tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4601510054051127047..comments2024-03-27T19:30:21.547-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: As The Year Winds Down...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89405776487951728182013-12-18T11:02:29.691-08:002013-12-18T11:02:29.691-08:00Ah yes, the NATOPS, with 2 kids in naval aviation ...Ah yes, the NATOPS, with 2 kids in naval aviation I actually know what that is.<br /><br />Though for us Air Force types it's the Dash-1. Or used to be.<br /><br />(With the USAF one never knows, we used to have regulations, now we have "instructions". Sigh...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69065568732488940742013-12-17T18:58:39.170-08:002013-12-17T18:58:39.170-08:00If that works, then in AIN'T wrong, regardless...If that works, then in AIN'T wrong, regardless of what NATOPS says... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76213432299974437422013-12-17T16:12:39.578-08:002013-12-17T16:12:39.578-08:00Master Caution light in your pickup truck, that is...Master Caution light in your pickup truck, that is truly awesome.<br /><br />Copy that on the too much free time etc...<br /><br />Ah to be young again, right Rat?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18164076629262222962013-12-17T16:11:32.002-08:002013-12-17T16:11:32.002-08:00Well, you still get that week between Christmas an...Well, you still get that week between Christmas and New Years. And all those weeks between New Years and Christmas as well. Now that's my goal!<br /><br />(And I think we've had the Veterans Day conversation before. And will prolly have it again...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85994169801592538512013-12-17T16:09:51.680-08:002013-12-17T16:09:51.680-08:00Pulled the breaker. Did a controllability check, I...Pulled the breaker. Did a controllability check, I'm good to go. (I only need enough energy to get to 1500 on the 23rd, I'll be fine.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84093882364696707152013-12-17T16:08:38.972-08:002013-12-17T16:08:38.972-08:00D'oh! The second bird was supposed to be light...D'oh! The second bird was supposed to be light grey, but the shiny flares and other cool stuff distracted me. Next time I swear, I'll get it right!<br /><br />Taxied out loaded for air to mud? In a single seat? Wow. (They say confession is good for the soul.)<br /><br />But yes, your escutcheon remains untarnished! (You did send PACAF a "Thank You" card I trust?)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68732449228967353082013-12-16T19:19:55.517-08:002013-12-16T19:19:55.517-08:00got to thinking about the Master Caution Light I i...got to thinking about the Master Caution Light I installed on the dash of my pickup truck many years ago. Got a relay and a little box, rigged it up to come on if I had low oil pressure or high temperature, lots of stuff. To much free time, not enough women to chase! ha ha ha ha good pics. the ratAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51108568298315149592013-12-16T18:07:44.317-08:002013-12-16T18:07:44.317-08:00It used to chap my a$$ I didn't get Veterans D...It used to chap my a$$ I didn't get Veterans Day off during my civilian "career." The irony of ironies is I got EVERY gotdamned one of 'em off while I was in the military and technically not yet a vet... but after? Noooo...<br /><br />We always got the week between Christmas and New Years off when I was with EDS, and that was nice. Very nice.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52758020368334192332013-12-16T17:39:47.112-08:002013-12-16T17:39:47.112-08:00Press check that sucker, pull the breaker and keep...Press check that sucker, pull the breaker and keep on truckin! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73626591918888660912013-12-16T16:18:13.112-08:002013-12-16T16:18:13.112-08:00Well, thank you very much, Sarge! The Eagle with ...Well, thank you very much, Sarge! The Eagle with my name on it (having been suitably corrected in my terminology) was a D model, so pictures of the family model don't bother me. And since I'm one of a very few folks that got to at least taxi out to the runway with bombs (ok little 30 pound practice bombs) on a light grey Eagle, I really don't mind the bomb part. Evidently, the PACAF Commander heard about us bombing up an Eagle and cancelled the mission with a direct phone call to the SOF as we were in the arming area. Pretty sure the conversation went something like this. "Shogun 6, Major Schmedlap speaking" "Major, this is General McPeak speaking, cancel those air to mud sorties." "Ha, Ha, Ha, Smitty, good one........." Anyhow, we didn't get to drop bombs. My white knight of the air is still unsullied.<br /><br />juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com