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Offline midnight Target

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« on: October 28, 2005, 04:43:27 PM »
My office sits about a mile off the end of the runway of our local Air Reserve Base. They are just now gearing up for a new shipment of C-17's to replace the C-141's that used to fly out of here every hour or so.

Holy crap! They are louder, bigger and I swear those guys want to fly them like fighters sometimes. I had one today come from the west, do a hard 90 right over my head and head south to the runway... wow.
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2005, 04:57:29 PM »
LOL.. yah.. the C-17 is a kick-ass transport. Watching 'em do 'combat approaches' and 'evasive - threat avoidance' takeoffs must be quite a show. ;)
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2005, 05:52:05 PM »
remember its called barney....fred's little buddy.
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Offline Bodhi

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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2005, 06:01:54 PM »
They are a cool aircraft.  See our share of them here in the springs.  Yes the evasive takeoff is cool, but watching a C5 do a combat landing is cooler!
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2005, 06:40:42 PM »
They are not bigger than a C-141.  I walk past C17s every morning duging FOD walk  

Cool Cargo planes though.
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2005, 08:19:23 PM »
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They are not bigger than a C-141.  I walk past C17s every morning duging FOD walk  

Cool Cargo planes though.


Fod walkdowns suck. :)
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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2005, 08:23:40 PM »
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Fod walkdowns suck. :)


every morning.....no matter the temp or 50MPH winds that we get here.  What's funny is we walk around the C130s because of the props but under the 17s even with APUs running.
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2005, 09:14:54 PM »
I think a C-17 Gunship would be pretty cool.  Kinda like the C-5 Flying Circus gunships from the "wingman" novels.
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2005, 10:45:52 PM »
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 I walk past C17s every morning duging FOD walk  

 


That’s why God made airman – another chapter from a little red book
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2005, 11:32:25 PM »
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That’s why God made airman – another chapter from a little red book


Your little red book doesn't have anything on military regs.  I think the language and contradictions are purposly written to confuse said little red book holders.
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2005, 11:42:38 PM »
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Your little red book doesn't have anything on military regs.  I think the language and contradictions are purposly written to confuse said little red book holders.


I have a contradiction with that. Since you are doing FOD, you misinterpret originals reader’s interpretation. Airmen are a free labor grunts designed particularly for FOD walks.       :D
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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2005, 11:44:04 PM »
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I have a contradiction with that. Since you are doing FOD, you misinterpret originals reader’s interpretation. Airmen are a free labor grunts designed particularly for FOD walks.       :D


OK now calculate the fact that I am a Staff Sergeant into your red book equation. :cool:
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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2005, 11:45:07 PM »
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OK now calculate the fact that I am a Staff Sergeant into your red book equation. :cool:


That’s exactly my point, you do not belong there. ;-)
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« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2005, 11:51:14 PM »
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That’s exactly my point, you do not belong there. ;-)


yes and this is were your "red book" fails you.  Airman left without supervisors reign caos.  Supervison is a must......Enter me!
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« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2005, 11:53:57 PM »
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OK now calculate the fact that I am a Staff Sergeant into your red book equation. :cool:


the copy of the lil red book we gave russian covers that in the 'too many chiefs = not enuff injuns' chapter.

he hasn't got the corrected chairforce version that sez "1 blue E6 = 1 green E2".
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