Mt.crewchief

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, surely i can't look that old. well . . .you'll love this one. my name is Alice, and i was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. i noticed his DDS diploma on the wall, which bore his full name. Suddenly, i remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 30-odd years ago. could he be the same guy that i had a secret crush on, way back then? upon seeing him, however, i quickly discarded any such thought. this balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate. after he examined my teeth, i asked him if he had attended Morgan Park High School. 'yes. Yes, i did. I'm a mustang,' he gleamed with pride. when did you graduate?' i asked. he answered, 'in 1975. Why do you ask?' you were in my class!', i exclaimed. he looked at me closely. then, that ugly, old, bald, wrinkled faced, fat-assed, gray-haired, decrepit son-of-a-bitch asked, 'what did you teach???

f4enut, I have a feeling that I might know one of the guys on the tow team you are talking about. Actually, I am surprised it didn't happen more often! Whenever we called the tower for permission to cross the the runway from "easy area" we had to try to figure what the Okinawan in the tower was saying!! One day I called the tower for clearance and I was given the okay-- that's what I thought anyway! Just as we got across, the Northwest Orient plane landed. We saw it coming and I told the Euc. operator to step on it! We thought it was kind of funny until we got our butts chewed by the Main. Officer. Could it have been you? Back to the Kadena incident, did the guy in charge of the tow crew have "Frog" written on his green 35th TAS cap? If so he was my room mate! (also the guy receiving the Airman's Medal in my gallery)! By the way is Jesse still with us?? By the way, the year was 1968 Thanks for the memories, Ken

Whoops, Now it makes sense, my friends grandson is stationed at Malmstrom and he said all they had were helicopters! I guess the ANG birds will be going to the Great Falls Airport! Bob, you and herfixer & waggonman have just straightened me out!! It's one of those MANY "I didn't know that" things for me!! Seems to be more and more of them these days!!! Thanks guys for stopping me from making any more mistakes(at least on that subject) !! Ken

Will do Chris, while we're there, we might as well go tour Glacier Park. It's a photographers dream by the way! I think Herks are supposed to be settled in at Malmstrom by then! If any of you young guys on the forum happen to end up there, let me know. I will come up for a tour of one of those beauties!!! Ken

Whoa!!! what a beauty! Thanks for the picture and I hope you are able to post more in the future! Now, since you haven't put any things in your profile, I will have to ask some questions. Where are you that you can take this picture or did you find it on the web? If you are currently in the AF are you coming to Montana? If not, come to Montana, "Gods Country", to see it when it has a new home!! Thanks for the picture, Ken

Good one Sparks!!!!!!!!

I guess I would like to give my two cents on this subject. Which, by the way was started by tinwhistle (Chris), about lowering the flag for Mandela's death. I also agree with Chris and those of you who have posted the same! But like SEFEGeorge posted on the flag code, there is a lot of latitude on who does what with the flag! Especially Presidents etc. What bothers me is with our own Presidents and ex Presidents being on the news giving speeches etc. at the services it is expressing my feelings about what Mandela did for who? Not me!! Like sparks said, when the flag is lowered for Jane Fonda, then the shit will hit the fan!!! As far as the G&R goes, I know that if there had been a C-130 unit anywhere within several hundred miles of home, I would have signed up in a heartbeat and not for the extra money etc. Now, that there is a C-130 unit coming to Montana I still would do it! Age limits be damned!!!!! Ken

As far as my experiences go, we flew straight from Naha to Ubon and back the same way! What I remember is that a crew that was on their R&R during their 90 day TDY, hopped on a bird with a returning crew and went back to Ubon on another input seven days later! I did that once! That is not saying for sure that some planes didn't stop elsewhere going to and from Ubon! After all,how many times during your tour(s) there did you find yourself landing somewhere you had no idea you were going to? Does any of what I just said make any sense? :confused: Ken

Air Start!!!! --There used to be a place in Naminoue we called "air start alley" At least the guys told me so!! The one similar was called Mamma Do-Rights Turkey Farm located out the back gate at Naha!! Okay, now let's clean it up!!!! Oh yeh, there used to be something called a "leak check" !! I think it had something to do with the PCOD Now, where were we????

Good one Giz!!!

Casey, Damn, I just turned on the computer for the first time today and am already late for your birthday.!! I hope you had a good day and will have many more!! The way I see it, the more years you have birthdays, the more years I will be able to hang out here. Ken

When I got up this morning I knew there was something special going on today!! It's Tom's (EClark)'s birthday...!!! Have a good one, Ken

Just an update--a couple days after receiving my disability notice, I received a check for retroactive pay from the date I filed!!

From my experiences, we had to clean a few honey buckets, but we crew chiefs were NEVER the ones who used it!! Sparks, you're right though about checking the honey bucket for a potential bad smell!! :D

I have a copy of that book also, and it is full of information about the ABCCC birds and operations etc. I am enjoying reading it, but it is going to take awhile to finish it---like APG85 said, it is more of a reference type book. After flying 40 Blind Bat missions, I am now seeing what was going on with the "talkie birds" up above!

Could have been!!! I was going to substitute the place to Columbus Montana but didn't know how!!

Sonny, another good one!!!

Remember awhile back I said something about Montana being one of the fastest states to complete VA claims? Well, today I got notice that I will start receiving a 10% disability payment for Tinnitus!! That's good, but I also filed for a documented hearing loss at Naha. They said although the Tinnitus was obviously the result of noise exposure while in the military, the hearing loss isn't bad enough to qualify for any disabilities . So, I am not disappointed, but it seems like a claim filed last December, could have been cleared up earlier! Of course I seem to forget how long some of you guys waited to get your claims settled. I guess the VA furnished hearing aids & batteries for life are my hearing loss award. Ken

Man, you two guys may be looking for real trouble!!!!!!

Cowboys and Chili A cowboy walks into a seedy cafe in Medicine Bow, Wyoming ... He sits at the counter and notices an old cowboy with his arms folded staring blankly at a full bowl of chili. After fifteen minutes of just sitting there staring at it, the young Cowboy bravely asks the old cowpoke, "If you ain't gonna eat that, mind if I do?" The older cowboy slowly turns his head toward the young wrangler and in his best cowboy manner says, "Nah, you go ahead." Eagerly, the young cowboy reaches over and slides the bowl over to his place and starts spooning it in with delight. He gets nearly down to the bottom and notices a dead mouse in the chili. The sight was very shocking and he immediately barfs up the chili back into the bowl. The Old cowboy quietly says, "Yep, that's as far as I got, too."

Bill, I know what you mean! Actually that picture Chris said was me, is just one he took of an old guy at the Upper Falls in Yellowstone! I still look just like I did in my avatar and I know you are the same as the guy sitting on the ramp of a Herk!!! Ken

Chris, I was one of those guys that requested one or more of your DVDs several years ago! I got them and during our back and forth's on the internet we became friends! How about that!!! I received a DVD and a buddy!! Doesn't get any better than that!! Ken

Hey Giz, it looks like we made the news!!! Ken (Mt.crewchief)

#1 .. SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick! #2 ... BARACK OBAMA: Let me be clear, the chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change! Real change! Change he could believe in! #3 ... JOHN McCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road. #4 ... HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure, right from Day One, that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me. #5 ... GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here. #6 ... DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun? #7 ... COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road. #8 ... BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. #9 ... AL GORE: I invented the chicken. #10 ... JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it. #11 ... AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens. #12 ... DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems. #13 ... OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens. #14 ... ANDERSON COOPER, CNN : We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road. #15 ... NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks. #16 ... PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American. #17 ... MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information. #18 ... DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told. #19 ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone. #20 ... JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, That chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the Liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that. #21 ... GRANDPA : In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough. #22 ... BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish it's lifelong dream of crossing the road. #23 ... ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road. #24 ... JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace. #25 ... BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2013, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2013. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot. #26 ... ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken? #27 ... COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

Happy Birthday Bob I hope your birthday is a good one! Also, thanks for being such an important part of this forum.