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Offline humble

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« on: September 05, 2007, 10:02:51 AM »
from dos Gringos....

Going in for Gunz

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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2007, 10:18:51 AM »
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.—Dwight Eisenhower, April 16, 1953

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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2007, 10:25:30 AM »
Aces High by Iron Maiden <----for the spittydweeb ;)

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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2007, 10:36:54 AM »
These guys are active duty F-16 drivers....great live clip of "I am a Pilot" shot at Nellis AFB in 7/07 on you tube. From the little bit I gathered they just rotated back to the middle east...

http://dosgringosrocks.com/

I am a Pilot (live version)

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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2007, 11:37:42 AM »
Reminds me of an old album my dad had, "The Wild Blue Yonder, Oscar Brand with the Roger Wilco Four".  

My brother and I weren't allowed to listen to it because of the language....but when dad was partying with his squadron mates, after we were sent to bed, he'd play it.

Here's a link to a writeup about the album and it's follow-up "Out of the Blue":

http://www.fabulousrocketeers.com/Out_of_the_Blue.htm

And you can now get them on CD at :

http://www.oscarbrand.com/order.htm
"Facing up to 200 Russians eager to have a nibble at you, or even Spitfires, can be quite enjoyable...but curve in against 70 Boeing Fortresses and all your past sins flash before your eyes."

Major Hans "Fips" Philipp
Geschwaderkommodore, JG 1
206 Victories. KIA 8 October, 1943

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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2007, 01:47:03 PM »
Can only be one :)

Written by the son of Jay Robbins, one of the 80th Headhunters leading aces.

"Twin Tailed Lightning"

http://www.80fsheadhunters.org/Thumper/Twin%20Tailed%20Light.asf

In the jungles of New Guinea, the Headhunters carved their name,
They were brave and they were fearless, downing Zeros was their game.
From the beaches of Port Moresby, it was three miles to their drome,
T'was a dirt strip carved in a hillside, this is the place they called their home.

Chorus
Twin Tailed Lightning, was their warplane,
As they roamed Pacific skies,
Searching out the sons of Nippon,
Sending them to their demise.
 
They were known not as a number, but as a name denoting fear,
A tiny native was their logo, making history for all to hear.
With names like Homer, Norb Ruff and Murphy, Cragg and Robbins and Kirby too,
They swept the sky clean of the Jap menace,
And came back victors when they flew.

Chorus
 
They flew out from their airdrome in their Lightnings climbing high,
Looking up to find some Zeros, gonna blow them from the sky.
All the odds were against them, all they had were their planes,
And some friends down in the jungle, who made sure they'd fly again.
                                                   
Chorus
 
Making aces was their standard, two-hundred kills even more,
With fifty cal and twenty mike-mike, they always ran up their meatball score.
About the odds they never worried, from tree top level they'd cut 'em down,
And when they landed from their melees, they would drink and "mess" around.
                                                   
Chorus (twice)
Dan/CorkyJr
8th FS "Headhunters

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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2007, 01:50:30 PM »
Humble, thanks for the link to their site.  The song 2s Blind had me laughing harder than I have in a while.

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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2007, 03:15:43 PM »
You 38 drivrs could always go with "Ride the  Lightning"