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I'm going to be retiring in a little over a year after 20-odd years in maintenance. I'm interested in AFETS--does anyone know how to go about becoming an AFETS guy?
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I was just watching Irene's path a few minutes ago and I got to thinking a lot of you guys are in it's path!! I don't think the forecasts are wavering any either!! I was only on the East Coast once & that was at Dover. I can imagine what it would be like there if Irene stays on it's current route!!! I suppose Rehoboth Beach is going to see some damage! Anyway, right now it sounds like it is the real deal so you guys be careful. You guys that were stationed at Naha could always head for Naminoue or it's equivalent before they close the main gate!!!!! It sounds like it could be no joking matter so take care, Ken
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Last week one of the guys that I met on this forum came to Montana for his second visit! Chris and his wife Mary have become good friends with my wife and I and we look forward to seeing them every year!! (I may have to go to Wisconsin to see them next year)! I'm going to try Chris!!! These two pictures are taken near the summit of Beartooth Pass. I think the elevation there is around 10,281 ft. This is on the way from my home in Columbus to the North East entrance to Yellowstone Park. Silver Gate MT. We had a good time and Chris told me some more "war stories" of course I had none to offer!!!! I think it would be great to be able to meet all of y…
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Hey Ken, Haven't heard from you for a while. I hope all is well. Sonny
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One of the funniest (?) Mil specs I have run across looking for other stuff.
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Howdy --- I think this guy must have been a Herk crew member -- so when you thought that had seen or heard everything..... Just watch! This is a classic & I guarantee you..... you will laugh!!! Click here [yt]Ofn8-3SWd8M[/yt] [url=" "]
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Features NSFW language from the ATCs "I've got enough to film the crash."
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http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/12/15/350937/pictures-uk-harriers-to-make-final-operational-flights.html
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Looks like someone's trying to change the retirement system..... http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/07/military-dod-panel-calls-for-radical-retirement-overhaul-072511/
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C-130 Manuals
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Good Evening Gentlemen, I have , on cd, the C, AC-130H, AC-130U , EC-130E, KC-130J Flying Operations Manuals plus every other USAF Aircraft Manual. I don't , however, have a C-130J Manual. Series 11, Flying Operations site seems to have disappeared. Can anybody help me ? Sam.
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I drove down to Kokomo yesterday on company business and was passing Grissom on my way back so I thought I would stop and look around. It's called the Grissom Aeroplex. The museum was closed but took a few pics over the fence. I was stationed there early 76 to Jun 77; back when it was SAC. Base housing is now "Villages at Eagles Point" or something like that. They put siding over the stucco and closed most of the carports into garages and sold old Capehart housing as condos! Found my old house, didn't look too bad, but in general the place is a slum....cars parked in yards, doors hanging off, trashcans in front of the houses and just generally unkept. The Air Rese…
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I really really feel bad for our guys over in Afghanistan when buttmunching idiot's like this are in charge of our boots on the ground. Dear God, is he McNamaras kid or something? I think he needs a good bayonetting, how can you have peace with a group who's sole goal is to destroy you and your way of life.
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Okay guys, what are the most spectacular bad bombs (airdrops from hell) you have either had a hand in or personally know of. I put it in OT because there are folks here that have dropped stuff in planes other than the Herk. I think the most spectacular one I personally know of was at Rhine Main in 1989. I think (ugh) Duke Bender was the AC, it was a triple heavy LAPES at Giebelstadt. For those not conversant with LAPES, a triple heavy is three pallets tied together and the Herk poops them out all at the same time, all the while the pilot is trying to maintain aircraft control with the wheels three or four feet off the ground. Weights of the triple heavy (training lo…
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Maybe for the zombie apocalypse. Or neighborhood watch!
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Between May 1965 to Dec 1967 A/C 64-0560 carried 6.4 million lbs of cargo. Mostly in the form of test cargo used for LAPES drops. Will post pictures when I learn to use my new scanner.
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I assume the reunion you guys were planning on attending a few weeks ago was a good one!!! Am I right? Did any of you fine young gentlemen (you too Giz) happen to take your camera along? If so did any of you take any pictures that the rest of us would enjoy? I am sure a lot (most) of us would like to see them---especially the ones that are here on the forum! It would be like seeing some of you guys in "real life" !!! Thanks, Ken I still think it would be cool to have a C-130 Hercules Forum reunion in the near future! I will go out on a limb and volunteer Chris(tinwhistle) as the host!!!!! :D
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The book is called/named "Blind Bat C130 Night FAC over the Ho Chi Minh Trail" By Frederick NYC, III It is on E-Bay for $49.95 + shipping. It was published in 2004. Do any of you know of this author or book? Ken
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This Really Exists: Giant Concrete Arrows That Point a Way Across America. Cement Arrows, Transcontinental Air Mail Route Courtesy of Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research Every so often, usually in the vast deserts of the American Southwest, a hiker or a backpacker will run across something puzzling: a concrete arrow, as much as seventy feet in length, just sitting in the middle of scrub-covered nowhere. What are these giant arrows? Some kind of surveying mark? Landing beacons…
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Before you do be sure to check out what this guy has to say. Holy cow. I already knew they were anti gun and anti religion. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/12/08/wounded-warriors-project-a-legal-scam/ If what is reported here is true these guys really need to be publicly flogged.
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Happy Birthday Ken, Finally caught up with me!! I hope you have a fantastic day and get everything you wish for today. Sonny
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This is messed up here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29198366/ Sonny
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How do you take the world's ugliest modern automobile, and make it even uglier??? Easy... Ta-Daa!!
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Had a dude send this today. It's a little fighter guy driven, but still a little amusing. http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Crew_chief#
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Vietnam vet
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Good evening, IOt is with heavy heart that I have to say one of my uncles has been found in North Vietnam. He's coming home......at last. Excuse me if I sound upset, but.... The POW/MIA now means a helluva lot more. God bless every other family waiting for the return of a loved one. Sam
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It was 46 years ago today that Kennedy was assinated in Dallas, TX. I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning, but I can remember that day like it was yesterday. I was a brand new one-striper at Langley AFB, VA and I can remember going over to the CQ's office in one of the barracks and asking about it. Those were the old open bay WW II baracks in the Shellbank area and TSgt Clevenger was the CQ. Don R.
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