charles Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Anyone here from Rhein Main AB 1980-1982 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Charles, I was there twice -- from 1967 to 1970 on the air evac airplanes & again from 1977 to 1983 in the 37th. Was the 6th FE to get there when the 37th opened up shop; Pope was still on rote there & when they went home, they left the airplanes there. Something about the beer there -- I got married on my 1st tour (to a German) & divorced & married again on the 2nd tour (to an American). Rhein Main rote - Delta squadron or Bravo squadron? Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkfixer Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I was stationed at Rhein-Main AB from 1979 to 1981 worked on flightline. Whats your question about that timeframe? Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 77-81, Radar shop, 435th FMS. Worked in the White House (old control tower building). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Tiny, Were you down in the basement there? I can't remember if it was on my first or second assignment there, but I recall a snack bar down there, too. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe.dawson Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Don, I think the snack bar was there in the early 70's before they moved the terminal to the new building. I think the new terminal open just after I left in 1972. Joe Dawson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I was there. CC on the black birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Thanks Joe. Taxing my brain with memories that far back is extremely exhausting, especially with all the MIA brain cells. You're correct -- the snackbar was in the basement back in the 70's. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 (edited) I was there from 1977 to 1982 on the C-130 435th OMS side crewed 9810 the only dumb bird with the big bird paint color, and then 0502 came in and took its place with same paint color. Even though we were assigned acft we still ended up working all the planes including the 7th and 7405th acft. Now when you at Frankfurt the only building you will see is the old Rhein Main Hotel, everything thing else is gone all the hangers, base ops and tower and barracks making way for new cargo area. Edited March 1, 2009 by Bill Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalbasher Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 what do you mean "dumb bird" with a big bird paint scheme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 We called the regular Es without AWADS dumb birds. I'm thinking Bill's referring to the desert tan paint jobs as the big bird paint, maybe. Yea, we worked 'em all avionics wise as well, even IFF & TACAN the C9. Every now and then we'd have to work C141s for the enroute section when they had too many people on leave and couldn't break away from their 2 on - 3 off, 3 on - 2 off, 3 on - 3 off schedule. We also did in shop stuff for C141 avionics for the European theater. Way too many 6 and 1, 12 hours shifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yea, the desert paint was refered to as big bird it had more yellow than tan. The paint was so porus that you could place your clean hand on the paint and it would leave an outline of your hand it would asbord the oil from your skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 i did not know any fe's i did know a cpt who flew the c9's because he was a coach of the base wrestling team. anyone know duke, stone, mastrolia, ,barnhill, lawton? i got out in 84 and worked through college with no gi bill. i am a teacher and went back into the army reserves a few years back and now i have the new gi bill and a 15k prior service enlistment bonus. i earned it though going through the army warrior transition course to get back in , army basic training for older guys. im in pa, and onw a house in philly and one in pottsville , an upstate pa town. i dont work on planes any more , now i work on electric generator carts for an army reserve unit but want to see if i can get a direct commission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 im not the only one who went green , a couple of usaf basic training instuctors went through warrior transition at fort sill with me- if you ever heard of land nav you know what i mean. Or the 5 k march with full pack and rifle. My knee started going but I held on and graduated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flteng1994 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Also in reference to what is a dumd bird, Non AWADS acft were called that. AWADS being the Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System, or the All Weather Eyes of the Blue-Tailed Flies. How you doing Don? Yeah the beer had a lot to to do with things that happened at Rhien Main. I was there 79 to 81. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Hi Dan, How ya doing? I just took a peek at your album. Where was the photo taken of the C-130 missing the #4 prop? Do you remember the tail number or the circumstances? Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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