enroute ports.


http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_13/USW%20fall%2002/SSGN-cutaway-8x10.gif

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_13/ssgn.htm

[Chris]

whats up with that drone?

[Futile Talisman]

whats up with that drone?

Another test conducted was the first launch and recovery of an unmanned aerial vehicle from a submarine, said Navy Lt. Tyler Johnson, Submarine Squadron 9’s attack weapons systems officer. He helped coordinate the exercises.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123013612

[AR-18]

Can somebody please tell me, why the Seahawk has a red nose and door?

[Irish]

Can somebody please tell me, why the Seahawk has a red nose and door?
its called DAYGLOW,,its so you can see the aircrart from a distance when gettin pulled from the drink.

[Chris]

Another test conducted was the first launch and recovery of an unmanned aerial vehicle from a submarine, said Navy Lt. Tyler Johnson, Submarine Squadron 9’s attack weapons systems officer. He helped coordinate the exercises.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123013612

thx for the info