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Offline Puma44

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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #30 on: July 20, 2011, 02:14:21 PM »
You'd think they learned that trying to turn fight mig21s - doesnt work out

That the reason for training against them, to find out what does and doesn't work before meeting up with them for real.



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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #31 on: July 20, 2011, 03:44:34 PM »
You'd think they learned that trying to turn fight mig21s - doesnt work out

      Mig-21s actually bleed E very quickly.
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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #32 on: July 20, 2011, 03:46:34 PM »
     "Say Allo to my leetl frens!"  :D



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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #33 on: July 21, 2011, 10:10:19 PM »
I flew F/A-18s for the ATF.

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Offline beau32

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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #34 on: July 21, 2011, 10:20:15 PM »


Mechanic on the F-35. My aircraft is AF-7.
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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #35 on: July 22, 2011, 09:33:38 AM »
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Mechanic on the F-35. My aircraft is AF-7.

First one of those arrived at Eglin just a few days ago got to watch it fly in  :D :D :D


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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #36 on: July 22, 2011, 04:27:53 PM »
I wasn't aircrew however I was a crew chief.

My first assignment was as a O-2A crew chief at Bergstrom AFB TX from 1979-1980



My bird was 67-666.


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This photo was taken in the 90s long after I had moved on.



I was also a crew chief on three different A-10s from 1983 to 1991. 77-0278, 77-0284, and 78-0224 at Davis Monthan AFB AZ. Back when they were green.  :D
Here's a shot of one of our squadron birds sitting god knows where . It certainly isn't Arizonza.  ;)







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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #37 on: July 22, 2011, 04:36:32 PM »
First one of those arrived at Eglin just a few days ago got to watch it fly in  :D :D :D


33rd FW FTW :rock

We only have 6 out here at Edwards right now. But we are slated to get more sometime in the future. Our plane has been flying good, but we have a lot of test flights to go.
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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #38 on: July 22, 2011, 08:47:09 PM »
Awesome  :aok

The 33rd is the trainer squadron for new F-35 pilots so they will be winging up some time next month I believe.

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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #39 on: July 22, 2011, 09:40:35 PM »
The ones down in Eglin (due to us working out a lot of bugs in the production models) wont fly I think till AF-6 and AF-7 have over 250 hours between them. Right now 6 and 7 have less than a 100 hours between them.
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Re: So, ex-military pilots and aircrew, show us what you flew or crewed.
« Reply #40 on: July 23, 2011, 09:03:41 AM »
Oh ok didnt know that.

Thanks  :aok

Let me know if you need a stick to fly one  :D :D :joystick: :banana: