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1 posted on 08/24/2006 7:28:18 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Oh, sure - years after I get out, another F-16 wing opens up in a place I would loved to have been stationed. Sixteens in Alaska would beat the hell out of sixteens and fifteens in Las Vegas.


2 posted on 08/24/2006 7:46:31 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
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To: Jet Jaguar
Back in the day......

We had two Aggressor Sqdn's here at Nellis - F-5's

Fun job, for awhile, then it got old. They traveled constantly to other bases to provided the "bad guy" role.

The really cool part was the fact that the F-5 was a "low tech" bird, going up against the (then) newest "high tech" the AF had to offer - F-15 / F-16's. The Aggressor pilots routinely (as in 'flick that spot off my flight suit') bruised / mangled / destroyed the ego's of the "high tech" pilots.

The F-5's went away and were replaced by a single squadron of F-16 Aggressor's.

I think they are still operating, not sure.

3 posted on 08/24/2006 7:46:36 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Sorry your timing was off ,but good news.


6 posted on 08/24/2006 7:51:24 PM PDT by kinoxi
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To: Jet Jaguar

I was stationed at Eielson for two years and enjoyed the time there.


16 posted on 08/24/2006 10:26:51 PM PDT by rkbliss
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