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I wish all of you a very happy New Year Ken
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Happy Birthday Fritz Wester!
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Hope all of you have a nice Thanksgiving Day. And many more! Ken
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F-15's and 16's aren't bad, but they are getting old. The F-22 is supposed to be far more capable, but there won't ever be very many of them. Now the F-35 is about ready. It's smaller than the F-22, and a lot less expensive. Maybe we'll get a lot of them. Unmanned aircraft still can't do everything. The link below brings up a video about the infrared sensor system on the F-35. It's about a microsecond behind science-fiction . . . . . Let's hope it really does what they say it does-but it may also be just a proposal. http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/f35targeting/assets/eodasvideo.html
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-- some funny memories
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hello all, with the absolute wealth of knowledge of all the members of this great website, I have an idea and would like to get some feedback on this: instead of retiring all the F-15's and F-16's, why not have the Boeing and the Lockheed Martian companies restart the 15 and 16 assembly lines to produce 'new build' acft to replace the 'high time' acft.The new fighters can receive all mods to have them all up to date. Instead of having the USAF having only the F-22,just have a few sqaudrons to serve along side the 'new' acft.It would create a lot of jobs in the civilian sector and keep all those flight and maint crews in the service.
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Anyone have any idea which guard units have opened positions up to active duty? Just looking to see what to put on the "dream sheet". Thanks.
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234 years for the Marine Corps. Happy Birthday OOHRAH!
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Here's a joke I heard back in 90 when I was a fresh FNG on the flightline: note: this joke applies to any branch,so I'll give you the AF version. 3 Generals and an Admiral are sitting around a campfire, each bragging about which branch has more balls, the army gen cant stand it anymore and sees a soldier walking and by and calls him over and says, "soldier, I want you to run out on the battlefield and kill me 150 tanks and bring me back 1500 POW's!" The gen turns to the others and says see?The marine gen goes, "that aint sh#t!" and when he sees a marine walk by, he says, "marine,run out on the battlefield and kill me 250 tanks and bring me back 2500 POW"s!" so then he l…
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Ole Shakey
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For all you old-timers out there, check out this flying model of Ole Shakey. The clamshell doors even open. The only things missing are the sexy rumble of the 4360's and the squeeling brakes. I think the model flies faster than the real thing!!! http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/Douglas-C-124a Don R.
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So I'm bored outta my gord here tonight and I see that Casey is the current top poster at 539. followed by Dan Wilson at 507 and Bob Daley falling behind at 499. (Bob and Casey had been running neck and neck for some time) This is as of 0542 MST. I know, totally useless info but, I'm bored!
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2/17/2010 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The first woman to serve as major general in the Air Force, and the Department of Defense, passed away Feb. 15. Retired Maj. Gen. Jeanne M. Holm is credited as the single driving force in achieving parity for military women and making them a viable part of the mainstream military. The Portland, Ore., native attained the rank of two-star general in 1973 after a career that began 31 years earlier in 1942 when she enlisted in the Army. General Holm entered Women's Army Air Corps in January 1943 where she received a commission as third officer, the WAAC equivalent of second lieutenant. General Holm also became the first woman to atten…
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This video almost makes me miss commercial flying, except for all the crap you have to put up with. Also good if you like big jets Click here: YouTube - The FE's Lament 2010 HD Another good one. In fact, check out all of Balleka's videos on YouTube. MK Airlines is a British registered 747 cargo airline owned by Mike Kruger. They were originally registered in Ghana & would only hire Rhodesians. Click here: YouTube - Balleka's Channel#p/u/6/TesxpJdZWO8 Don R. PS -- Oh, how many times have I thought "clowns to the left of me; jokers to the right."
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Well here's hoping the idiots will wake up now that the corrupt dimocrap morons are passing the healthcare bill. I always love getting a 200% tax increase now for a decrease in medical care in five years. But thats okay,. as long as social parasites that have never done a lick of nothing but collect welfare can have more for free Keep your powder dry and fix bayonets boys!! (How does pelosi figure calling it a "bipartisan" bill when zero Republicans voted for it?, maybe she means extreme left commie demo's and moderate capitulating demos?)
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Hey Dan, I've ben looking for a good carry gun. Look these over and let me know which one you think would be a good choice. I'm kinda partial to the first one but I'm open to suggestions. thanks wil
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Some of the guys I know are deepwater drillers, here is a good rant on whats going on now and who's to blame. AMERICANS FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING: PATRIOTIC RESISTANCE: I am dependent on Ultra-Deepwater Drilling for my income. The shutdown of Ultra-Deepwater Drilling is an unfair attack on the petroleum industry. British Petroleum Americas (B.P.) failure to perform their drilling operation in a safe manner is your issue. We as an industry are aware of the many B.P. failures on the Transocean Deepwater Horizon. The 11 Men that lost their lives are our brothers. Unsafe well practices by B.P. must be investigated. The root cause is a failure to resolve a poor …
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I enjoy watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on the food network. Well, I went on the web site and found a list of all the restaurants that were on the show. Attached is the list. I wish I could have done it by state, but it was already a pain just reformatting the copy and paste. Anyway, maybe it will come in handy in your future travels. Tiny P.S. Any weight gain on your part is not my problem. diners, drive-ins and dives.pdf
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I feel every current and ex-military member's opinion concerning the current move to abolish Don't Ask, Don't Tell should be heard. From what I have seen in the MSM lately, ninety percent of the current military say its fine by them to revoke DADT. However, a retired Navy Chaplin took a closer look at the survey and came up with a different take on the survey. I have posted it on my blog, should you care to view. http://flyoverfeedback.blogspot.com By the way, jut to be clear, I believe DADT should remain in place. JP
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Has anyone heard from Airnav (aka Kurt) from Indiana? He used to call me about once a week, but I haven't heard anything from him in a few months. I don't have a number so I can't call him. Thanks. Don R.
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I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year! Just think, all of us old farts will be a year older this year!! Ken
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Has anyone heard from Trevor, our friend in Yemin? Things are getting pretty hairy over there and given they're trying to overthrow the government whose Birds he's working on...... If you're still there Trev, Keep your head down!
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I was just thinking I hadn't seen anything from Trev for quite awhile. Hasn't been on since Jan. I hope nothing has happened to him. He hadn't left Yemen had he??? Ken
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I was just reading the Oct. VFW magazine and in the claims section there is a guy named James P Denney who is trying to see if anybody remembers him sliding out the back of a pick up. I assume he was on a flight crew according to the claim, and he says he was in the 774th TAS from Apr. 71 to Sept. 72 (Clark AB P. I.) The accident happened at CRB Viet Nam. I just thought I would try to see if anybody here might know him and be able to help him out! His e-mail address and phone number are posted in the mag. so I guess it is alright to put it here. At least the e-mail address! [email protected] I guess I will e-mail that address myself and tell him about us!!!!!…
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