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You know your right, I gotta tell you a story that happened to my wife and I when we first arrived at Hahn Germany early in summer 1982 during an ORI. My wife was a Weapons Loader on F-16s, we had been at Hahn for about two months, she was eight months pregnant wearing those expanding BDU's (green), she was walking up to the ECP (she had recently been assigned into the MOC since she was so close to delivering). Her Line Badge had slipped off her coat (she did not see it fall), a Security Policeman (real young Sra) wanted to see her badge (no biggie right, it is expected). Well she could not find it, he tried to force her down on her knees, this clown pushed her first (when I arrived, I could not believe what I saw and heard). He wanted her to lay face down in the dirt (this guy was a freaking fool and too young, too stupid to know any better). Well as I ran over to stop this nonsense, he actually tried to kick her leg out from under her (I am not kidding) to get her on the ground. I was in a full out run now, I was going to beat the living hell out of thsi clown no matter what happened to me (jail possibly) but before I could, another cop runs over to her, helps her off her knee, she gets up and punches this guy as hard as she could (she knocked him out as it tunred out). I arrive moments later, she was fine, more cops arrive (someone else saw it too and called it in). Supervision of SP's shows up, other cops explain what happened to her (I did not have to do or say anything, it was all being handled correctly). End result, the cop was kicked out of the USAF, he had done stupid stuff like this before we discovered, my wife was given a few days off and that was that, nothing else was ever done or said about the event - nuts huh, but she kicked his a$$, I could not believe it - true story Ssgt Cherokee Wharton of the 313th Lucky Puppies (that story was talked about the whole time we were at Happy Hahn)..I still get mad at times thinking of how stupid this kid was. Oh, she found her Line badge on the ground next to her boot when she was on her knee

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Purplehaze wrote:

gosmack wrote:

Granted, if it were flown into combat with that paint scheme. It would make you suddenly think the Wingman was real.

Man you have a really bad tude.....a real non team player type. That is too bad.

Purple

I think you missed the reference. There was a book called the Wingman that took place after a fictional World War 3, and the lead character was an Ex-Thunderbirds pilot who had the only F-16 that survived the war. It was a Thunderbird jet, that still had the paint scheme. The character's nickname was the Wingman due to his extreme skill while in the cockpit.

I'm day late and dollar short here...but nice history/story of this jet. I'm thinking about building this as a plastic model. I have the decals but just need the #10 and the names. So, if you don't mind me asking Maj. BJ Java was the pilot while TSgt. Dave Kramer and his Assistant SSgt. Mark Thome were the Crew Chef were the individuals with their name on this jet. Is that correct? I'm going to try and make their names on my laser printer. TIA

Mik

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