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Looking at post-USAF retirement spots. St George or Kanab look awesome, asking if anyone has spent time at either place? No, I am not basing my decision on any info gathered here, but a few data points will be useful as I can't get out there for several more months to see for myself. Anyone been there?
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Not sure how many of you watch American Idol, but tonight might be a good time to tune in. A Captain by the name of Lyndsey Goodman will be on tonight. She grew up right down the road from me, went to the USAFA, and now flies the C-17. You can hear some of her music and read more about her at her myspace page.
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is anyone else watching this. it is some of the most ridiculous displays of athleticism by people ive seen in a while. not saying i could do a whole lot better, but if i was going on national television i hope i would do a hell of a lot better than this chad guy.
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Anyone in Guam? Headed that way for a couple of weeks. I hear they have a decent beach and mai tai's...first drinks on me.
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So I am kinda bored and saw this on foxnews.com https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318932,00.html Hannah Montana Concert Winner Lied in Essay Describing Father's Death in Iraq Saturday , December 29, 2007 ADVERTISEMENT GARLAND, Texas — An essay that won a 6-year-old girl four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert began with the powerful line: "My daddy died this year in Iraq." While gripping, it was not true — and now the girl may lose her tickets after her mom acknowledged to contest organizers it was all a lie. The sponsor of the contest was Club Libby Lu, a Chicago-based store that sells clothes, accessories and games intended for young girl…
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Has anyone see or know where to get the "Lieutenants - proof the air force has a sense of humor" poster?
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Did a search, couldn't find anything on this topic. Anyone know of a good place to obtain a control stick? The idea is to make it into a tap handle for our kegerator. Saw one from a MiG-21 and F-4 on ebay, just curious if there was a surplus store somewhere on the net worth checking into.
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I was doing a little reading today and came across this movie which comes out on the 4th. https://youtube.com/watch?v=03e56cVXajY Looks promising... and somewhat accurate. It has skyraiders so I guess that makes up for any possible shortcommings! Thought I'd share it with those interested
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https://break.com/index/every-day-normal-guy-rap-song.html ***WARNING!*** Audio NSFW!
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Thinking about buying a used one...the current battlewagon (a 96 VW Passat) is showing its age and nickel-and-diming me to death lately. Have always wanted a Jeep and there is a two-year old Unlimited for sale here in town that may not be a bad deal. Any current/previous Jeep Wrangler owners out there who have any advice, good or bad? It has a hard top with a bikini top thrown in, a manual transmission, and the 4.0L in-line six with 35K on it, ABS, A/C and a CD player. I prefer the extended rear bed and wheelbase of the Unlimited. Cheers! M2
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Check out this website called https://www.Householdhacker.com They show you how to make an iPOD charger with an onion and gatorade. You can also power a TV with a AAA battery! I'm going to save the world with a thimble, a piece of floss and an egg. Jeff
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Anyone have contact info (or website) for the aviation art concession in the BX at Mildenhall. The last time I was there they had some awesome paintings, but IIRC were pretty spendy. I need something for my new den. Humps
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Esteemed Assembly: Who makes those large wall peg boards/shelves/racks/etc to hold all your mugs in the squadron bar? I'm in desperate need of one. I'm sure I can design one and build it myself, but I'm typically too drunk to do so due to the fact that there is no where to hang/store my mug with pride. Thanks for the help!
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Saw this on DrudgeReport. Pretty awesome stuff that the Brits have revealed publicly. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1811 Fair Use Excerpt: New technology that can make tanks invisible has been unveiled by the Ministry of Defence. In secret trials last week, the Army said it had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted that an invisible tank would be ready for service by 2012. The new technology uses cameras and projectors to beam images of the surrounding landscape onto a tank.
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Going back through my old e-mails, I found this gem. Ironically, it was written by a T-38 FAIP bud of mine who would later go on to be an Albino driver. Less than 10 years ago this occured, but it's a throwback to the fighter pilot days of lore. ***************************** Taxpayers beware; this story involves the combustion of tens of thousands of pounds of JP-8 and the consumption of many of your tax dollars in an effort to retrieve one long-dead aviator. Mr. Bones, or Mr. F. Bones, or Frank T. Bones, is the mascot of the 95th Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (the home of the mighty F-15 Eagle). He has a long and glorious history, most o…
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Crashing Hueys just wasn't enough I guess... https://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=1t28f4&s=2 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtokflMV8Lg Safe for work in either case.
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Looking for someone in South Dakota to check out a motorcycle for me. You don't need to know anything about them - I'm just looking more for verification that the thing is actually there. Maybe take a few pictures as well. I found an old Indian Chief that a guy inherited but he doesn't live there. Anyways there are a few fishy things in his story about where the bikes are but he does have a valid phone number, I've spoken with him several times and he is an older american. I've uncovered a half dozen scams looking for one of these things but usually it ends when I ask for their phone number. They are conveniently in Europe or want to use cashiers checks etc. I …
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About to take my first testing outta UPT in a few weeks. Curious if there are any good strategies to go about taking the open book, closed book, and IRC tests? Ive heard about going in there with EPUBS and just searcihng that way? Should I spread the tests out over a few days? Any tips would be appreciated!
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This video cracks me up...sorry if it is a repost.
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On www.airforce.com there's a series of recruitment video's entitled "Do Something Amazing." Turn up the volume on your speakers and click this link: Eagle pilot curses out boom operator. It's a video clip of an F-15C getting some gas and if you listen closely you'll hear the pilot on hot mic saying "How about you make contact DIPSH*T!!!" Another funny link is this one: Propeller engines?. Apparently the TF-34's on the Warthog sound just like the P-51. Maybe the Air Force should "do something amazing" and have someone QC their website. Enjoy, HOSS
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Anyone see that Ford F-150 commercial this last Sunday? They supposedly dropped a truck out the back of a Herc attached to a bunch of cables and the truck proceeded to stop the aircraft. At first I was thought no f'ing way that would ever happen, but then I thought of all the false advertisement chit that could nail Ford if it wasn't true -- I still think there is NO way the AF would agree to that, maybe I'll bring up the lawsuit... True or not, I figured this would be a good time to hear some cool stories of other sweet stuff you crusty old guys have done.
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https://www.southwest.com/gaytravel/ Another unfortunate trend at SWA.
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I actually flew this very plane last Wed. We even had the audacity to report initial for 13R at Tyndall with a line of Raptors and Eagles waiting in the EOR.
