tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7051547332603663195..comments2024-03-28T16:26:35.679-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: A Pair of 38s, and Other TidbitsOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58936652237595905482017-07-02T09:08:25.720-07:002017-07-02T09:08:25.720-07:00And there you go!
Thanks Al!And there you go!<br /><br />Thanks Al!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81805277487455825582017-07-02T08:51:43.154-07:002017-07-02T08:51:43.154-07:00Brass screws are used in areas that are sensitive ...Brass screws are used in areas that are sensitive to magnetic flux. In older aircraft you'll find them securing the flux valves for a Sperry C-4 or C-12 gyro-magnetic compass system and securing the whiskey compass. Steel screws will become magnetized if they are in areas of high DC voltage and I suspect that the whole nose of the Phantom is such an area. If some bright spark had decided to put in steel screws instead of brass you might have an unsolvable radar snag. With the panel off for testing everything would fine, with the panel on the snag would return.<br /><br />Al_in_OttawaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38248371147709307242017-07-01T18:13:55.863-07:002017-07-01T18:13:55.863-07:00:):)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67671881318230962082017-07-01T18:13:36.378-07:002017-07-01T18:13:36.378-07:00Too many witnesses.
;)Too many witnesses.<br /><br />;)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7122738208444961082017-07-01T18:13:14.747-07:002017-07-01T18:13:14.747-07:00He (yes, one guy) was probably tracking down black...He (yes, one guy) was probably tracking down black marketers. Big problem when I was there.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21581732221313914242017-07-01T17:05:08.949-07:002017-07-01T17:05:08.949-07:00For some reason, the line about the O-6 wanting to...For some reason, the line about the O-6 wanting to impound the bird struck me as funny. CYA in full force. Where was AFCIS?Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22177959984818403682017-07-01T11:25:27.398-07:002017-07-01T11:25:27.398-07:00Drug-runnin Phantom? Too bad you're so honest...Drug-runnin Phantom? Too bad you're so honest. You could have funded a kid's college with the proceeds. As for the Security force Captain, it was once said that "Anything bigger than a handful, you're risking a sprained tongue."Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27630632090715820182017-07-01T11:02:20.543-07:002017-07-01T11:02:20.543-07:00I fear you are far too generous with your assessme...I fear you are far too generous with your assessment OAFS. Thanks all the same! regards, AlemasterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11026048289938138052017-07-01T07:37:56.853-07:002017-07-01T07:37:56.853-07:00I know!I know!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7553728414255004102017-07-01T00:59:59.405-07:002017-07-01T00:59:59.405-07:00I remember the first time I was next to an F-14, d...I remember the first time I was next to an F-14, during an air show at Truax Field in Madison. I had no idea that there were so many screws in the entire Free World!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59391727449974457822017-06-30T19:00:57.501-07:002017-06-30T19:00:57.501-07:00Wienies. Shoe clerks.
Neither applies to you Alem...Wienies. Shoe clerks.<br /><br />Neither applies to you Alemaster, that's for sure!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45015565433599677372017-06-30T18:59:42.442-07:002017-06-30T18:59:42.442-07:00Well, that's what you want us to think...Well, that's what you want us to think...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47300781403279054242017-06-30T17:48:04.945-07:002017-06-30T17:48:04.945-07:00The MAC terminal at Kadena thing. First time I we...The MAC terminal at Kadena thing. First time I went there to offer five open seats to Seoul AB; the first thing the MAC NCO did was put the open seat number up on the MAC board and claim MAC credit for the seat miles despite no one needed/wanted the Space A to Korea. Thereafter, every time I was in Kadena (a fair amount, couple of times a month) I would wander through the MAC terminal asking by rank, lowest enlisted first to senior, if anyone wanted a ride to Seoul. The heck with MAC taking credit for RME efforts. More than a couple of E-3s got first class treatment because of their rank. regards, AlemasterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69163134532471988102017-06-30T15:43:32.104-07:002017-06-30T15:43:32.104-07:00I'm nowhere near Alaska at present.I'm nowhere near Alaska at present.a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77399835216391117142017-06-30T15:37:23.292-07:002017-06-30T15:37:23.292-07:00Hahaha!Hahaha!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3450848763313205142017-06-30T15:35:18.199-07:002017-06-30T15:35:18.199-07:00Post up to usual high standards. I hereby award y...Post up to usual high standards. I hereby award you an Air Medal, to add to your collection, for your actions.<br /><br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78821605524252771612017-06-30T11:33:42.879-07:002017-06-30T11:33:42.879-07:00Ummm, Raptors.Ummm, Raptors.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91979365558674889112017-06-30T10:53:29.060-07:002017-06-30T10:53:29.060-07:00Saw a couple of Raptors scramble the other day. Th...Saw a couple of Raptors scramble the other day. They may have seen a bear. We've been limited go several moose only. Maybe today.<br /><br />Sent by smoke signal.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68939290144443866932017-06-30T10:04:07.685-07:002017-06-30T10:04:07.685-07:00Check six for bears Juvat!Check six for bears Juvat!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44808321493755521552017-06-30T09:16:03.185-07:002017-06-30T09:16:03.185-07:00Great story,Sarge. Me and the guys in beanies have...Great story,Sarge. Me and the guys in beanies have a long history along the lines you describe. Good for at least one post. Thanks.<br />Denali is spectacular. We're off to the boat now. More to follow.<br /><br />Sent by smoke signaljuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36314748297677378752017-06-30T07:17:26.479-07:002017-06-30T07:17:26.479-07:00I had been in the Air Force about a year and a hal...I had been in the Air Force about a year and a half when that picture was taken. Was on Okinawa in fact. So yeah, that's an OLD picture.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27656187168695538942017-06-30T07:16:32.840-07:002017-06-30T07:16:32.840-07:00Hydraulics were what gave the radar antenna its sc...Hydraulics were what gave the radar antenna its scanning, training, sweeping ability. <br /><br />They let you fly? Those Guardsmen, what a carefree lot they are!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82644311225963153542017-06-30T07:11:11.058-07:002017-06-30T07:11:11.058-07:00OBTW, I can smell the rain and feel the sea breeze...OBTW, I can smell the rain and feel the sea breeze in that F-4D image.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63350320604814893672017-06-30T07:07:41.170-07:002017-06-30T07:07:41.170-07:00Holy smokes, how many on-ton-druhs can one post ha...Holy smokes, how many on-ton-druhs can one post have? Superbly told, Sarge, superbly told. Titillating, one might say.<br /><br />I got to hand fly a -141 once upon a time. Jet and crew belonged to SoCar ANG and they seemed awfully cool to me. Got a little tense when they thought I might put my foots on the rudder pedals, but other than that way cool.<br /><br />Hydraulics on the radar -- for to train the antenna?PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.com