Vito, thanks much,

With what I said about weather flying, I would be curious to talk to our pilots about how they do it. I know there aren't any boots or weeping wings on the F-16, so I'd be curious. I also remember a time when one of the AIM9s got a little chewed up from hail. From what little I have talked to them they like to talk about their missions and how their UPT training was. Not much about weather a'tall, but still interesting stuff.

I remember reading an article about Mohawk pilots back in Vietnam flying in some bad weather over hostile airspace. That would be the kind of duty that takes a few years off your life from the stress I'd imagine.