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.;)
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.