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08-24-2008 | 06:39 PM

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Riddler

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Booze, ladies, and a non-muslim country is usually a good start. Maple Flag, Sentry Eagle, and Sentry Aloha were fun, OIF...not so much, although getting stuck in Sevilla for a week enroute didn't suck.

Slice,

Just curious, when did you get stuck in Sevilla. I was on a coronet earlier this year (hauling the maintenance package), and the whole package kept getting delayed and we got "stuck" in sevilla for about a week.

Sevilla was great, but then TACC decided to send my crew home and bring in another crew to take our cargo.

Riddler

08-24-2008 | 07:19 PM

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Slice

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Fall 2006.

08-25-2008 | 10:42 AM

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Pattaya Thailand, Marylins(sp) upstairs from the Thai kickboxing place, man the stories I can never, ever, tell the wife!!!

I still have nightmares every once in a while

A buddy of mine actually got hit with one of the darts. Talk about sweating your next blood test

08-25-2008 | 06:48 PM

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Biggenslow

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I did a kick ass 47 days in Prestwick, Scotland 10 yrs ago.

08-26-2008 | 03:47 PM

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Mox Nix

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Originally Posted by Hacker15e

When it involves a 12-hour/7-AAR Coronet pond crossing with three different tankers to get there, and then it lasts for 65 days...it's a deployment.

Fair enough...thanks for that perspective.

The guy I laughed at was "deploying" to Nellis from Moody

And yes, I know it takes a whole lotta effort and planning to move a fighter squadron (and MX and support) from point A to point B. Still...it gave me a good chuckle.

08-26-2008 | 06:16 PM

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Back when Howard was open down in Panama it offered a herk squadron a pretty good time. It wasn't Clark, but we made the most of it. Sweet 45 days that dropped on us out of no where.

08-26-2008 | 07:00 PM

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Use to fly out of Howard in the late 80s when you could still stay downtown... phenomenal....course then we had to go down on christmas vacation and kick pimple face out...

10 days at the Jolly Beach in Antigua doing HALO for the SEALS.....

Green Flag... well except for the Blazer I flipped in the dessert near Tonapah.

Mildenhall on "Bravo Squadron" deployments.... especially when the BRAVO Bar was still allowed.....

Worst...... Azraq Jordan..... ugh.......

08-26-2008 | 07:02 PM

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Three months at Keflavik defending our freedom against the Russian Bears. That equated to fight-tank-fight-tank-fights in the F-15 everyday and chasing 5'5, 120 lb. blonde/blue eye Icelandic tail every weekend in downtown Rekjavik.

I CAN gaurantee you no deployment on here can top that.

08-26-2008 | 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cargo hopeful

From experience, whether you’re still in the service or left a long time ago, where are the best deployments in your opinion? State side or across the pond? Why?

General Answer: Where the threat is low, and the Per Diem high.

Specific Answer: Overseas, because the artificial environment of being "Americans in a strange land" means you have better comraderie with your squadron. You hang with your squadron buds because you're all in the same unfamiliar situation, so you look to your squadron for something familiar--a piece of America. You develop life-long friendships in these situations.

Supporting Answer: Scrappy, I don't know you, but can vouch that the local talent in Iceland is the 8th natural wonder of the world!

08-27-2008 | 04:52 AM

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Well, lets see.

Howard AFB, Panama (Panama City Yacht Club)
Red Flag (if off base)
Mildenhal AFB, UK (after 75+ days in Saudi)
Anderson AFB, GU (anytime)
Incirlik AB, Turkey (downtown, casinos, strip)
McDill AFB, Fl (original Hooters, obvious others)
Castle AFB, CA (great visiting California for a few months at a time)
Elmendorf AFB, AK (airshow in August - brought back over 100 lbs of salmon)
Shepard AFB, Tx (MIMSO graduation)
Randolf AFB, Tx (Jock Night)
Miramar NAS, Ca (airshow after 1st gulf war)

Just to name some of the better one's!