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Posted on 07/30/2004 9:12:01 PM PDT by Defender2
I was at Cheyenne Mountain for my first duty station. I left there in October of 1979 and headed out to the Pave Paws radar station on Cape Cod at Otis AFB then. It was shortly after I arrived that Jimmuh killed ADCOM. I still have my ADCOM patches. SAC took over our mission and never understood it. I left Otis for Woomera in 82 which was also acting as a misunderstood SAC base. Shortly after-wards, Spacecom took over and things got a lot better.
You're right about Jimmuh. I was home watching a football game on that Sunday in November of 79 when our embassy was taken. I told my family I had to get back to the base that minute. They asked why? I told them an Embassy is considered the soil of its nation and this was a direct attack on America, so we were at war. However, for the next 444 days we played paper tiger with these guys. That, as you so eloquently put, brought forth Islamic terrorism against this country. Thanks, Jimmuh!
tHANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE and for teaching me about an area that was unaware of. Keep up the great work, I have bookmarked it and saved it to give to some friends.
God Bless You!
Keep the postings coming. Enjoyed reading it.
#138. Thanks Very Much, 4woodenboats!!!!:-)
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#139. I've posted commentary to over 5,000 posts.
This is the first time that I posted an Article, however.
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Defender2
#140. Thanks Very Much, MEG33!!!!:-)
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Defender2
#141. Thanks for the Patch Pics, Links and Your Service To Our Country, Cannoneer No. 4!!!!:-)
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Defender2
D2
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Thank You For Your Service To Our Country and Also For Your Commentary!!!!:-)
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Defender2
D2
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Thank You, rotundusmaximus!!!!:-)
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Defender2
D2
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Here's a site, you might like:
http://www.f-106deltadart.com/index1.htm
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D2
Thanks. Looks pretty neat.
#152 and #153. Thanks Very Much, Cannoneer No. 4.
The F-106A You have pictured here is F-106A s/n 90146(59-0146) then assigned to the 194th F.I.S., 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing, California A.N.G., Fresno. This photograph was taken in July, 1980 Over Tyndall's Gulf of Mexico Range during a live fire sortie of an ATR Genie Rocket. The 144th participated in that year's(1980) William Tell Bienniel Air Defense Competition, later that fall of that year. The 144th Won the Competition that Year.
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The Genie had a nuclear warhead. Did they ever fire and detonate a live Genie?
I have said for a long time that Carter is the reason we have to fight the WOT
The only live one fired was over Yucca Flats, July, 1959. Called "Test Shot John". It was fired by a crew of an F-89J. The ATR was a conventional spot charge trainer version. SEE Don Mclaren and Marty Isham's book, "F-89 Scorpion" for details.
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Exactly. If we had taken out the revolutionaries in Iran at that time, it is doubtful anyone else would have challenged U.S., there in the region. After Sadam fell, look how fast quadafi caved in. He did not want to be trashed.
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