To All Our Vets...

[emskee]

U.S. Army, '76 - '79

zero dark thirty = exactly when I didn't want to be awakened

 

[bustedwing]

I've flown around the world and half of it backwards!! The C130 was the first time I could watch cables move, and see the luggage as we flew! LOL.

 

[bustedwing]

I agree with Hogcowboy. I do remember the bs and will NEVER forgive her for what she did.

 

[Gorilla]

Yea but but some mini guns on that C-130 and see what it can do that C-5 can't.

 

[rhino 2]

Yea but but some mini guns on that C-130 and see what it can do that C-5 can't.

Yep.... And a Dime-Nickle.... AKA 105MM...:xzqxz:

 

[DblTrbl]

Anyone fly on the C123? It's smaller then the C130 and has tubo engines between the props to get it in the air quickly. Was designed for use in Vietnam.

I flew from Patrick AFB FL to Westover MA on a C123. It took about 10 hours. I was sleeping in the side web seats and could feel the plane pitching downward. I looked up and the engineer was sitting in the jump seat in the doorway of the cockpit. He was opening the navigation hatch about 1/2 way which caused the pitching.

I needed to get rid of some coffee which I had consumed earlier and was shown a funnel which was near the rear starboard side door. I had to lean against the wall of the plane to go. There was no collection system so someone on the ground probably got a shower....

 

[tfdeputydawg]

"major Muslim oil exporters, some of whose core members want to see the destruction of the United States)"
Let me preface this question by saying I lived through the Hanoi Jane deal also. I think she should have been deported a long time ago.
Having said that, could you explain where you got your info from, that core members of OPEC want to see the destruction of the US? Seems to me, if true, a good way to do this would be to refuse to sell crude to us!

 

[bikerbillone]

The woman is a nightmare and has been for years, not gonna change. Bitch Hillary should pick her for VP.

 

[rhino 2]

I went from Long Bein in a Caribou to Pleiku, With one hard landing in between..
Had to drop off some Spooks, On a mountain top dirt strip.. Somewhere in the Central Highlands... The hard part was i had to walk [pace] the length of the strip with the Pilot in heavy Monsoon rain to make sure where was enough strip to take off again...
Those were wild and crazy times....:xzqxz:

 

[Thor]

Sorry for dragging up an older post, it gave me flashbacks to my childhood. 1983, I was 12...Styx put out "Mr Roboto", and my fellow older crowd (or Styx fans) remember at the end of the song DeYoung is saying "I'm Kilroy"...being the bookworm I was, I found the "Kilroy was here" and the face peeking over the wall and, thinking it was related, started putting it on ALL of my schoolbooks (back when we made covers out of the shopping bags...I didnt damage any books )

Fast forward several months, Grandfather was over for Xmas...as I was prepping table for dinner, he saw my science book with Kilroy, and asked "where the hell did you see that?"....that conversation (me telling him about Mr Roboto, he telling me of some experiences he had during the war), was probably one of the best conversations we had, and was probably the nugget that had me enlist at 18.

Incredible what a post on a trike forum can bring up....I hadn't thought about that in at least a decade

 

[Catfish]

She is a narcissist and like all of them they believe everyone should listen to them and them alone. The only battles she has ever faced and ever will are derived from overindulgence of the finer points of entitlement. She has always been, and always will be, living in a bubble of the destruction she has created for others in her path. Her ignorance makes her a tool that stimulates and invigorates the resistance against her powers of celebrity. Jane Fonda is no more than a chunk in a puddle of vomit as far as I'm concerned. She is a

 

[bikerbillone]

Man, I am so lovin' this post, thanks Mr. Catfish.

 

[rhino 2]

The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended buy someone...
Don't be one of them...... Let it go.......:Coffee:

 

[bikerbillone]

I was there, never!

 

[rhino 2]

I was there, never!

I was there also [66/67]....:Shrug:

 

[Catfish]

Letting go of nothing, which is what she is, leaves nothing that needs to be let go. That she-devil can never detract from a good man's life. The only time I pay any attention to that old bat is when she occasionally pops out of her cave, because she has been forgotten :xszpv: by nearly everyone on the surface of this planet.

 

[Catfish]

The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended buy someone...
Don't be one of them...... Let it go.......:Coffee:

Letting go of things is exactly why our world is in the wretched condition it is today. Letting go is acceptance and setting the example as it was alright to do what she did at a very difficult time for many. That woman, and I use the term lightly, doesn't recognize what her actions created. I'm a believer that to receive forgiveness is to understand the need of forgiveness and she has been totally unwilling to this day. That woman aided and abetted the enemy, plain and simple, and still believes she did the right thing. No, she is still young and dumb mentally with no growth in her reasoning. Nah, it should never be let go, but it should never get the best of you either, and she has gotten the best of all who served and died with honor to Country thus far. We are the lucky ones and she is incapable of eating at our destiny in life, only we can be successful, where she failed miserably without any merciful consideration. Nah, it is something that should never be forgotten until she asks for that forgiveness.

 

[bikerbillone]

Right, the bitch has not won yet.

 

[56Elwood]

Letting go of things is exactly why our world is in the wretched condition it is today. Letting go is acceptance and setting the example as it was alright to do what she did at a very difficult time for many. That woman, and I use the term lightly, doesn't recognize what her actions created. I'm a believer that to receive forgiveness is to understand the need of forgiveness and she has been totally unwilling to this day. That woman aided and abetted the enemy, plain and simple, and still believes she did the right thing. No, she is still young and dumb mentally with no growth in her reasoning. Nah, it should never be let go, but it should never get the best of you either, and she has gotten the best of all who served and died with honor to Country thus far. We are the lucky ones and she is incapable of eating at our destiny in life, only we can be successful, where she failed miserably without any merciful consideration. Nah, it is something that should never be forgotten until she asks for that forgiveness.

Couldn't have said it better! Good on you Sir!

 

[David357]

USN and USMC pilots making their first carrier landing.

Going to the Boat - First Time

Here is a good birds eye view of what pilots see when they are landing on the deck of a carrier. Marine pilots are required to do carrier quals, as all Navy pilots are required to do. They begin with a touch and go then proceed to catch an arresting gear wire on the ship’s deck. Take note of the pilot’s description of the moving angle deck they have to land on. Bottom line:

”It doesn’t matter how well you fly in the air. What matters is how well you land on the boat.”


http://player.vimeo.com/video/31549908?autoplay=1

 

[Catfish]

The rush has to be the ultimate I can imagine experiencing. You've got to be a dedicated seeker of thrill and excitement to be one of those pilots. Salute!

 

[Sully]

This Weekend is for all Military & Veterans, and not just for BBQ's.

I Salute you.

 

[tfdeputydawg]

For all that paid the ultimate price. We honor you.

 

[Sully]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/eEs4ke7cdNQ?feature=player_detailpage%

 

[ol' school]

Nice! Brought a respectful tear to my eye Sully.

 

[desertclassic]

Very appropriate. I always tell everyone that a soldier will always be a soldier until the last shot is fired. Jim

 

[Rod69]

Thanks Sully, very good!

 

[Zammy]

Very nice Sully, thanks for posting that.