You Thought Cooking Your Turkey Was Tough? Try Maintaining An F-14!

Jalopnik ^ | 11/27/14 8:45AM | Tyler Rogoway

[Chode]

[mabarker1]

BTW, they had great queen sized bed sized main landing gear flaps!

I was at one of the Air Shows held at Bergstrom AFB (austin, Tx) and one of the Statics was a Wild Weasel Aardvark. It was a HOT Summer day (easily 100°F) and as I walked from the Nose around I look at the Main Gear and Door and there is the Pilot laying back on the Door in the shade.;)

[mabarker1]

Goobermint Demo Flight. With an Awesome Takeoff (Land).

[vigilence]

That’s what I’m talking about! One night at Nellis while on foot patrol I tried it out myself, retreating just in time to catch sight of the SAT team looking for me. The pilots of our deuces in ROK were TDY from Okinawa and when rotating out they stored their gear in the missle bays. Cool guys. Didn’t care about military protocol per se, just wanted to fly.

[mabarker1]

Why was SAT looking for You ?

[BatGuano]

Thank you!

[vigilence]

I was guarding Priority C aircraft, including F-111’s, and the job of the Security Alert Team in a patrol vehicle is to rotate contact between foot patrol guards and provide latrine, warming and chow breaks as well as ensuring guards are awake and, most importantly, responding to emergency situations with more men and firepower.

[Chode]

used to love watching them do T&G’s at Oceana

[OldMissileer]

Beautiful!