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09-06-2008, 01:12 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ozarks
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| FNG Bluehawk Greetings, Another zoomie found his way here. Interested in all matters having to do with military aviation, for avocational research purposes only. Self, father, uncle, brother, cousins, nephews - all vets (3 USAF) of one war or another from WWII to GWOT. USAF Forum Moderator for Trackpads.com, Service Officer/American Legion District 15, Dept of Missouri, Past Sgt at Arms, Post 13, PUFL. Recip a/c mech on C-123B, C-47D and U-3A, ATC 3345th CMS, Chanute Field.
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09-06-2008, 01:20 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pine Mountain Lake, California
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Everybody in MY family is a pilot, except me (go figure). Sometimes I wish I'd joined the AF 25 years ago; I'd probably be strapped to the front seat of an F-15E right about now. Last edited by SoD Stitch; 09-06-2008 at 01:43 AM. Reason: Punctuation | |
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09-06-2008, 01:21 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Hi Bluehawk, from a British ex-Para who also has a military family, including brother-in-law who retired last year with the rank of Air Chief Marshal. I didn't achieve such a dizzy height, but got to Staff Sergeant at least! Welcome from a very, very, wet England. |
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09-06-2008, 03:39 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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| Welcome aboard
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09-06-2008, 04:47 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| G'day Bluehawk, welcome to the site mate!
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09-06-2008, 06:40 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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__________________  "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
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09-06-2008, 08:17 AM
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| Siggy Master   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| Welcome and greetings from Poland. 
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09-06-2008, 09:43 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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09-06-2008, 10:07 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ozarks
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It was an accident of time, but I'm very glad to have gotten in on the very last of pure recips in routine military use. It was quite a thrill, and dangerous as hell!
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09-06-2008, 10:10 AM
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I barely survived one hitch, but wish I had stayed on the full ride. I made the mistake of instructing a CMSgt on what he should do with his advice.
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09-06-2008, 10:12 AM
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I spend about 50% of research time on USMC matters and history.
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09-06-2008, 10:14 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ozarks
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| Thanks for the welcomes, also, to all others. It is encouraging to see so many nations included in these conversations... something we in America are habitually prevented from experiencing by every other usual media... at our peril, in my opinion. Isn't it interesting that the military, which could have made us enemies or allies, is the power that unites us.
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09-06-2008, 11:36 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Sure is my friend, and anybody who tells a CMSgt whereto stuff his advice, and lives to tell the tale, is O.K. by me!!! |
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09-06-2008, 12:51 PM
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09-06-2008, 01:09 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ozarks
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It was an experience, lemme tell ya. This guy was about 6'5", maybe 250 lbs... enlisted pre-WWII - so, he'd seen a few slicks before. I guess he figured he needed one of my stripes to add to his 9. Or, maybe it was just a case of NCO PMS?
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