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Posted: 10/3/2014 6:31:22 AM EDT
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IOC is initial, not full operational capability. IOC squadrons do not deploy, FOC ones do. I'll believe the IOC date when we see the B model reach IOC next year, as promised (well the fourth or fifth schedule slip anyway). Quote HistoryQuoted:
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For all the naysaying... For better or worse we'll be flying them in operational squadrons in the next two years. Reading between the lines...it means they'll be "flying," but that's about it. The closest thing to being "operational" and "armed" would be if the pilot has a pistol on him. IOC in 2018. They will already be in operational squadrons, armed, and deploying by IOC. IOC is initial, not full operational capability. IOC squadrons do not deploy, FOC ones do. I'll believe the IOC date when we see the B model reach IOC next year, as promised (well the fourth or fifth schedule slip anyway). That's not what IOC means in the Navy. We'll deploy them as soon as we have enough to make it worthwhile to do so, long before foc. Foc is years down the road. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 6:38:12 AM EDT
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the E-2D is an update to a design that has been in service for decades, pretty low risk vs an entirely unproven airframe. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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IOC is initial, not full operational capability. IOC squadrons do not deploy, FOC ones do. I'll believe the IOC date when we see the B model reach IOC next year, as promised (well the fourth or fifth schedule slip anyway). IOC is defined by the service. Navy will deploy VAW-125, the E-2D IOC squadron, this spring, before any other deploying squadron has its complement of 5 E-2Ds. We deploy at IOC all the time. the E-2D is an update to a design that has been in service for decades, pretty low risk vs an entirely unproven airframe. IOC and FOC don't refer to unit level readiness. They refer to a capability with a platform or system. Generally, in the USN, it means that the unit that has that system is ready to begin its predeployment training cycle. FOC typically occurs when all units have that system. That said, those are service-defined and can get squishy. |
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