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Bubba, slow down, extend, go skull out of the fight for a minute- whatever it takes- then reread my post. I'm not a C-5 pilot- too big a crowd for my liking! I like using a smaller crew bus- the short ones, reminds me of my rides to school as a kid. Better yet a van, or a 6-pack that we drive on and take w/ us... Oh, wait, can't use that crew-trans reduction initiative anymore...

To the point-

I've got plenty of time in R 5311 (Pope/Bragg land) w/ the herk bubbas 5 minutes in trail to avoid the Moosewash.

My actual quote is below, in it's orignal context. The slam is against callsigns amongst heavy drivers. I don't know you and I don't know Duece130 outside the forums- so keep it in context, por favor.

"The wannabees goto a weapons course along w/ ya'lls best and wear the same target patch and have callsigns amongst themselves.

Some of 'em are great pilots w/ great attitudes and actually do the right thing w/ that patch- but in my notso humbles- some don't. But yes, dorothy- some of them there in AMC do have callsigns. "

Hoping Duece is one of the latter great pilots w/ the right attitude about earning that patch.

Back to my regulary re-scheduled plan w/ how to handle age 65 eventualities (like age 67 to align w/ Social Security, then age 70 as Social Security goes away in about 2011, then aligning w/ other country's more stringent medicals like those we get from Uncle Sugar....) Plan on working now to death, thanks to Mgmt and those w/ the pursestrings in their lobbying hands....

 

Sorry about the C-5 comment...guess I was going by you too fast to tell one ugly airplane from another.

I know what you meant, you were clear. I was just trying to stir up trouble among the herbivores.

 

Just nudge whatever you're sleeping next to at night if you want to do that, cowboy!

 

Herbivores???!?! Right, because it doesn't take any stones whatsoever to fly in a big slow airplane through the heart of the WEZ in broad daylight! God, you guys really are fun to listen to.

 

Relax, homey. My twin bro is an MC-130 pilot and I'm well aware of what y'all do. It's all in good fun. Maybe you shouldn't be flying in daylight. What, no choice in the matter? Are your "senior leaders" as dumb as our "senior leaders?"

 

What WEZ is that?

 

If you gotta ask you've been on a desk too long surfing this website instead of hanging out in the vault. Better yet wearing desert tan's and riding shotgun in the current unpleasantness.

 

Thanks, brother, I've logged more than my share of O1 time and wearing deserts/PT gear this year.

Still trying to figure out "the heart of" what "WEZ" or "MEZ" or anything remotely dangerous in the anti-aircraft realm has been going on for USAF aircraft since the big push in Iraq in '03.

Some helos have obviously been vulnerable, and we know of the Marine phrog that was shot down by a MANPAD last year. I know of a Hook that was shot down while I was at Bagram this summer, too.

Other than that...we're pretty much just talking small arms and RPGs. There are MANPADs out there, obviously, but they're not exactly swarming the skies.

 

I was just trying to rile up the point nose gang. My little bro is a -15E guy so I know all the buttons to push. No choice in the missions. Yeah, senior leaders are the same here too. Guess we've got that as common ground.

 

Not all WEZ's are created equal, and we all know it. It ain't like people are flying approaches in an SA-6 ring. Anyway, I heard something along time ago that may apply here:

What's the definition of "heavy fire?" Anything coming at you.

I took aimed fire from a ZSU-23 several years ago. Not a big deal, but it could've done the job if it hit me.