Screaming Eagles to the rescue
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Screaming Eagles to the rescue
At This time, the 1-101st Aviation , Screaming Eagles‘ are on rotational deployment to Germany as part of Atlantic Resolve. So one their CH-47F responded to an automobile accident in Germany they saw.
. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/385196...r-provides-aid
Reminds me of the time when the Heereesflieger operated thr CH-53G/GS/GA and one or two were in white colors (prob left over from UN ops) and a Red Cross around 2000—2003 timeline and assisted civilian authorities with Medevac, as they do with their SAR UH-1D (then both Luftwaffe and Heeresflieger) .
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. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/385196...r-provides-aid
Reminds me of the time when the Heereesflieger operated thr CH-53G/GS/GA and one or two were in white colors (prob left over from UN ops) and a Red Cross around 2000—2003 timeline and assisted civilian authorities with Medevac, as they do with their SAR UH-1D (then both Luftwaffe and Heeresflieger) .
cheers
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Some thirty years ago I became involved in an almost identical incident in U.K. Returning to RAF Odiham my crewman spotted a car flip over in the fast lane of the M3, adjacent to the exit just near us. It began smoking. I landed our Puma on the traffic island by the exit and the crewman ran down to the car, taking rescue gear. It turned out that the car was being pursued by the police, who arrived shortly afterwards. They were able to deal with the situation so the crewman returned to the aircraft and we lifted off and carried on back to Odiham. Good job all round, we thought.
Shortly after landing I received a telephone call from the RAF Police demanding to know why I had landed to pick up a hitch hiker from the M3! Good old RAF police...
Shortly after landing I received a telephone call from the RAF Police demanding to know why I had landed to pick up a hitch hiker from the M3! Good old RAF police...
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Visions of the crewman armed with a fire axe, and fire ext, I bet he was glad to see the police lol. I seem to remember a similar occasion in the late 70’s.
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I spent a day waiting to hear if I'd be charged for driving the station guard force Landy through a gap in the cones at the main gate that was apparently for the execs only, instead of going through the search lanes.
Then when my locker was broken into and the tea swindle stolen they couldn't be arsed to see who booked the section keys out on a bank holiday.
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Not long after we got our Chinooks (but after FI) a 7 Sqn ac was training at Hullavington, which is next to the M4. One of the crew noticed a tanker pulling into the side with a wheel on fire; the Captain landed on the other side of a fence by the tanker, and one crewman leapt out with fire extinguisher to help fight the fire. In the meantime they had prewarned the Crash Crew at Hullavington, and quickly hopped back to the airfield and picked up firemen with some heavy duty fire extinguishing kit and went back to the scene. By the time two fire engines from the local brigade arrived the fire was out and the guys were getting their kit back on the aircraft. Once all the smoke had dissipated it was seen that the tanker was actually a beer tanker rather than anything more inflammable.
The crew let the Sqn know, and thought nothing more of it. However, about a week later an invitation from the brewery arrived for a visit to their establishment, which was one of the biggest in South Wales. Two coaches were provided by said brewery, and as many of the Sqn as wanted to (air and ground crew) set off. A very quick tour of the beer making facilities was done on arrival, and then we were all invited to the directors dining room, where an extremely well organised proverbial with seemingly never ending food and drink was laid on. Then on boarding the coaches for the return to Odiham, those that could still see found that the luggage spaces had been loaded with even more cases of their products for the rest of the guys who hadn't been able to make it. Some of the cans even made it all the way back.
The crew let the Sqn know, and thought nothing more of it. However, about a week later an invitation from the brewery arrived for a visit to their establishment, which was one of the biggest in South Wales. Two coaches were provided by said brewery, and as many of the Sqn as wanted to (air and ground crew) set off. A very quick tour of the beer making facilities was done on arrival, and then we were all invited to the directors dining room, where an extremely well organised proverbial with seemingly never ending food and drink was laid on. Then on boarding the coaches for the return to Odiham, those that could still see found that the luggage spaces had been loaded with even more cases of their products for the rest of the guys who hadn't been able to make it. Some of the cans even made it all the way back.
Best I had was using the Wessex to pull a car off a deserted beach in norn iron. The young couple had been too engrossed in their own company to notice the advancing tide and managed to wave us down as we bumbled past.
Load strop on the front bumper (they had them in those days!) and a little torque did the trick. No free beer though!
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Load strop on the front bumper (they had them in those days!) and a little torque did the trick. No free beer though!
Mog
Best I had was using the Wessex to pull a car off a deserted beach in norn iron. The young couple had been too engrossed in their own company to notice the advancing tide and managed to wave us down as we bumbled past.
Load strop on the front bumper (they had them in those days!) and a little torque did the trick. No free beer though!
Mog
Load strop on the front bumper (they had them in those days!) and a little torque did the trick. No free beer though!
Mog
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While on about RAF Police, QRA Germany..... looked on at an RAF Plod with a large commercial can of coffee counting out spoonfuls, asked why? Plod Boss had thought to much coffee was going missing so wanted to know how many cups could be made from one large tin. Suggested he counted spoonfuls into a cup then cup fulls to give him the quantity... eyes glazed over as you could see him trying to process the idea and then he resumed counting.
Wensleydale, it is pity (or a great luck) I didn't read PPRuNe prior to serving my military service on an other NATO Air Force where common belief was that some dogs where more intelligent than their handlers. I take that if I had show my ID to the dog I would have invited for another tea no cookies meeting with the boss.
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I remember getting an RAFP dog drunk at RAF Kai Tak in 76 or 77,put my beer down at Rugby Club, dog drank it,so 2 more pints of San Mig, one for me and one for the dog,dog ended up drinking 3 pints,and used every lamp post in the Domestic Site,. Happy Days.
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I got a call from the “low flying speed trappers”.
excuse me sir, your aircraft was tracked doing violent manoeuvres at ultra low level on this date, can you explain why?
Yes Sgt, were you parked near Hexham in the Tyne valley using Skyguardian?
How did you know that?
we were running in to Spadeadam against that very radar, my student reacted very well and broke lock. You see we manoeuvred violently because of YOU!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, that’s case closed then sir.
excuse me sir, your aircraft was tracked doing violent manoeuvres at ultra low level on this date, can you explain why?
Yes Sgt, were you parked near Hexham in the Tyne valley using Skyguardian?
How did you know that?
we were running in to Spadeadam against that very radar, my student reacted very well and broke lock. You see we manoeuvred violently because of YOU!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, that’s case closed then sir.
I got a call from the “low flying speed trappers”.
excuse me sir, your aircraft was tracked doing violent manoeuvres at ultra low level on this date, can you explain why?
Yes Sgt, were you parked near Hexham in the Tyne valley using Skyguardian?
How did you know that?
we were running in to Spadeadam against that very radar, my student reacted very well and broke lock. You see we manoeuvred violently because of YOU!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, that’s case closed then sir.
excuse me sir, your aircraft was tracked doing violent manoeuvres at ultra low level on this date, can you explain why?
Yes Sgt, were you parked near Hexham in the Tyne valley using Skyguardian?
How did you know that?
we were running in to Spadeadam against that very radar, my student reacted very well and broke lock. You see we manoeuvred violently because of YOU!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, that’s case closed then sir.
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Wasn’t there a police dog in Aldergrove that got retired early because it was friendly with everyone bar the RAF Police, whom he seemed to have a taste for.
