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Old 10-14-2009 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
OMG, a C-130 pilot endorsing a C-17? Are you kidding me? Did hell freeze over?

You know buzz, when the C-17s retire, they will chop them up and fly them to the desert in the back of C-130s.
Nope, C-141 guy here. Star Lizard driver all the way. Only good thing about the 130 guys was that they could party (and had the Bravo Bar at Mildenhall, which they were kind enough to invite us into, and we stole all of their British girlfriends. But that's another story for another day. And one for which I, thankfully, was not courts martialed).

I was selected for the initial cadre in the C-17 at one point but opted out when the first aircraft deliveries were delayed for a couple of years. Its a great jet though and I have lots of buds flying it.

My opinion as to unmanned flying is this: if there are other people on board, there will be a human at the controls. Ifs it strictly a delivery vehicle, munitions, whatever, it'll eventually become a UAV.
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