Posted on 02/08/2023 5:14:24 AM PST by servo1969
As a civilian supporting the USAF, I was awarded the ‘honorary’ call-sign of ‘Fester’ - as in Uncle Fester. Not because of how I looked, but rather for a remark I made and the zoomies just looked at each other, laughed, and the name was assigned.
YouTube former F-14 RIO Ward Carroll has told the story on his channel on how he got his callsign “Mooch.”
“Duh” and “LOL” @ me. This thread IS ABOUT Ward Carroll...
Probably...I get’em confused. But the flight deck guy was the star of the clip. May be the best recovery of the day.
I was a plane captain with a Q squadron..
Worked the flight deck.. night shift...
I could tell you some stories 😃
Lumpy - A mouth breather (for those old enough to remember Leave it to Beaver)
Wedge - The world’s simplest tool.
Stork - From Animal House.
Rat - For he whose last name is Fink.
Red Ball - He who flirts with the #1 wire.
“I could tell you some stories”
I bet you could.
I was a controller. I spent 2 hours total on a boat (out of the four years I was in). Our wacky base helo pilot flew out to see a friend on a carrier at the NATO pier, near Sigonella (forget the name of the carrier). He took some of us along. Got an interesting tour of the ship. Fun times.
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