 | Bored Troops Iraq| SitRep Discuss Bored Troops Iraq in the Military Matters forums; I wanted to get a picture, but I didn't have a flightline photo pass. If I had gotten caught ... |
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04-05-2005, 04:17 PM
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#16 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | I wanted to get a picture, but I didn't have a flightline photo pass. If I had gotten caught taking a picture on the line, I would have been in a lot of trouble. I did sneak some other pictures on the line once though.
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04-05-2005, 05:31 PM
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#17 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | What? Like you wouldn't have gotten nailed, for painting red stars on the planes?  | |
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04-05-2005, 05:35 PM
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#18 | | Forum Politruk
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Originally Posted by evangilder Anyway, my buddy and the other guy in the truck thought up a diversion for the nightshift. All of the static fighters had red stars on the tails by the next morning! The funniest thing is that they stayed that way for several weeks while they tried to find out who did it. They never did! |
And you probably gave some very bored GRU officer in Moscow a laugh! | |
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04-06-2005, 09:33 AM
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#19 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | It was funny, but I was not involved, except maybe as an accessory. I knew who did it, bit I sure wasn't gonna rat out my bud. I would have been proud to say I did it, if I had. I could imagine the Soviet intel guy looking at the shots, wondering hw we got Russian planes.
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04-06-2005, 10:28 AM
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#20 | | Master of Ewes
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man that's so funny...............
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05-09-2005, 05:28 PM
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#21 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Sorry guys still trying to dig up some pictures.
__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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09-22-2005, 08:13 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Here's a true story.
My Great-Uncle Leldon who was with the 101st Airborne during WWII told me that they were stationed in town with a river in between. On the other side of the river was where the Germans were.
Now for those of you who have seen Band of Brothers, the episodes where they finished Bastogne and were in that town with the river in between the Americans and Germans, that was exactly what it was like except this story takes place in 1945.
Anyway, my Great Uncle's friend wanted to say that he shot at some Germans back to his family and friends back home. So one day they were out there when they saw these 3 Germans coming out of a ruined building on the other side of the river.
Well, my great uncle's friend fired of some rounds with his M1 Garand toward the Germans. They ran for it. A couple of seconds later, mortar fired opened up and started blasting the side of the river that they were on!
They all ran and took cover from what they did. My Great Uncle asked his friend, "Was it worth shooting and missing those Germans so that mortars started firing?!" His friend replied, "It was one hell of a show if you ask me, besides, those germans ran out of Mortar ammo!"
A couple of days later the Germans began to surrender. Their squad leader asked if they had anything to do with the gunshots. Well just as he said that this German walks by with his hands up, recognizes my Uncle's friend and makes a laugh.
My great uncle told me that during that time it may not have seen funny but when you look back at it and since nobody got killed, its a funny situation.
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09-23-2005, 01:38 AM
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09-23-2005, 04:03 AM
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#24 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Interesting story. Good stuff.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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09-23-2005, 04:41 PM
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#25 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Absoulute true story. I still cant believe it actually happened.
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