It is funny because I was so gun hoe I cut my hair before boot camp lol…
Hell and that was 22 years ago Oct 29, of 1996
23 >>>>> 1977
I was born in 77. I guess that still makes me a young pup.
Oh well… You’re only as old as you feel.
You can feel old when they use the plane you took care of is now a live fire drone.
Wow… I can’t believe they are decommissioning the C5. I think they switched everything from the EA6B prowler to a F18 now. They still use the A10 though that is my favorite.
I got out in 2004 so a lot has changed since then.
My thunder pigs the F4 was the earliest to go to FLA for "Death ROW
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Literal nick name for where they are kept.
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I have messed with some phantom twos in my day lol. Hard to do preflight power and air compared to the new stuff lol. Fueling one is a night mare sometimes lol. Idk how you all did it.
and in a chem suit in 90 degree weather.
Cartridge start were smokey and …interesting too when we did it.
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Were you crash and salvage? Good ol crash and smash lol…
USAF: screw chief
navy: plane captain(?)
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I remembered I always had to carry a flathead with me. There’s like 23 panels I had to go through lol.
we had a special too that looked like snoopy and called thus for the “quick” opening paneles
used for launch and recover and inspection.
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I was Navy. ABF 2, E5 was as high as I got. 8 years actice duty.
you guys never had to swap out a battery…fun…fun…fun.
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I should have made one. Having that screw driver in my pocket got dangerous sometimes.
Probably about as fun as dealing with LOX lol.
lox was easy. We always yanked the bottle out. battery was IN the front cockpit fwd and rt of the pilot rt leg.
all 30 or so pound of it.
Wow that would be a pain. You know they still use the T39 for training. Makes me think of the migs they used on Top gun lol. They were T39s lol, and there seats were still pinned lol
scheduled every 90 days. had a guy in my later guard unit who could do with the seat in. never told how.
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I remember when 911 hit. I was taking my AMC load planner course in Whidbey island WA. We didn’t know what was going on. I had to stay in that building for 48 hours tell they let us leave.