Good natured ribbing, relax.

However, I can remember several times when we called for -130 support and were told that it would be 2-3 weeks to get the support online (for a flash priority mission I might add) to get our mission done. Not what you want to here or have to deal with when people could get hurt and need supplies.

It always seemed that the guys we dealt with wanted us to fight according to their timeline and it ****ed us off not to mention put is a pinch every now and then. It very well may have been that particular unit, but you know the saying about "one bad apple."

It will take a lot of on-time-or-better missions to relieve that stigma. Sorry, it's just the way it is.

However, all the C-17 guys I have met and drank with, they were great. A lot of them said that they outright didn't have the balls to be as low as we were to the action.

Trust me......dude......the whole battlefield is much different from 100 feet at 120KIAS than it is from FL370.