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Message |
| Topic: USAF Fighter downs Iranian UAV |
maddog2840
Replies: 58
Views: 29449
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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| Topic: Fly with one wing |
maddog2840
Replies: 12
Views: 3074
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Forum: 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
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Forum: General
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 07:37 AM Subject: Making a FOD prevention poster |
Only You Can Prevent Foreign Object Damage.
[MASTER SMARTASS SWITCH TO ARM]
[HUMOR SYS TO HIGH GAIN]
[COMMENT COUNTER MEASURES ACTIVE] |
| Topic: USAF Urban Legends |
maddog2840
Replies: 63
Views: 30690
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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
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Forum: 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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