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Lets see some of your service pictures, here`s one of me at Luke AFB Arizona.
Reason I`m out of uniform is because my parents came for a visit so we took a picture off duty.
I was a crew chief on the F-4 Phantom.
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God Bless America.
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Always consult an expert first.
Hey Pitchy, what is that one? I worked F-4D's at Moody AFB early 80's, F-4E's at WPAFB later on, and even assisted Louisville nat'l guard on their C's when I was TDY.
I was avionics, electronic warfare.
That brings back memories. Firing up the -60 for electric and air to start, light carts late at night when we were working write-ups.
As a crew chief, how many black powder cart starts did you ever do?
None for me, I'm afraid -- but I'm grateful for all others who have served -- and are still serving today.
Since he's been gone exactly 10 years just 1 week from today (2/1), I hope you can allow me to post a pix of my late father in a P47 Thunderbolt (B model) over in England -- back when it wasn't so jolly.
Debden - Dad in Cockpit.jpg
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I have the utmost respect for all who serve, or have served.
Our youngest son serves in the USCG. He is a boarding team member and served in some hot spots.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
wecsoger wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:33 pm
Hey Pitchy, what is that one? I worked F-4D's at Moody AFB early 80's, F-4E's at WPAFB later on, and even assisted Louisville nat'l guard on their C's when I was TDY.
I was avionics, electronic warfare.
That brings back memories. Firing up the -60 for electric and air to start, light carts late at night when we were working write-ups.
As a crew chief, how many black powder cart starts did you ever do?
Great pictures guys thanks for sharing and keep them coming.
wecsoger if my memory serves me right which it might not they were F-4C.
One time we started with powder just for training otherwise it was the power unit and air.
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I think this is the only picture of me in uniform, in my living room with a wrecked Sportster I bought and rebuilt in 1974.
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Thanks 765x53....neat stuff. I've always wanted my own tank but I hear they can get expensive.
And Jay...cool bro......I like the "cargo" in the first pic.....and dang, look at Pitchy with that psychedelic poster from around 1970....all tattooed up and ready to party.---6
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Griff wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:46 pm
Ah... the barracks life!
Griff`s thinking, wait till I get out of here I`m going to buy a semi and travel the country and not take orders from anyone.
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One of the few I have. Me and my bride on a snowing mountain road in Spain.
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"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
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Griff,
That picture sure looks a whole lot different than you do today. I can't believe that's the same guy I was spitting lead with over the summer.
I hate getting old. It ain't no fun unless we can retain the same look. I'm forty percent heavier and forty percent lower in the hair area. Why can't we just look and live like we did when we were twenty?
THATS IT!!! I'm gonna go to the gun club tomorrow and blow out three hundred rounds from the BAR.....then stop at the T bar. Six.
Well, I don't have any service pictures. I guess the fact that I have one eye had something to do with it. But......I partied anyway.
Like plenty of Winchesters I had a couple of cars too....an orange '63 Nova and a '68 RS/SS 350 Camaro. Yep, that's my sweet Italian wife next to me.----6
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Griff wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:46 pmAh... the barracks life!
Griff`s thinking, wait till I get out of here I`m going to buy a semi and travel the country and not take orders from anyone.
Nope, I was several days, ~3,124.62 miles from combat, and fully recovered from a wound... thanking my lucky stars that I was alive, had stories to tell, and was going to see my wife in a few days!
Why Sixgun! Whatever do you mean? I still look just like that! My wife sez so all the time!
Marvin, were you stationed in Australia?
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Sixgun wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:27 pm
Griff,
That picture sure looks a whole lot different than you do today. I can't believe that's the same guy I was spitting lead with over the summer.
I hate getting old. It ain't no fun unless we can retain the same look. I'm forty percent heavier and forty percent lower in the hair area. Why can't we just look and live like we did when we were twenty?
THATS IT!!! I'm gonna go to the gun club tomorrow and blow out three hundred rounds from the BAR.....then stop at the T bar. Six.
Well, I don't have any service pictures. I guess the fact that I have one eye had something to do with it. But......I partied anyway.
Like plenty of Winchesters I had a couple of cars too....an orange '63 Nova and a '68 RS/SS 350 Camaro. Yep, that's my sweet Italian wife next to me.----6
Cool pics bro! Nice cars. Man......that's some hair!
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
Jack cool picture, when I first seen that car I thought it was a brown color same as this car I had while in the service.
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OldWin wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:03 pm
Nice car, Lenn! What year is that?
That is a young Pitchy right there!
Oldest rig I had was my 59 Willys Jeep.
It`s a 54 Jay, when I drove it down central ave in Phoenix people would pull up and want to race but it only had the original 235 six in it.
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Well I guess you still could have raced. Maybe wouldn't have win though haha.
When we was kids, a buddy of mine had a 75 Duster all done up. Problem was, it only had a slant 6 in it hahaha. Needless to say, we didn't win any races!
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
I really liked that car along with my 70 Chevelle SS which would be worth a pretty penny now days.
I paid 450 for the 54 and 1,800 for the SS.
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The sad thing about that SS was I sold it to a guy on the base and about a week later he drove it on the base and it caught fire and burned to the ground.
Here`s some pics of the SS.
And a picture of that wrecked Sporty after I got it fixed up, ended up riding it back to MN.
Because I Can, and Have
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God Bless America.
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Thanks buddy, didn`t seem like a long ride at the time but would be now.
After I got home with it I put a weld on hardtail and a girder fork then in 79 rode it back too California and home again.
Of coarse had to stop in Phoenix at a old hangout and get drunk with the line chief that was sitting at the bar in the same place he was in 76
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God Bless America.
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Pitchy, what base was that, I can't make out the tail letters on those Phantoms? I got stuck around Phantoms my entire hitch.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
jeepnik wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2018 6:17 pm
Pitchy, what base was that, I can't make out the tail letters on those Phantoms? I got stuck around Phantoms my entire hitch.
Luke AFB, Phoenix.
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Just found this thread!
1967, Operation Junction City in the Michelin Rubber Plantation by Cambodia - VN Linguist (Army Security Agency) embedded with 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment as a Track Commander, cleaning my M50 .50 Caliber machinegun.
Because I Can, and Have
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USAF-72-76
God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.
Because I Can, and Have
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USAF-72-76
God Bless America.
Disclaimer, not responsible for anyone copying or building anything i make.
Always consult an expert first.