tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7589645705523373530..comments2024-03-28T13:23:25.055-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Aircraft Maintenance WeatherOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89720536116220733162013-08-13T12:42:40.792-07:002013-08-13T12:42:40.792-07:00I had an excellent Chief when I was a young airman...I had an excellent Chief when I was a young airman on Okinawa. He taught me well. The dude was the poster child for "leading by example". His story will eventually be told in these spaces.<br /><br />I had some other teachers who would tweak me back into line from time to time. TSgt Skip (whom I've mentioned before) was one.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16720697324342717672013-08-13T12:35:00.606-07:002013-08-13T12:35:00.606-07:00That's the difference between being a leader a...That's the difference between being a leader and just having rank. Nicely done.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34755077336351474822013-08-13T12:12:25.081-07:002013-08-13T12:12:25.081-07:00If we're honest with ourselves, I think we all...If we're honest with ourselves, I think we all know what it's like to be on either side of <b>that</b> equation!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46396196810073669112013-08-13T12:09:49.047-07:002013-08-13T12:09:49.047-07:00Yup, colonels. There are good ones and then there&...Yup, colonels. There are good ones and then there's everyone else.<br /><br />No need to repeat your Dad's advice.<br /><br />It was painful at the time, but it makes for good war stories now <em>neh?</em>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14185398614466881292013-08-13T12:08:23.016-07:002013-08-13T12:08:23.016-07:00Of course, of course, of course. Geez!
For some r...Of course, of course, of course. Geez!<br /><br />For some reason the term "RHAW Scope" was associated in my tired old brain with the Wild Weasels. Some of the F-4Cs we had on Oki were actually Weasels. Why I thought of them as RHAW and the ones on the others as "ECM" is something lost to the mists of time.<br /><br />I know that on the Weasels you could power up the RHAW Scope and run a display test on it. Cool strobes and such. Cool for me as a maintenance weenie, probably not so cool if you're in the air with gomers shooting at you!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86019071370865673082013-08-13T12:05:13.813-07:002013-08-13T12:05:13.813-07:00Thanks Joe. And yes, happy endings for some, not f...Thanks Joe. And yes, happy endings for some, not for one.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53703686547205021222013-08-13T11:28:21.708-07:002013-08-13T11:28:21.708-07:00Good point on leadership. Always, without fail, a...Good point on leadership. Always, without fail, an event or situation will occur where a leader" is in danger of stepping on his pee pee. Good old PFC McSurly can give him a heads up, or he can keep his mouth shut. Been on both sides of that one.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2495643662288196642013-08-13T11:17:44.664-07:002013-08-13T11:17:44.664-07:00Why, colonels have actually been known to lie shad...<i>Why, colonels have actually been known to lie shade the truth about such things.</i><br /><br />NO! Say it ain't so! <b>;-)</b><br /><br />I agree on the respect thing, as well. That old saw about not asking your troops to do anything you wouldn't do is very good advice.<br /><br />As for flight line WX... Do I need to repeat my father's last words to me as I got on the airplane for Lackland 50 years ago? I don't? OK, then.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55280780133702511302013-08-13T11:03:31.070-07:002013-08-13T11:03:31.070-07:00RHAW Scope, Radar Homing and Warning.
And yes, le...RHAW Scope, Radar Homing and Warning.<br /><br />And yes, leadership by example is a wonderful way to do it. Too bad so many current USAF (and probably the rest) senior officers don't follow that idea. And as I get most of the way through my second career, it doesn't seem to be all that common on the outside either.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78219412702729762622013-08-13T11:01:25.167-07:002013-08-13T11:01:25.167-07:00Well done on the respect front Old AF Sarg.
As to...Well done on the respect front Old AF Sarg.<br /><br />As to Sgt Hayes...I love it when a story has a happy ending!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com