On 20 Apr 2006 19:28:04 -0700, "WaltBJ"
wrote:

Seeing as how AF-1 has the same priority as an active alert aircraft,
how would you rate your chances of getting to it? I can tell you where
you would end up - on your face, spread-eagled, with a loaded M16
pointed at your back.
Saw a GS18 on the ground once - started to take a shortcut across the
'red line'.

I had to "rescue" our flight engineer one day when, at
Seymour-Johnson, he decided to take a "closer look" at a KC-135 behind
some red lines. I found that being diplomatic was a Good Thing. I
promised that the FE (an ADJ1; E-6) would receive some "counseling"
when we got home. I also pointed out that we wern't going home until
we got him back. I don't know if that influenced the Lt. Col. to let
him go or not, but he did. The FE by this time was pretty much
"scared ****less." When we got back home I told the CO what had
happened. He had the Command Master Chief to make sure that the
promised "counseling" was done. Even reserve units can function "as
advertised." :-)



Bill Kambic
Haras Lucero, Kingston, TN
Mangalarga Marchador: Uma Raça, Uma Paixão