tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4309731208619913408..comments2024-03-29T04:28:54.043-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Basco 3OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12072440388001906352019-02-12T18:29:32.361-08:002019-02-12T18:29:32.361-08:00Stumbled across this today.
http://www.thedrive.c...Stumbled across this today.<br /><br />http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26372/usaf-mini-documentary-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-its-top-secret-cold-war-mig-squadronRHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28037484235591097862019-02-12T06:19:20.202-08:002019-02-12T06:19:20.202-08:00Yeah...us guys! Which includes you.Yeah...us guys! Which includes you.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52562498173253663912019-02-12T06:17:53.008-08:002019-02-12T06:17:53.008-08:00Hmmm. Maybe it’s all that squinting. But, as I’v...Hmmm. Maybe it’s all that squinting. But, as I’ve said, Fighter Pilot is an attitude, not an AFSC.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69050687485101587802019-02-12T06:13:38.205-08:002019-02-12T06:13:38.205-08:00Well...Thor was tossing some pretty impressive lig...Well...Thor was tossing some pretty impressive lightning bolts.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49587202566406906932019-02-12T06:12:24.139-08:002019-02-12T06:12:24.139-08:00Thanks, Paul. Sorry about the extended response ti...Thanks, Paul. Sorry about the extended response time. Somebody tested the backhoe vs fiber optic cable in our area. No surprise...backhoe won.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38604831776578882812019-02-12T06:10:16.636-08:002019-02-12T06:10:16.636-08:00Again, given events lately, I’d say it’s a combina...Again, given events lately, I’d say it’s a combination of both, Paul. Probably more of the latter.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72585812700911515322019-02-12T06:07:08.015-08:002019-02-12T06:07:08.015-08:00The avionics bay behind the seat in the single sea...The avionics bay behind the seat in the single seat Eagle perforned much the same role, Dave.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41027305810882467112019-02-11T21:07:56.620-08:002019-02-11T21:07:56.620-08:00Yup. I was just using shorthand, so to speak. Th...Yup. I was just using shorthand, so to speak. There's a lot of back and forth as to HSS and HSN genes comingling and who killed whom. Until we can access alien records or create a time machine, we'll just have to speculate.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24361808096943955962019-02-11T19:51:16.999-08:002019-02-11T19:51:16.999-08:00One of the things that has always impressed me in ...One of the things that has always impressed me in watching the interviews with former fighter pilots is that they invariably still have piercing eyes. My wife refers to them as "hunter's eyes". The recorded interviews of WWII pilots that were made in the 70's and 80's showed them even in relatively old men, and the interviews from the Dogfights series did also. Once a raptor, always a raptor! Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44634812932363482972019-02-11T18:36:13.377-08:002019-02-11T18:36:13.377-08:00Two very interesting stories, thanks! And I'm ...Two very interesting stories, thanks! And I'm not surprised at his coolness both in combat and in the weather. Hey, nobody was shooting at him then! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15724901657842456092019-02-11T15:50:20.603-08:002019-02-11T15:50:20.603-08:00The Phantom makers in STL gave us a nice (but smal...The Phantom makers in STL gave us a nice (but small) model of the aircraft when we picked them up at Lambert Field (a lapel pin too). The Sparrow people gave us a model of the "weapon" when we first fired one of the things. They never really worked like the manual said. <br />In the Deuce world, the mighty 2.5 FFAR pretty much went somewhere in front of the aircraft. The Hughes missiles contained in the belly of the aircraft typically were of the "sand seeking" type. The missile bay in the Deuce was best suited for suitcases and bringing booze, wooden bowls, salad forks and black velvet paintings back from Angeles in the Philippines.Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17031015996607508132019-02-11T14:29:09.493-08:002019-02-11T14:29:09.493-08:00juvat:
A most informative and entertaining post, ...juvat:<br /><br />A most informative and entertaining post, as usual.<br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br />Paul L. QuandtPaul L. Quandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734944159912671900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60479199731379539562019-02-11T14:26:28.448-08:002019-02-11T14:26:28.448-08:00Well Andrew, the scientific name for Neanderthals ...Well Andrew, the scientific name for Neanderthals is Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis. We more modern people are Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Or at least that was what I was taught some 45+ years ago when I studied Anthropology. It may be that we ( HSS ) interbred with them and thus absorbed them or that we just killed them off, or some combination of the two. As far as I know, that has yet to be established.<br /><br />Paul Paul L. Quandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734944159912671900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85637089727836666652019-02-11T13:54:15.104-08:002019-02-11T13:54:15.104-08:00At the end of the F-14 era, there were some seriou...At the end of the F-14 era, there were some serious speculations as to whether it's primary missile, the Phoenix, would function correctly, seeing as most of them were as old or older than the airframes they were carried on. <br /><br />But now we have the AIM-120D that matches the range parameters of the Phoenix, and is, by all accounts, much more capable. We hope.<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32350458996143107362019-02-11T13:50:07.100-08:002019-02-11T13:50:07.100-08:00Oh, I know. Seen guys carry on the same way over ...Oh, I know. Seen guys carry on the same way over cars, bikes, lawnmowers, saws and other tools, armor, beer, diet Coke (no, really!) and such.<br /><br />It's what guys do. They elevate their tools and belongings, ascribe human traits to them. It's all part of the bonding process that started when Man in his various forms first did neat stuff with things and creatures.<br /><br />Just... you guys...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34055100940870527532019-02-11T11:15:41.762-08:002019-02-11T11:15:41.762-08:00"It is appearances, characteristics and perfo...<i>"It is appearances, characteristics and performance that make a man love an airplane, and they, are what put emotion into one. You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn't any woman and there isn't any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane, and men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. A man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be."</i><br /><br />Ernest Hemingwayjuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28781034488860341572019-02-11T11:07:28.199-08:002019-02-11T11:07:28.199-08:00One of the first live ordnance sorties I flew, the...One of the first live ordnance sorties I flew, the ordinance was MK-117s. Korean Era weapons. Transitioning to the F-4, our training missiles were AIM-7E and AIM-9C. Exactly the missiles BG Cherry used. The IP's and IWSOs I flew with had nothing good to say about those weapons. When I got to the Kun, the Aim-9s they had there were AIM-9Ps which were pretty reliable. (I shot one in the PI from the Eagle. It guided and passed within lethal radius of the drone. Didn't have a warhead and didn't actually hit, so I didn't get to see splodey stuff.) At that exercise, we fired several AIM-9Ls & Ms as well as AIM-7F and Ms. All launched, guided and fused properly. Couple of the guys got to see the splodey stuff. So...I don't know, maybe with Reagan, we got serious about building good stuff. Oh, and we put a gun on all the fighters.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85003351836801446762019-02-11T10:54:41.619-08:002019-02-11T10:54:41.619-08:00Yeah, the easiest way to leave a fight is for the ...Yeah, the easiest way to leave a fight is for the other side to have no one left. Difficult to do if you are effectively disarmed. I would say that the Chief of Maintenance had some 'splainin to do at that evening's standup.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58779013998122187762019-02-11T10:52:29.051-08:002019-02-11T10:52:29.051-08:00Another engaging question, Skip. My guess that po...Another engaging question, Skip. My guess that policy decision is already loaded and is headed down the slipway.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84943411580177471652019-02-11T10:05:20.949-08:002019-02-11T10:05:20.949-08:00I wonder how long it will be before the PC police ...I wonder how long it will be before the PC police decide that couples should no longer be “engaged” before they are wed?(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32814423568806114502019-02-11T09:42:27.332-08:002019-02-11T09:42:27.332-08:00Very interesting, and, as I said a few days ago, I...Very interesting, and, as I said a few days ago, I always look forward to 'Monday with juvat.' <br /><br />Can't even imagine trying to shoot something down as maneuverable as a Mig-21 and have continuous weapons malfunctions. Would not want to be around when he got back to Base and had a talking with the armorers. Yikes. Would be bad if he just blistered them with verbal hot-sauce, but even worse if he just did that stern, quiet disappointed Dad voice. <br /><br />"Dogfights," back when there was actual history on the History Channel.<br /><br /><br />Apropos to history but not the History Channel, just watched a show on TLC about Vikings in America, and the narrators and crew were wondering how the Viking peoples could handle living in Nova Scotia in the winter-time. Completely ignoring the fact that it was 5-8 degrees warmer back in the 900-1200s, they found that medieval people could actually dress for winter. Duh. What goes for history these days.<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63242992078973426352019-02-11T09:37:36.985-08:002019-02-11T09:37:36.985-08:00You mean the L and E genes? I'm too lazy to w...You mean the L and E genes? I'm too lazy to work, but envy the things that people who do work have?juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2167320149378259642019-02-11T09:36:03.855-08:002019-02-11T09:36:03.855-08:00You guys...You guys...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31298174193048441372019-02-11T09:35:46.246-08:002019-02-11T09:35:46.246-08:00By the end of the Vietnam War we were expending am...By the end of the Vietnam War we were expending ammo that had been stored for way too long. Lots of issues with iron bombs, old fuses and such. Wonder if the crop of missiles was old storage. Or if some peacenik working at the factory decided to fiddle-fart with them. <br /><br />Bad if it was the first. Hanging offense if the second. Well, hanging offense to the procurement people if it was the first, too.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21007089547481774882019-02-11T09:33:19.193-08:002019-02-11T09:33:19.193-08:00From what I've read by the big brains on the s...From what I've read by the big brains on the subject, Neanderthals' brains were more designed for emotion and sensory, while Homo Sapiens evolved the analytical portions all out of proportion. <br /><br />Even now, some research shows that Neanderthal genes tend to give a more emotional scope. Combine N genes with HS genes and you get compassionate analytical people and, boy, that's a weird combination.<br /><br />As it is, Neanderthal invented a whole lot of stuff way before Homo Sapiens ever got around to thinking about things. So, no knocking the Neanderthals too much.<br /><br />Now if they could only isolate and treat the gene that causes socialism... Though I heard either lead or great heights and free flying works as a permanent cure...<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com