That or he's trying to remember a code word. Shit, where is that on my kneeboard card?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?He looks like a bad ass....."hey what's up guys.....someone take my kneeboard for me?"
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 meView attachment 13321
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
Or maybe he ran across a red line while trying to read it, in which case they would just shoot him
That or he's trying to remember a code word. Shit, where is that on my kneeboard card?
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 rideI 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
Not before they zip tie you and shove your ass to the ground, but you'll get home alright.
"Which survivor card is it? I have 10 of them in my shoulder pocket......"
Clara lineup?!View attachment 13321
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.
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.