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Old 2nd Sep 2006, 12:16
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Actually it was the USAF KC-135 captain who had first complained at the way those particular Weasels had behaved in OPC. When we also reported a 'too lose for comfort' incident to Duke, that was the last straw for the OPC boss and he fired them back Stateside until they could learn to conform with orders.

We had to overstress to avoid a collision with the idiots in GW1 - it is hardly 'cutting some slack' to have to push to avoid being hit by a brace of reckless fools who broke away and down off the tanker through our level - and to hear the nose of " 2x 2 x J79 at close range going past the window was not too pleasant.

Bugger all point in Weasels 'saving lives' if they hazard other lives unnecessarily through breaches of flying discipline!

Disciplined, professional aggression is good; cowboy antics are not.

Which could bring me to the subject of the behaviour of certain ANG units some years later....but that would be off-topic.

There must be some good Wild Weasel anecdotes around, surely?
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