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my/his/her gyro's not caging. I'm going to calibrate that m-fvcker.

As a FASOTRAGRULANT bubba, I hereby attest that the aforementioned is "on target"...so to speak. Next slide...get me the metric

how cool would these be on it?

Rep... "JO Deck Sparer" was money.

Varna, Bulgaria, 1992. MI-14 "Haze" base. Some Hips too. We landed our 60's, and the locals come out with booze. Then, we go flying together.:eek:

I want to say I had to charge the wardroom $35 for each piece to cover setup, art, and the patch. That was for 50 of them. I also "expedited" the order so that could've upped things a bit. Certainly no more than $35 each, and once the die is made, you can re-order at any time.

www.flightjacket.com had 50 hand-painted embossed leather patches to me in three weeks on the boat. They were a huge hit. After repeated attempts to contact Gypsy with no reply, I went with them. poc is Shaul Dover.

I was referring to the wearing of the leather flight jacket around work spaces in lieu of the uniform green jacket. To me, there is nothing sharper than leather flight jackets properly done.

This has been belabored in another thread. I wear my greens every year. I encourage every aviator to do so. Here is the Regs link for prescribable wear, it's actually very affordable since it can be worn with the leather jacket in lieu of the green one. As long as your leather jacket looks...

Wade McClusky. What a guy. Leader of SBD squadron at Midway with Max Leslie. That pic is of him on an F4F though. Nevertheless, makes me even prouder to wear my greens. f-ing A.

Does anybody know a pers bubba? I can't get my bro up there to crap the honest numbers of guys bailing out. He won't even venture a ballpark except for the cryptic "a lot".

I said it before in another thread, but you'd better gird up for some real bullshit after OEF/OIF. Even though it's a smaller military and theoretically easier to verify, there's going to be some real douchebags out there claiming all kinds of crap. Look at the media outlets that have seized...

I'm in for capital...lmk

this sums it up.

Outstanding. Did you eat it?

Is that definitely an RA-5C? Vigi's are some of the most aesthetic aircraft I've ever seen.

Fox is saying the AF COS is personally briefing SecDef several times daily on the investigation. Man, some heads are gonna roll for this one.

awesome, just freaking awesome. ...the next time I'm preflighting my third P-3 after another prop leak, I'll just gut an opossum and sprinkle some blood on the nose gear.

Glad to see that grueling IA down in Tampa is serving the AW forum well, Rob!

Aircrew wing drink HSL-41 North Island, 1989. Good times.

The AW HIPR was here a couple of weeks ago and that's not entirely accurate. If you're a flying AT or mech in P-3's, you've got to switch. Yeah, the plan to assign more subspecialties to the generic AW does dillute the "elite-ness" of the rate. But looking at it philosophically, the typical...

or, so to speak...fucking drive-by.

Okay, this is about the time A4's drops in with some pic's from the good ole hairy days...

ah, the joyous Cluster Ranger days...

hmmmm...an "AW" rendezvous? This could be trouble.

The Burban needs a scupper to keep the brass from trickling down onto the windshield. Also needs a rotary grenade launcher. But a solid start.

There are many ways to achieve this increasingly required milestone. Individual situations, geographic locations, will dictate how you pull it off. I've been going to Grad school on the side for 4 years to avoid NOB's. The more senior you get, the more NOB's hurt you. During your first tour...

Damn, "Mammal Sauce" is good one too. But "Man Butter" will do for now...

Yeah, but "would 'ja"?...yup, that's what I thought.

Un-fucking-believable. How about "Man Butter"?

My guess is it's part of her.

Noted. Sage advice.

I know guys love the SPAD, but a f-ing turbo Mustang (okay, Piper Enforcer)! If Blackwater buys a shitload of these, I'm in!

exactly. http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/508/unireg/chapter5/CHAPTER_5.htm#chap52012a

Chapter 776, Florida Statutes Justifiable Use Of Force 776.013 Home protection; use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.-- (1) A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another...

Can you imagine what's going to happen when they try and light off the SASP or AQA-7's in the CDU birds? Looks like there'll be a few more in-flight fires than usual... They don't call 'em burners for the hell of it...

I have the S&W 40F and yes, it is different and takes some getting used to. Some complain that the trigger requires far too much pressure. Some also complain that it is inaccurate. I am not a pro, but it shoots quite well at 15' and under. I shoot my 915 9mm more frequently b/c the ammo is...

The wife's family owns a small chain of hardware/hunting/gun stores. So, my collection is rather paltry and on the low end. I don't have pictured is a early 19th century fully-restored .55 cal Naval pistol. S&W 915 (my personal weapon in the Gulf in the early 90's) Sigma .40, Yeah the...

There are at least 2 versions of Customs P-3's and "several" versions of Navy P-3's flying down there. The "Dome" versions are awacs-ish if you want to go there. The "slicks" are different and beyond the scope of this thread. Nevertheless, good catch for all involved. I think a couple of...

I too recall "bale" being used to describe a variety of bound and packaged narcotic contraband back in my CDOPs/JIATFS days. Strictly speaking as a unit of measurement, a "bale" equates to 500 pounds. Cotton bales come to mind, being the Southern White Trash that I am. I also appreciate your...

One bale is 227 kilos...and that's uncut. That's the extra zero and then some...

Either way, it makes life more interesting for the otherwise boring QRA bubbas. Not a huge fan of the Typhoon either, but good for them.

You sound like you've already had a reality check. It won't get better. Career gates/milestones associated with locations are going to make long seperations highly probable. You already know that though. There will alwyas be studying, quals, dets, JPME, and of course deployments. The ones...

just when you thought NATOPS was dry...:sleep_125

I was gonna say I've never seen a prolapsed shitter but....once again, MB sets the standard!

Got a nice brief on that from the weapons school. The new SU-33ASLD (Air Show Lawn Dart) variant.

All very nice weapons. I'm hunting for one of these...Ideal for home defense!

You've got that right, g-dam spreadsheets, manning Bottom-Up Reviews....what I'd give for a flap right now out of Kef...:icon_tong

One of those fuckers barrel rolled over the 60B I was in as a crewman in November '91 on a North Star in Vjestfjord (America BG). We gave him a run on balls out speed, but that rigid rotor head tore us up in manueverability.

My only problem is when humility and self-deprecation affects assertiveness and confidence. It becomes the dominate trait. Confident aviators and douchebags are two seperate things.