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 Topic: USAF Fighter downs Iranian UAV
maddog2840

Replies: 58
Views: 29449

PostForum: F-16 News   Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 07:22 AM   Subject: USAF Fighter downs Iranian UAV
Didn't they convert sparrows for use by ships... sea sparrow or something like that. I would think a good fit with a ships HUGE radar.

The Sea Sparrow has always been the sea going cousin of the AI ...
 Topic: Looking for Jim Greathouse
maddog2840

Replies: 12
Views: 6815

PostForum: Buddy Finder   Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 11:55 PM   Subject: Looking for Jim Greathouse
Still looking for Jim. Last seen in Tampa.
 Topic: Broken Spoke @ the Lik
maddog2840

Replies: 29
Views: 18052

PostForum: Buddy Finder   Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 11:51 PM   Subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: Broken Spoke @ the Lik
Back about 88 or 89 we (a bunch of 313th crew chiefs) were playing pool with an F-15 pilot until he passed out on the table. His Big a$$ Samoan crew chief picked him up and carried him out like a sack ...
 Topic: ALANG F-16 overruns runway in Oshkosh
maddog2840

Replies: 59
Views: 25810

PostForum: F-16 News   Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 05:22 AM   Subject: ALANG F-16 overruns runway in Oshkosh
Anything new? Pilot still blaming the ECS fogging thing? Anyone want to hazard an ETIC?
 Topic: Nellis F-16C Crash
maddog2840

Replies: 25
Views: 23631

PostForum: General   Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 06:57 AM   Subject: Nellis F-16C Crash
Rumor has it the seat failed.
 Topic: Nicknames for AFB's
maddog2840

Replies: 65
Views: 24455

PostForum: Air Force Life   Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 01:05 AM   Subject: Nicknames for AFB's
OFF IT AFB

Offut AFB. "Once you're on Offut you can't get OFF IT."
 Topic: PoAF F-16 Aborted Takeoff (photos with brakes on fire)
maddog2840

Replies: 21
Views: 9138

PostForum: F-16 News   Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 03:39 PM   Subject: PoAF F-16 Aborted Takeoff (photos with brakes on fire)
This is the reason you have a drag chute. When you have to stop the plane it is a BIG help.

The primary reason for the drag chute is spin recovery. A shortened landing roll is a perk.
 Topic: Celebrity Backseaters
maddog2840

Replies: 325
Views: 144347

PostForum: General   Posted: Nov 02, 2010 - 01:53 AM   Subject: Celebrity Backseaters
Lee Greenwood got one from the 313th TFS while we were TDY to Zaragoza. 1988 0r 89.
 Topic: The Chicken is Crossing the Road Again
maddog2840

Replies: 138
Views: 35300

PostForum: Air Force Life   Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 06:23 AM   Subject: The Chicken is Crossing the Road Again

But what about all the TURTLES crossing the road, OL?? They are now feeling quite left out!


Thats for the A-10 website

LMAO
 Topic: Fly with one wing
maddog2840

Replies: 12
Views: 3074

PostForum: General   Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 05:48 AM   Subject: RE: fly with one wing
Then once he was back on the ground he changed back into a giant robot.
 Topic: Making a FOD prevention poster
maddog2840

Replies: 19
Views: 8810

PostForum: General   Posted: May 20, 2010 - 07:37 AM   Subject: Making a FOD prevention poster
Only You Can Prevent Foreign Object Damage.
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 Topic: USAF Urban Legends
maddog2840

Replies: 63
Views: 30690

PostForum: Air Force Life   Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 08:15 AM   Subject: USAF Urban Legends
NEW ONE

Were trading "Back in the Day" stories at work last night. Apparently, Sheppard AFB, TX had the world record for Beer consumption back in the early 70's. Guinness was going to p ...
 Topic: USAF Urban Legends
maddog2840

Replies: 63
Views: 30690

PostForum: Air Force Life   Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 08:11 AM   Subject: USAF Urban Legends
Maddog, I knew a retired LTC (Rhino and Eagle Driver), who was, for a lack of a better term, "vertically challenged". His call sign was "Stump". I don't know of a back story, how ...
 Topic: Thunderbirds fail to complete show
maddog2840

Replies: 17
Views: 9436

PostForum: F-16 News   Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 03:04 AM   Subject: Thunderbirds fail to complete show
Creech AFB, NV 16 MAR 2010- Shortly after starting their show at the Indian Springs Appreciation Day, the T-Birds experienced "Technical Difficulties".

With the Diamond absent, the solos ...
 Topic: Were you somehow a part of this scare, I sure was
maddog2840

Replies: 20
Views: 5509

PostForum: Off-topic   Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 06:30 AM   Subject: RE: Re: RE: Were you somehow a part of this scare, I sure wa
I stayed at a Holiday Inn once.
 
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