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Whoops, who ordered foam
« on: August 27, 2014, 12:22:35 AM »
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2014, 12:28:43 AM »
Well, at least they don't have to wash the aircraft this week.

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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2014, 01:30:10 AM »
We filled the hangar at Diego Garcia with foam one night. It was a PITA to clean up. We were mustering all hands at the hangar to do the clean up and to fire up the wash rack to rinse off the planes. At least it is a much more friendly foam these days, when I first went in the Navy we were told the foam was protein based, as in pig or ox blood. Shortly after that we went to AFFF. My general quarters station onboard the USS Forestal was a AFFF station in the aft corner of hangar bay 3.

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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2014, 02:20:36 AM »
check the date. 2012
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2014, 03:14:16 AM »
When I saw the thread I figured it was about the Tulsa ANG that did that today

http://m.newson6.com/Story.aspx?story=26372082&catId=112042
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2014, 03:31:40 AM »
For some reason those photos make me smile. =)
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2014, 07:11:54 AM »
RKL to slightly correct you the issue with the one yesterday (Tuesday) was with the Army Guard not the Air Guard.  One of my co-workers is a crew chief on the Blackhawks they fly over there and I am acquainted with a couple of the pilots.  One of the pilots also flys for the local CBS affiliate here in Tulsa and "leaked" them video and information.  Just wish I had been able to see it happen because where I work is right across the highway from them.

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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2014, 07:20:14 AM »
Quote from: bedlamite on August 27, 2014, 02:20:36 AM
check the date. 2012


So now you're saying the Air Force has a TIME MACHINE??!!!!
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2014, 12:03:26 PM »
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RKL to slightly correct you the issue with the one yesterday (Tuesday) was with the Army Guard not the Air Guard.

ANG, Army National Guard. =D
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2014, 12:57:00 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on August 27, 2014, 12:28:43 AM
Well, at least they don't have to wash the aircraft this week.

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Oh but they will.

That foam probably does not play well with the metals and systems of the aircraft.

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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2014, 01:01:31 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on August 27, 2014, 12:03:26 PM
ANG, Army National Guard. =D

ARNG=Army National Guard

ANG=Air National Guard


Quote from: Boomhauer on August 27, 2014, 12:57:00 PM
Oh but they will.

That foam probably does not play well with the metals and systems of the aircraft.



Actually they only needed to rinse them off a little. 

One of the videos out is of the security camera looking dead on one as it was in the hanger and buried.  Asked my co-worker how tall a Blackhawk is and he said 16 ft.  Blackhawk is buried and he stated that the hanger is 25 plus and hanger would have been filled if the doors weren't opened.
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2014, 11:07:08 PM »
A schoolmate of mine was a long-term member of his volunteer fire department (he eventually became its chief). There was a commercial airport in his district and one of the hangars had a foam system installed years ago. He was present for the test and said it filled the hangar with foam and pretty damned quickly too.  Whatever it was, it was safe to walk around in, as I recall, and safe for the aircraft too.

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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2014, 05:08:10 AM »
That happened in Long Beach, CA a few years ago. It looked funny and "oh, *expletive deleted*it" at the same time.
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2014, 08:01:37 AM »
Quote from: Boomhauer on August 27, 2014, 12:57:00 PM
Oh but they will.

That foam probably does not play well with the metals and systems of the aircraft.

Well, I hope they parked them with the windows rolled up.
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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2014, 05:50:33 PM »
Per the blackhawk articles, at least some doors and access panels were open because they were doing maintenance, but the foam DOES play friendly(for the most part) with aircraft.  Makes sense because it wouldn't do for your foam intended to save the aircraft from fire only to damage them from the foam itself.

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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2014, 07:41:30 PM »
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Makes sense because it wouldn't do for your foam intended to save the aircraft from fire only to damage them from the foam itself.

I mean that it is corrosive if not cleaned off ASAP, which some foams are of that sort.



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Re: Whoops, who ordered foam
« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2014, 11:31:24 PM »
As a former aircraft electrician (AE for the squids) I can tell you from experience that foam will cause unseen damage and a multitude of electrical problems down the road from the foamy event. Foam and cannon plugs = bad  Foam and solderless connectors = worse.

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