[pfflier]

It wasn't what we did it's what we didn't do.

We had a snotty 1st Lt co-pilot who insisted that us enlisted aircrew members carry his B-4 bag and personal effects when on the ground. He acted like he had descended from royalty.

He always relieved himself during cross country flights. The other loadmaster and I crapped in the toilet and didn't flush it. We also failed to correct it's internal pressure to altitude, therefore it was internally at sea-level atmospheric pressure. This pr*ck came back to pee as usual and really pitched a b*tch about the loaded john. He had to flush it and when he did the inverted pressure did it's job. His nomex was saturated. He finished the flight in his skivvies and MA-2 jacket. He never said a word.

[guitfiddlist]

I can't confirm this - but this was a rumor in our organization. Seems there was always a Soviet trawler off Vandenberg monitoring our launches. So one enterprising Captain at one of our Satellite Tracking Stations - leveled a full 10-meter antenna straight at the trawler and hit full power - frying out the front ends of the trawler's sensitive eavesdropping equipment.

The Soviets complained to the US Embassy, about what I don't know - maybe a blown-out fish finder - who relayed it to the State Department, who relayed it to the Pentagon, which downloaded it to Systems Command, which downloaded it to Space Division, which sent a General driving up to Vandenberg, who located and called the Captain to attention - and said "Consider yourself reprimanded." And without another word nor action, he turned on his heel and drove back to Space Division.