Tribute to an old friend!
09-12-2007, 03:39 AM
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Tribute to an old friend!
One that carried me around the world!
http://www.military.com/features/0,1...RC=airforce.nl
The days of the SAC Prowler are dusty..
but he's still around!
http://www.military.com/features/0,1...RC=airforce.nl
The days of the SAC Prowler are dusty..
but he's still around!
09-12-2007, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ewfflyer
Pretty cool stuff. I saw them guys doing Touch & Goes @ FWA one day on the 8000' rwy. Just very odd seeing a plane of that mass doing those.
The -135 can do an impressive wing-over, and we dropped to <500' to make the same run! Four J-57s make a lot of noise low-level, and our boomer "accidentally" off-loaded a 1000lbs of JP4 out the tailpipe!
Rained jet fuel for the comrades that day!
Must be a reason the 707 is the "Vomit Comet" !!
09-12-2007, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by alarkyokie
Over the Indian Ocean, a tanker I was on ferrying two F-15's spied a Soviet trawler dogging one of our carriers. After the two -15's peeled off and conducted a low-level run over the trawler's masts, our young A/C told everyone to sit down and hang on.
The -135 can do an impressive wing-over, and we dropped to <500' to make the same run! Four J-57s make a lot of noise low-level, and our boomer "accidentally" off-loaded a 1000lbs of JP4 out the tailpipe!
Rained jet fuel for the comrades that day!
Must be a reason the 707 is the "Vomit Comet" !!
The -135 can do an impressive wing-over, and we dropped to <500' to make the same run! Four J-57s make a lot of noise low-level, and our boomer "accidentally" off-loaded a 1000lbs of JP4 out the tailpipe!
Rained jet fuel for the comrades that day!
Must be a reason the 707 is the "Vomit Comet" !!
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