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OOhh my god I am getting old....

@RAF Bentwaters, 84,



Soesterberg ab Holland mid 80's,





Barnes Mass. 1987,



Warthopg64.

Cool pix!

Your not that Old, some of us remember Crooked Creek and the other UK units. TDY to Germany or in the Gulfwar You Guys did a great job!

Goose

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I left Bentwaters in 1984...24 years ago!

Crap I'm feeling old!

Cheers! M2

You ARE all old.

Fantastic pictures Warthopg64. I like the green colours on a Warthog.
On Scramble i enjoy the pictures of the Soesterberg years (the fun pics).

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Nice shots...........number 1 taken from 'Commie Corner'

I left in June of 85 !!!!!!!!!!!

Man those are pre-LASTE days. Some of us are old.

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Yes we are but, it happens to everyone if they live long enough. Think about it, what the alterative.

Nice pics, thanks for posting them.

Which squadron? Bentwaters or Woodbridge?

Cheers! M2

I flew my first sortie at Bentwaters in 646. March of 1984!

Coach

two more an old one also from Bentwaters 1984,



and a new one from Spangdhalem, almost a year ago 15 march '07,



warthopg64
(Roel Reijne)

The green jets looked badder and they flew faster, too!

Coach

Aw jeez guys, cry me a river with all this \"old\" talk. You're not old unless you've spent hours trying to find out why you've got a 600 RPM mag drop..you're not old until you've had to beat on the side of the fuselage because the bone head pilot isn't paying attention to the fire guard and stays on the primer too long..gives new meaning to the saying \"Fire that mother up\"; you're not old unless you know what to do in case of an intake fire (keep it cranking) or a stack fire (get off the starter).

I, on the other hand, am OLD.

OC

Your only as old as the Jet you worked on
We had C-140A's that were 1958 models and the NEW ONE 1962,
then my first jet was a 61 model T-39 then I DCC a 62 model.

Man when I got to A-10's I thought \"WOW Brand New Jets!!!!!!!!!\" an 80 model! The first Jet I crewed that I was older then.

Chief you can have \"Bragging Rights\" on the \"Stack fire\"

But really, The Green A-10's were the BADDEST, MEANEST , MO-FO A-10's .

I'm not Bias

Goose

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JET?? Do superchargers qualify?

OC

I just know on my first dream sheet I filled out at Shepard AFB in 9/81
and people were getting assigned to \"T-33's (Alaska) and F-106's(UP in Mich.)
I figured I was going to get a \"Jenny\" LOL.

Goose

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That jet could'nt have long been out of the 'showroom' in 1984.

Take about making a job easier now than it started out to be how about the aircraft engine water washes. After they put those two hookup's by the right hydraulic accumulator the job became 100% easier.

But that PD-680 goesn't come out of your uniform until about the 3rd wash
The bucket,rag and soap washing the inlet and blades was a real \"Joy\" in the winter

I remember my first few years need engine work done, Call FMS


Goose

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