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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

This is the same base where about 14 years ago a sergeant tried to steal an F-16 engine from the depot.


15 posted on 06/07/2008 7:45:49 AM PDT by jimtorr
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“This is the same base where about 14 years ago a sergeant tried to steal an F-16 engine from the depot.”

I was assigned on the base when that happened.

It was two security forces sergeants who stupidly tried ot sell the engine to guy who was a retired maintenance supervisor who then called the Office of Special Investigations office after they contacted him. They simply went to the engine shop.. grabed a mule and hooked on a engine... got caught out near the North Gate...

I use to live in the Dormitories assigned to the 720th Air Control Squadron while assigned to another unit.. I am NOT at all surprised to hear about a box of missing M-16’s...

But to all of who harping about the Air Force loosing these weapons... The Army has been documented to loose a whole lot more hand weapons.. up too Dragon anti-tank launchers...I can remember hearing about a gross of Marine Corps M-16’s come up missing on year.

Its bad enough about the Nuclear Weapons.. now a box of
M-16’s.. with the Chief of Staff resiging and the Secretary too.. I am sure there is going to be a whole lot of training stand-downs.. and a whole lot of procedure changes and examinations.

I have had a couple of phone calls from former co-workers bitching about how they have to
re-examine their processes on jobs and have them reviewed by the commander personally.

The Air Force is down.. but not out.


24 posted on 06/07/2008 11:29:20 AM PDT by Kitanis (Kitanis,)
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