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1 posted on 10/29/2008 7:03:26 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: Army Air Corps; Valin; AdmSmith

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2 posted on 10/29/2008 7:04:31 PM PDT by nuconvert (Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Khomeini promised change too)
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To: nuconvert

awesome ....thanks for posting that.
I sent it onto my son who is a C-130 crew chief.


3 posted on 10/29/2008 7:06:51 PM PDT by donnab (Will the real Obama please stand up?)
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To: nuconvert; Sparky1776; militant2; TaMoDee
F-16 Ping.

Please Freepmail me to be added or removed from list.


4 posted on 10/29/2008 7:07:04 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: nuconvert

When the last F-16 is retired to the graveyard, both pilots will come back in a C-130.

TRASH-HAULERS!


6 posted on 10/29/2008 7:11:50 PM PDT by pvoce ('Good' sense and 'Common' sense are two entirely different concepts.)
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To: nuconvert
Here's another story like that:

A BUFF (B-52 for you Navy guys) was approaching a carrier battle group. It was intercepted by an F-14 that proceded to do loops and rolls.

The fighter jock asked the Buff crew if they were impressed. The crew said "Hold one".

The BUFF continued along for awhile, then they asked the F-14 crew if they were impressed.

The F-14 crew then mocked the BUFF crew asking what they did exactly.

The BUFF crew response was "We shut down two engines"

7 posted on 10/29/2008 7:16:57 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: nuconvert
Ancient, ancient Air Force joke! But true, of course. Or as CinCSAC once told CinCTAC, "Fighters are fun but bombers are serious."
9 posted on 10/29/2008 7:17:24 PM PDT by Grut
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To: nuconvert

Any 3rd-world fighter jock would know: shoot one missle to make the flares go. Then shoot the 2nd and 3rd and 4th missle.


11 posted on 10/29/2008 7:23:54 PM PDT by LiberConservative ("Typical white guy")
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I taught Turboprop Mechanics when I was in USAF. A lot of the newbies would tell us that this was their second choice with jet mech being their first.We would tell them that jets sucked and blowed while Turboprops screwed their way around the world.C-130’s 4-Ever!


15 posted on 10/29/2008 7:32:28 PM PDT by kickonly88
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To: nuconvert

LOL. When I was in High School, I was president of our aeronautics club, and arranged for guest speakers from all over the aviation field. I had one guy who had been a C130 pilot in Viet Nam. He talked about how on the ground you could tell the fighter pilots from the cargo pilots because the fighter pilots would have their flight suits unzipped to their navels with their sunglasses clipped over the zipper. The cargo pilots would have a plastic spoon in their sleeve pocket so they could stir their coffee....


18 posted on 10/29/2008 7:37:39 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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The C-130 Rocks (from a former EC-130H Compass Call crewmember). We were out playing good-guys/bad-guys over the Pacific one day in the early 90s. Us in our C-130 vs. a couple of F-18s.

We were alerted to a couple of F-18s on an intercept heading, so two of the weapon system crew (of which, I was one) looked out the windows (I was on the port side).

Saw one of the F-18s come up under our wing (not real close, just came up from below). Waved at him through the window and saluted (I was an NCO, figured it was a good gesture before getting "shot down"). He saluted back (nice guy - paying his respects before shooting us down)

Our pilot came over the radio and said for everyone to buckle in. We twisted and turned and ducked and dived for about 10 minutes while completely avoiding being "shot down" by guns.

We were listening to the F-18 pilots. They soon tired of us and went about 10 NM out. Got us with air to air missiles.

Never been so sick in my life on a plane, never been more grateful for the C-130 and our wonderful pilot. Had it been a real thing, we avoided the guns long enough for a CAP to come to our rescue.

19 posted on 10/29/2008 7:38:09 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Ever notice that Obama supporters chant "O-Bahm-AH" while McCain/Palin supporters chant "U-S-A".)
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