Chappie James confronts Qaddafi at Wheelus AFB (Libya)1969

[JoeProBono]

[JRandomFreeper]

No doubt protecting the AF Golf Course. You don't want to threaten a base golf course.

/johnny

[TomServo]

I had the pleasure of working for the Gen. when he was in command of NORAD.

[Dr. Ursus]

I was stationed there during the six day war.

[silverleaf]

Those half tracks musta run over the lawn of the month

No one messes with “lawn of the month”

[JoeProBono]

I was a USAF young corpsman serving under Chappie in 1969.

[TomServo]

He as a helluva Commander and damned nice guy...

[fourdny2]

JR, that was a rather snarky remark...was your remark toward Chappie or the Military in general?

[TomServo]

Didn’t know he flew with Gen. Robin Olds....great team

“Blackman and Robin”

[JoeProBono]

Dependents at Wheelus were evacuated shortly after that

[JRandomFreeper]

Pride in the warriors that also manage to have really nice golf courses all over the world.

I was a zoomie. Don't make me set down my coffee cup and get out of my swivel chair. It'll be ugly. ;)

/johnny

[Dr. Ursus]

Great picture.I was sent to Hahn AFB Germany afterwards.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

I was sent to Torrejon

Ann-Margret visits Torrejon Air Base, 1964

[Dr. Ursus]

I was in the comm.sq-ATC

[JoeProBono]

[Quix]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

So you know some of the truth about UFO’s.

anything you can share?

[Rockingham]

Chappie James was a staunch conservative. At the time of his untimely death by heart attack, he was said to be considering a run for US Senate in Florida as a Republican.

[Ax]

Back in 1963, I was stationed at a very small NATO base in Italy’s “bootheel,” near Brindisi. I got hurt playing flag football one afternoon. A kick in the shin resulted in a blood infection and the medics at the base clinic were going to medevac me to Wheelus AB. I was definitely up for that, a chance to visit Africa! But they were able to sort out the issue and I never got medevacked.