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Steve, I spent a lifetime at Bentwaters/Woodbridge (Dec 85-Dec-87) so I'm well aquainted with what you Limeys call summer! Humps

I will be going to RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo @ RAF Fairford) this year, anybody else here going? Or been there and have some gouge? THX, HUMPS

I suspect the hat is just a simple bit of camoflage to throw the bad guys off...after all anybody who wears the stars and stripes must be an american...right? In fact, I think the whole "Harry wants to go to Iraq, but we won't let him" last fall was just part of the plan, the brits being cheeky. Anyway...good on him for showing up. Humps

1. No 2. Because there are too many PC shoeclerks in high places. Humps

Douchebags like you are the reason the rest of us have to endure bullshit like "sock checks"! It sounds as if you are proud of looking like a bag of ass...I don't get it. The reason "no one ever says a word" is probably because they have already mentaly labeled you a shitbag and are not willing to waste the breath it takes to correct you. Humps

Actually 3.2 is the flight suit section of the reg. But I agree... it is complete stupidity, make me wear black socks so no one can see me but then make me wear a FVCKING reflective belt so everyone can see me, what perfect military logic. Humps

I looked it up...unfortunately it is in writing...complete bullshit IMHO but it is in the reg. AFI36-2903 2 AUGUST 2006 Chapter 3.2 3.2.9. Socks. White socks may be worn with boots. During exercises and contingencies, wear black socks, or black socks over the white socks to preclude white socks from showing. Socks should be made of cotton or wool.

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

Only when your on fire! Humps

My personal fav from back in the day! Humps

Hacker, you made coffee come out my nose with the "hot barely-legal ### tanker-on-tanker action"! The Boom formerly known as HUMPS

I just finished "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright, It is a very comprehensive history of Islamic extremism from the begining to 9/11. IMHO it is very well written and very interesting. I downloaded it to my Ipod from Itunes and really enjoyed it. Warning: it is unabridged (14 hours long) Jp84u2

Well we hit almost everything mentioned above, the Air & Space @ Dulles was great but the "Adventure in Mass Transit" to get there from DC (Metro to Rosslyn, Metro bus to Dulles then VRTA shuttle to museum and do it all again in reverse to get home) was alot of asspain and a huge time waster and I wouldn't do it again. The Mrs. and I went out for steaks at the Capital Grill on Penn. Ave to celebrate our aniversery. Pricey but the food and service were great. All in all a great trip. The Boom formerly known as Humps

I'm taking the wife and kids to DC next week to see the sights. Anyone have any "Not to be missed" spots (besides the normal tourist things), fav restaurants, military specific places or good deals? THX Humps

Back to M2's orginal post...Whats the problem with allowing troops to travel in their ACUs/BDUs? As long as they are "clean and serviceable", who fvcking cares? The troops get to travel in a comfortable uniform, the public gets a warm fuzzy from seeing them at the airport, everybody wins. It would seem that someone in the Army actually used some common sense, a leadership trait rarely seen in today's AF. The boom formerly known as HUMPS

Cam's story reminded me of something that happened 20 years ago at RAF Bentwaters: We were sitting in the specialist truck covering launches, I was but a lowely wing nut, half asleep on the bench in the back. The guy driving the truck was talking about banging a one legged girl and then started in on a rather lengthy and graphic description of oral sex on a chick and how close to the turd chute your tougne was..... his description was so vivid that one of the guys was about to about that time the ProSuper truck comes flying up at the speed of heat, the ProSuper screaming "Your mic is stuck, your mic is stuck!" The boom formerly known as Humps.