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This is a video showing \"A Day in the Life of England Air Force Base.\" It was shot in the early 1980's. This video is so \"early 1980's\", that you'll see not all of the 76th aircraft have had their \"Tiger Teeth\" painted on the nose. You'll also see an older version of the famed Tiger's Teeth on some of the aircraft on the 76th flightline.

It follows a \"typical\" training mission flown by pilots from the 76th Fighter Squadron \"Vanguards\" of the 23rd Fighter Wing \"Flying Tigers\" that at the time were based at England Air Force Base, Louisiana. We get to see a squadron mission briefing, followed by a briefing and review of the upcoming mission by two of the 76th FS pilots. You'll see them prepare for the mission, and watch one of them launch, assisted by a young \"Country\" Clark, a crew chief in the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. You'll also see an ICT (Integrated Combat Turn), getting the aircraft ready for its next flight.

The video is about 14 minutes long, and is about a 43MB download. Here's the link:

http://cid-990d33c2e67cf7cf.skydrive.li ... 20Base.wmv

Here's the link to the streaming version of the video:

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/categ ... 89xKCz4gca

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-=> Carroll McAllister <=-

coming to you \"almost live\" from Searcy, Arkansas

wow, this is really good. I missed that green colour on the Warthog.
It dissapeared somewhere in the '90s.

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Yes, it was quite a while ago.

On another note, the fatigues you see the maintenance folks wearing in the video were phased out some time in the late '80s, if I recall correctly.

Goose and I worked with at least two of the people you see in the video. During the ICT (Integrated Combat Turn), there's a shot of a supervisor standing off to one side of the aircraft spot with a radio in his hand. I don't remember his name (it's been too many years), but I remember him working as a production supervisor. I believe he was a Senior Master Sergeant the last time I saw him.

Also, Goose and I, and some of the other old Flying Tigers here worked with "Country" Clark, the crew chief who launches one of the pilots on his mission. I think I recognize the weapons crew load chief (the fellow directing the loading of the two AGM-65 Maverick missiles during the ICT. At least, I believe I rememer the face and the red hair. I just can't remember his name, either.

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-=> Carroll McAllister <=-

coming to you \"almost live\" from Searcy, Arkansas