Any fans of that beautifully ugly old flying dump truck here?
Cheers,
James
Cheers,
James
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I was stationed and living very close to Hurlburt field in the florida panhandle.
Eglin AFB , Fort Walton Beach,Florida.
Hurlburt was the home of 1st SOG/SOW .,if I recall correctly. C-130 Spectre "Gun ships".... Almost every night , Just north of where I lived . Ka woomp,Ka woomp,Ka woomp ie. 105mm howitzer.. Practicing over one of the test ranges in the area.
Eglin AFB , Fort Walton Beach,Florida.
Hurlburt was the home of 1st SOG/SOW .,if I recall correctly. C-130 Spectre "Gun ships".... Almost every night , Just north of where I lived . Ka woomp,Ka woomp,Ka woomp ie. 105mm howitzer.. Practicing over one of the test ranges in the area.
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Closest I ever got to a gunship was helping change a mlg tire on one when it stopped at McChord where I was stationed. Not exactly exciting. They wouldn't let us inside to look around, but nose to nose that 105 is huge sticking out of the troop door like they do.
I only got down to Florida once on tdy, was in May and even then too hot and humid for my tastes, especially working inside of a tin can in the sun!
I take it that you fixed F-15s? Beautiful aircraft, just poetry in aluminum.
Cheers,
James
I only got down to Florida once on tdy, was in May and even then too hot and humid for my tastes, especially working inside of a tin can in the sun!
I take it that you fixed F-15s? Beautiful aircraft, just poetry in aluminum.
Cheers,
James
I'd live to take a tour of a J. But It would feel strange flying on a Herc with no flight engineer station. Where in Germany were you stationed? I got to come over on tdy a lot in the '79-'81 time frame.
Cheers,
James
33rd ACW,57FIS,36th TFW and 4404th Provential- F-15A,B,C,D & E's Electronic warfare.
moinau
Je me Souviens
I was stationed in Lahr from 1976 to 1981, lived in Allmannsweier for one year and then moved to Kippenheim in 1977 to the end of my tour in November 1981. I enjoyed my stay in your country very much.
I always kept in touch with this part of Germany.
There is something I found strange though, the population of Lahr took a sharp decline in the mid 80s but did rebound in the mid 90s
In 1999 while on NATO exercise with the North Atlantic fleet, the fleet landed in Wilhelmshaven for a stay of 11 days. I took leave and drove to Lahr and Kippenheim to see a few friends and my old landlord and his family. Lots of good memories.
I always kept in touch with this part of Germany.
There is something I found strange though, the population of Lahr took a sharp decline in the mid 80s but did rebound in the mid 90s
In 1999 while on NATO exercise with the North Atlantic fleet, the fleet landed in Wilhelmshaven for a stay of 11 days. I took leave and drove to Lahr and Kippenheim to see a few friends and my old landlord and his family. Lots of good memories.
I was TDY to Lahr from the 33rd around 1984ish. Stayed in a Gasthaus in Kippenheim for around 4 weeks.
Ahh, one of those crazy guys. If it makes you feel any better, during my entire time as a C-130 crew chief, the crew chief was the only guy on the plane that was never given a parachute. I guess that was the friendly AF way of telling us to make sure that the airplane stayed in good condition and didn't touch the ground until it was supposed to. :yes:
Cheers,
James
62 OMS, 62 FMS McChord AFB, C-130E
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
I have the same number of takeoffs as landings in them. I see no reason to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Semper Fi!
Actually, I'm a transplant from the Pacific NW USA. Married a feisty little Bavarian girl that talked me into moving over here. No regrets. Munich is a great place to live. James
moinau
Je me Souviens
Hello avionic,
I think we had this conversation a while ago.
Here's a few pics of Kippenheim
The building with the rooster on top, is the Gasthaus
moinau
Je me Souviens
James
Now I remember, I've read a few of your posts before.
Since you now live in München and have married a beautiful Bavarian girl, you are now officially a, Münchner. :thmbsp:
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I was stationed at Eglin back in 1984; came to Germany for a good two years and was then sent back to Hurlburt Field.
I didn´t want to go back to Florida because I had just met the woman that I am now married to here in Germany and didn´t want to leave her.
I was planning on doing the full 20 years in the USAF, but I didn´t like the idea of not being in control of my life. So I left after 4 years and came back to Germany where I still live today.
BTW I LOVE anything that flies! I remember the F-15s shaking my dorm room all night when they took off. And during my stay at Hurlburt the C-130s did the same thing. I got used to it.
While over here in Germany the A-10s would use our radar tower as a landmark and buzz us regularly flying REALLY low
Good times !
I didn´t want to go back to Florida because I had just met the woman that I am now married to here in Germany and didn´t want to leave her.
I was planning on doing the full 20 years in the USAF, but I didn´t like the idea of not being in control of my life. So I left after 4 years and came back to Germany where I still live today.
BTW I LOVE anything that flies! I remember the F-15s shaking my dorm room all night when they took off. And during my stay at Hurlburt the C-130s did the same thing. I got used to it.
While over here in Germany the A-10s would use our radar tower as a landmark and buzz us regularly flying REALLY low
Good times !
