Firing the Hawk and Lance Missiles 1991

My last trip to Crete Greece to fire the Lance Missile. At the NATO installation.

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[Ng7]

Yesterday they gave me a profession to hawk in greek army. i hope it will be interesting.

[diverkev]

Good luck to you. It's like anything else. You get out what you put into it.

[MrIzo56]

Where is the launching site? Souda? close to Chania?

[diverkev]

It's closer to Chania. There was a landing strip

NW of the range. The firing range was on a bluff on the southern side of the island. We stayed at the NAMFI Barracks

[grnick83]

I am currently serving my duty in a hawk battery in Greece, Phase 3 hybrid with kongsberk bfdc replacing the bcc, mim-23b missiles and all other equipment upgraded as per the U.S. phase3. I have a few videos of the battery but i'm not willing to post them yet.

[diverkev]

I thought that would have phased the Hawk out by now. I have a video of the Hawk Missile being fired in my other Create video. I wonder if there are countries that still use the Lance?

Do they still have NAMFI?

[TheMacdude67]

also have some video of the ASP firing for 1988 and tours of the ruins amongst other HAWK related video

[TheMacdude67]

was a 16E HAWK Fire control crewman and was there in Crete for our ASP of 87 and 88. Nice scenery down at the beaches and so much alcohol. Got to see a LANCE fire as well. Got a great still of it on ignition with the smoke comming out of it midway up the missle. I wonder if Zorba's is still there and all those dracma tacked to the walls? At rexx 1962, don't know about the hookers but the bartender at "Just A Pup' at Chanea harbor was finer than the day is long. Dam wish I had taken her picture.

[rexx1962]

I was a Lance gunner with C 1/32 FA from 81-84, got to go to Crete 4 times. I remember outside the kaserne, going to "Pops" restaurant and his goat steak dinners and Uzo toasts after the inspections for our "launch" party. It wasn't as good after he died in 83, but we still had "Zorba's" right outside the gate there then catch a taxi into Hania and the waterfront bars and Mino's street where the red light district was, they had some of the oldest and ugliest hookers ever there!

[volklyeti]

That is awesome, I was there in 1986 and 1987 as a part of the Lance Missile Unit C Battery 2nd/377 Unit!!!! What a great time that was!!

[jjjazzycraig]

i was in the triple nickel deuce...went to crete and got fucked up on the uzo with guys and gals from the 3/68th from fort bragg...one gal gave my buddy crabs and herpes...she was more dangerous than the missiles.

[Content2B]

I worked on the Lance sys from 1984 until 1991. Always wanted to go to Greece to see a test fire.

[Ketsev]

Homing all the way killer

[keelsa001]

Great video. I spent a lot of time at NAMFI from 1970-1972 as a 24D. Left there and went to a Nike site as a 24P. Enjoyed Hawk a lot more. Visited my old Hawk Site in Amberg, Germany last year. All gone. The casern is now a park.

[broncofangj]

remember what hawk stood for?

Holiday and weekend killer

Hall ass with kable...i know its mispelled but thats why I was in the army and not in college..lol...

[john44402]

Good days indeed. I "did" Namfi 82-84. And boy do I remember the Ouzo, the food and scenery.