tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post839451997286302486..comments2024-03-28T16:26:35.679-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Vegas!!!!OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1529692009564817032014-07-01T06:35:36.886-07:002014-07-01T06:35:36.886-07:00Character and Integrity have always been traits I ...Character and Integrity have always been traits I admire. Most of the best lessons are taught not by what you say, but by what you do or don't do.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19534128342988062132014-06-30T21:33:16.953-07:002014-06-30T21:33:16.953-07:00Not to mention what he taught when he owned those ...Not to mention what he taught when he owned those landings.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87388217751203234112014-06-30T17:17:01.933-07:002014-06-30T17:17:01.933-07:00Thanks,
I'll be addressing that issue in my ne...Thanks,<br />I'll be addressing that issue in my next post.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1151494915578709172014-06-30T17:15:18.387-07:002014-06-30T17:15:18.387-07:00"time to hit even MOAR Barbencourt 5-Star..&q...<i>"time to hit even MOAR Barbencourt 5-Star.."</i><br />I wondered if you'd read that post! I'm still an Anniversario fan.<br />I can't disagree with you (regarding Vettes or Killers, Barbencourt on the other hand...). The post I referenced initially pissed me off, but I realized that in general he's right. The only Pilots receiving medals nowadays are sitting in Barcaloungers. It's certainly not your Air Force and it's not the Air Force I joined and spent my flying years in, but I could see it coming by the time I retired (WJC and HRC were the president at the time). juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42813109142706639832014-06-30T17:14:14.529-07:002014-06-30T17:14:14.529-07:00One wonders who was testing who on that last fligh...One wonders who was testing who on that last flight... :-) Great story though!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16222261942869856992014-06-30T17:03:44.699-07:002014-06-30T17:03:44.699-07:00Re: driving vettes.. It's ALL about the attitu...Re: driving vettes.. It's ALL about the attitude. I see lots of highly proficient, professional pilots (from my my remote vantage point) these days, but I don't see a helluva lot of <i>KILLERS</i>. We've done away with officers' clubs in our neo-prohibitionist regime (as one Marine Sq Co once told me: "The only way I ever found out what was really happening in the squadron was at the bar") and have coffee, tea and ice-cream & cake at retirement parties now. As I told sarge, that pic of Robin Olds with a cigarette in his mouth would be cause for forced retirement at one grade level below now. LOTS of "garrison soldiers" and damned few killers. And the few that could pull off both personas--the Pattons, MacArthurs, Halseys, Spruances, Patches, Chennaults, etc,--not to mention the Bob Pardos, Bob Macadoo's etc.--are fewer still these days--and they all get weeded out at O-5 level. Just thinking about this subj means time to hit even MOAR Barbencourt 5-Star..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48077732377121771962014-06-30T14:34:18.270-07:002014-06-30T14:34:18.270-07:00I live just off a two lane highway, 70 mph limit a...I live just off a two lane highway, 70 mph limit and wide Texas shoulders. A couple of months ago, I got stuck behind somebody driving a new Vette at 50 mph! Wouldn't pull over, wouldn't speed up. I was wondering why he had even bothered with a Vette, he shoulda just bought a Buick.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35373209506898190762014-06-30T14:18:56.896-07:002014-06-30T14:18:56.896-07:00I forgot to mention the line about driving a Vette...I forgot to mention the line about driving a Vette, to wit: "I mean driven as a Corvette should be driven, with authority!"<br /><br />I don't wanna toot my own horn, but THAT'S exactly the way I drove <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_go0QYOkH4xU/SKSVt8BeyKI/AAAAAAAAC9s/eKgSKSCl5vI/s1600-h/Vette+Buck.jpg" rel="nofollow">my Vette</a>. The interesting thing? I never got a ticket in that car. A couple of warnings, yes... but no tickets. But, yeah... that line resonated with me.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73334070999625441442014-06-30T13:03:19.982-07:002014-06-30T13:03:19.982-07:00Thanks Buck.
I certainly hope you're right.Thanks Buck.<br />I certainly hope you're right.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79921557845673956142014-06-30T13:02:32.611-07:002014-06-30T13:02:32.611-07:00ThanksThanksjuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82260794464772041272014-06-30T11:12:24.864-07:002014-06-30T11:12:24.864-07:00Welcome aboard Bill. I see you broke down and got ...Welcome aboard Bill. I see you broke down and got a Google account. ;-)<br /><br />Excellent inaugural comment!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19542398045717943542014-06-30T11:12:01.381-07:002014-06-30T11:12:01.381-07:00Good tale, juvat. I admired leaders like Vegas ba...Good tale, juvat. I admired leaders like Vegas back in the day and felt the same way... i.e., I'd follow them anywhere... about them as you did.<br /><br />And, apropos of not much... I hear a lot o' folks talking about a dearth o' leadership in the AF these days and this post would seem to fall into that category, meaning "they don't make 'em like that any longer." I'm not convinced, myself. I'm nearly 30 years removed from active duty but I still have tangential contact with the force and I think guys like Vegas still exist. You just don't hear a lot about them... a classic case of "Bad News Sells."Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17413969845463377962014-06-30T09:28:16.721-07:002014-06-30T09:28:16.721-07:00No doubt - he is a LEADER for seeing things as the...No doubt - he is a LEADER for seeing things as they were - even if shown by a subordinate - but you are to be commended too for not being intimidated by rank and calling it as you saw it. <br /><br />Like the sentry who won't let the General pass until proper verification. Bill Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296770640153629109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64850065375581080332014-06-30T09:26:50.716-07:002014-06-30T09:26:50.716-07:00Maintainers? Cocky?
Moi?Maintainers? Cocky?<br /><br /><em>Moi?</em>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5024109657518316492014-06-30T09:26:20.974-07:002014-06-30T09:26:20.974-07:00Both of whom are featured in the blog's header...Both of whom are featured in the blog's header. Up top. Unless you're on a cell phone. Depending.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23794915862792879372014-06-30T08:20:37.571-07:002014-06-30T08:20:37.571-07:00We operators used it sparingly, didn't want th...We operators used it sparingly, didn't want the maintainers getting too cocky.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21782240554410265802014-06-30T08:19:34.593-07:002014-06-30T08:19:34.593-07:00In the second phase of the program, the IP qualifi...In the second phase of the program, the IP qualification part, I learned more about employing a fighter both air to air and air to ground than I had in the prior 5 years (all I had) of flying. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20293035240714303002014-06-30T08:17:33.495-07:002014-06-30T08:17:33.495-07:00I apply that last line in the post to very few peo...I apply that last line in the post to very few people, two of whom are mentioned in it.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-92190279710856467602014-06-30T08:13:50.075-07:002014-06-30T08:13:50.075-07:00Sounds to me like he was a pretty good teacher, to...Sounds to me like he was a pretty good teacher, too.<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61727252683440404772014-06-30T07:19:33.161-07:002014-06-30T07:19:33.161-07:00Sounds like he was a very good stick, and a darn f...Sounds like he was a very good stick, and a darn fine leader.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482185271178889753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57101402615754184602014-06-30T05:03:24.382-07:002014-06-30T05:03:24.382-07:00Vegas sounds like a heck of a guy.
(Code 1 - full...Vegas sounds like a heck of a guy.<br /><br />(Code 1 - fully operational? I'd heard there was a code for that. Just never actually heard the code used. /snark)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com