24 Feb 2011, 23:20
Was at the Kun form Sept '83 to '84 as a two-striper.... 80th "B-Shop", tool crib, debreif, and any other job nobody else wanted. Two TDY's to the PI, one to Okinowa to rescue a broke jet... Got "stuck" in Hawaii taking a hop on my way back from my mid-tour... the C-5 guys told us they'd keep us on the manifest until the parts came in.... stayed at the Hale Koa (military hotel on Waikiki) called base OPS in the morning for 3 days in a row, then the parts came in....and back to the Kun
Had orders to Osan when I punched out in '92, sometimes wonder if I should have done the OCS thing instead...... but by then I was pushing 30, so they would have probably stuck me in a hole in the ground in Montana watching missiles, didn't turn out too badly, I still get to work on airplanes anytime I want to....
Smitty
Tim Smith
Avionics '81 - present
F-16 A/B/C/D
F-111D FB-111A
F-15A/B
F-22A
F-18E/F & G
Wedgetail