Viking1066
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VF-161 Chargers last F-3B Demon BuNo 145295, AH-101, being piped over the side while having first F-4B Phantom II delivered, 21 September 1964 FLIK
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Donivanp
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Oh look a sea groundhog
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
KC-10, we loved 'em in Spain ... no IFEs I remember, they were very reliable. This one showed up at the 1990 airshow at Carswell.
Worked out funny because about a year before I enlisted, I had a girlfriend named Carolina, and after having a dream with her in it (shaddup youse!), I wrote a song called "Carolina Dream".
Worked out funny because about a year before I enlisted, I had a girlfriend named Carolina, and after having a dream with her in it (shaddup youse!), I wrote a song called "Carolina Dream".
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Donivanp
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Never had any time with them. Spent more than twelve years working KC-135's and they were always very reliable. Makes me wonder what happened to Boeing?KC-10, we loved 'em in Spain ... no IFEs I remember, they were very reliable.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
-135s we had weren't bad, don't get me wrong. 7th flew E-model -135s. They had engine issues sometimes.
I don't remember a single IFE on a KC-10 for the five months we had them in Spain while I was there for the Storm.
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
You could launch three 135's for bomber or one KC-10. 135 fueling a C-5 was always funny to see, even a 10 was small but a lot closer. Never had many IFE on any tankers I recall but the E's were Guard and Reserve birds. A D and R's were what we had. Lost an A one night in '86 down in Panama. We would have more issues with the A's and D's both J57 birds but once transitioned to R's really cleared that up.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
When we did MITOs we did four -135s for 12 -52s, bombers launching max payload/min fuel, top off and GTFO.
We had a few IFEs on the KC-135s due to engine issues, though happily all landed clean with no scraping.
We had one of those engines fail during a run-up after rebuild on our test-pad, but I wasn't on duty that day and didn't get to partake in the fun stuff. I was told it was pretty interesting.
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
At Grissom on a crystal blue Feb day we did a 12 ship mito EC and KC-135's, all J57 birds. We got 11 off but 12 aborted. By the time 12th bird EC-135G got a quarter way down the runway you couldn't even see it due to all the black smoke hanging in the air from the water injection on the 11 before. The EC we thought for sure aborted due to viability but it was one of the engines EGT issues. When I was at Andersen we would MITO three bomber and three tankers with them.
Viking1066
Major
KC-130F Hercules (VMGR-152) refueling an US and Malaysian A-4 Skyhawk 1987 SEOR
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
Bet those two were wishing they had gon AF about now.
hw97karbine
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Unguided rocket salvo from a prototype Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne attack helicopter during trials in 1971
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
I remember thinking at the first MITO I covered how it looked like a deadly flower spreading black petals into the sky.
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
F-102 firing the 2.75 rockets mounted in the weapons bay doors.
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MIflyer
Captain
Here is Cold War bird for you, in Korea, How many bipes did we use in combat zones during the Cold War? Is this the USAF answer to the Po-2?
MIflyer
Captain
At O'Hare in 1949.
Viking1066
Major
HMS Triumph Subic Bay joint US-UK exercises 1950 HISN
Viking1066
Major
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) at Sasebo, Japan 27 october, 1953 with USS Wisconsin (BB0=-64) in background HISN
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