Fight the Future

The Test 79 F/A-18C on warm up. Research and Development at the forefront of NAS Miramar operations.

To all Third Fleet personnel:

Since RADM. Harcassle left Third Fleet, we experienced two territorial losses, both of which consumed a significant amount of time, work and money to no result. As a consequence of the wasted effort on these territories, I personally lost focus on the main missions Third Fleet has since the secession of the group now assembled in Second Fleet.

Our main missions are split between NAS Miramar and NAF Eagles Nest. The Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Navy Fighter Weapons School, The United States Naval Test Pilot School and Tuarua Fiji's integrity and safety are our main missions. There is much to be done and that is being done in each of those sectors and enough to keep the present crew and future crew members busy for months and months. So why bother expanding at all.

Expanding depends on the quality of leaders and most especially land owners. Rarely you find like minded individuals who are both. And even more rarely both and USN inspired. After the last two disappointments, there will be no more territorial or command additions to Third Fleet. We welcome and in fact are engaged in cooperation with other singular groups that are United States Navy inspired, but will not accept any other command in Third Fleet, besides NASM and NAFEN, that is not under the direct command and land ownership of one of our serving fleet command officers. As for aggregated USN inspired groups that presume to own the navy ideal... well, good luck with that.

Focus on your tasks. Enjoy what you do. And do it well.
Go Navy!
Hooyah!

CAPT. Asra "Cougar" Kron
NASMCO / TFCOM

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Lightning evaluation? Not so fast...

XF/A-2C 2 MFFK BuNo's 17019 and 17017 at Miramar, 03/29/2017.

Supporting the Fleet in the procurement and evaluation of new assets, the United States Naval Test
Pilot School is always helping aircraft manufacturers to improve their airframes, engines and avionics, to the benefit of the Navy and the global aviation community. Seasoned pilots, engineers, designers and builders come together to create some of the most exciting and advanced naval aviation
aircraft in Second Life.

Following a Third Fleet procurement for a mid term aircraft stand in for the F-35C Lightning II, the United States Naval Test Pilot School has been evaluating the XF/A-2C 2 MFFK, asset procurement # X0117 (see here). Three aircraft have been acquired for testing, research and development purposes by USNTPS test pilots and the process is underway.

The results are confidential as usual and will be submitted to Third Fleet command and MFFK management. We expect this work to lead soon to a front line F-35C in service with the Fleet.

Two of the three USNTPS XF/A-2C's on the East apron at NASM.

MFFK will get a full report on the X prototype the Navy requires for R&D.

Though impressive as they sit on the tarmac, a lot of work is still ahead.

The Navy places high hopes on this mid term solution. Key word: Engine.

The promise of many Lightnings to come.

The XF/A-2C is the first X-Plane to be evaluated at the USNTPS, but hardly the first X-Plane at Miramar. We have been serving the Fleet in the R&D capacity for over a year now (see here).
More to follow. Stay tuned!
Developing the ideal aircraft for the Navy may be a hard target but we aim true and try our best
to be as accurate and realistic as possible within the limitations of this virtual world.


CDR. Asra Kron
NASMCO

Note (August 2019):
The XF/A-2C was never adopted by the Fleet and the USNTPS reports were forwarded to MFFK to serve as a check list for the development of the true F-35C Lightning. Today, August 2019, with the USNTPS located at NAS PAX River (as it is in real life) the XF-35C project is underway to provide MFFK with an alternative more advanced engine and flight model for the available F-35C.

 

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XF/A-2C 2 MFFK

"X" planes at Miramar. USNTPS asset procurement # X0117.