Can't believe I haven't caught this thread before..... going since March?
Enjoyed immensely being the only Yank at the 'Phantom Phinal Phling' Mess Do at Wattisham. Thanks to Gary Hewitt for dragging me over from TLP at Florennes.
Also, my everlasting thanks to Barry (OC56) and Tony B. at 56 for arranging me to reach 2K Phantom time just before you closed up shop in '92. Enjoyed the flights with Tony, Jack C. & DD - a real treat. USAF couldn't understand why I was upset hanging up my Phantom spurs just 3.5 hours short of deux mille .
Anyone have a line on Mac McCarten (sp?) long of "Ark" fame and DAW/AWC at Cranwell?
Have been looking for a decent copy of the 1st TAC video of "tactical" down Loch Ness edited by HONUS and Che, I believe. Some awesome inflight footage set to Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms".
Musical note from the last days of ZBU, sung to "Let it Snow"
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
and we might have to deal with Eifel,
and the runway's kinda short,
ground abort, ground abort, ground abort.
Got really, really tired of closing up USAF Recce Sqns in Europe: had three - 17th TRS, 1stTRS, and 38th TRS
OH, BTW, personal best? 61,300+ ballistic after an FCF / Air Check mach run in W-177 off Charleston, SC in 1982.