The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

[Treetop Flyer]

He looks like a bad ass....."hey what's up guys.....someone take my kneeboard for me?"

That or he's trying to remember a code word. Shit, where is that on my kneeboard card?

 

[Treetop Flyer]

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An A-6E Intruder of Attack Squadron (VA) 52 on final approach for recovery on the snow-covered flight deck of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson (CVN 70) operating in the Bering Sea on January 21, 1987, twenty-seven years ago today.

I'm not an LSO, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but he looks a little low and sideways to me

 

[xj220]

I know I shouldn't laugh, but I can imagine him fumbling for it and getting it wrong, then the AFSOC guys getting back in the helo and taking off and leaving him behind.

 

[xj220]

I'm not an LSO, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but he looks a little low and sideways to me

It's like when I park in a snow covered parking lot, I don't really pay attention to the lines...

 

[Treetop Flyer]

Or maybe he ran across a red line while trying to read it, in which case they would just shoot him

 

[xj220]

Or maybe he ran across a red line while trying to read it, in which case they would just shoot him

I actually laughed pretty hard at that one.

 

[MIDNJAC]

That or he's trying to remember a code word. Shit, where is that on my kneeboard card?

"Which survivor card is it? I have 10 of them in my shoulder pocket......"

 

[jmcquate]

I know I shouldn't laugh, but I can imagine him fumbling for it and getting it wrong, then the AFSOC guys getting back in the helo and taking off and leaving him behind.

Meh.........as long as you can remember your nickname in high school/college or an embarrassing detail to a drunken night of debauchery, they'll give you a ride

 

[KODAK]

 

[Hotdogs]

Meh.........as long as you can remember your nickname in high school/college or an embarrassing detail to a drunken night of debauchery, they'll give you a ride

Not before they zip tie you and shove your ass to the ground, but you'll get home alright.

 

[croakerfish]

Not before they zip tie you and shove your ass to the ground, but you'll get home alright.

I'd be okay with that.

 

[A7Dave]

Hey, Kodak!

What kind of camera and lens combo are you shooting all those great pics with? Very nice!

 

[MIDNJAC]

"Which survivor card is it? I have 10 of them in my shoulder pocket......"

BTW, and I know I am replying to my own post.......this is potentially one of the coolest historical pics I have seen in a long time. Good on whoever shot it for the moment captured in history.

 

[Swanee]

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An A-6E Intruder of Attack Squadron (VA) 52 on final approach for recovery on the snow-covered flight deck of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson (CVN 70) operating in the Bering Sea on January 21, 1987, twenty-seven years ago today.

Clara lineup?!

 

[Sheepdip]

BTW, and I know I am replying to my own post.......this is potentially one of the coolest historical pics I have seen in a long time. Good on whoever shot it for the moment captured in history.

It was one of the MH pilots iirc. The RIO...unpictured...was tortured for 40 some days...retired as O6 in 2007