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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:54:41 -0600, "John Carrier"
wrote: Only the Navy would take such great pleasure in devouring its most promising young. R / John Nah, the AF does it too. It's a "darwin" thing in which the careerists are threatened by the warriors. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" www.thunderchief.org |
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Ed Rasimus wrote: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:22:11 -0000, "José Herculano" wrote: Isn't there an oxymoron embedded in that statement? Is it done by loading a different FCS software? Nope. One is standard color, the other in Adversary cammo. =)) _____________ José Herculano Now that you've raised the curtain, I begin to see all sorts of dissimilarity opportunities in 1-v-1 with the same type of aircraft: 1.) Could be a male versus a female. 2.) Could be operational vs a nugget. 3.) Could be instructor vs a student. 4.) Could be one with live ordnance and one without. 5.) Could be from different squadrons. 6.) Could be one single vs one married. There's no limit to the same aircraft dissimilar opportunities when operating under budget constraints. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" www.thunderchief.org How about brother v. sister in DACT? The AF had a brother v. sister DACT in PACAF a couple of years ago: she was in F-15s out of Okinawa, he was in a Kunsan F-16. The AF news article didn't say who won, though. One can imagine the radio chatter, however. Brother: "Mom always liked you best!" Sister: "This is for crashing my slumber party!" And other insults/fighting words usually spoken by angry siblings... ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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On 25 Dec 2004 01:12:23 -0600, "Matt Wiser"
wrote: How about brother v. sister in DACT? The AF had a brother v. sister DACT in PACAF a couple of years ago: she was in F-15s out of Okinawa, he was in a Kunsan F-16. The AF news article didn't say who won, though. One can imagine the radio chatter, however. Brother: "Mom always liked you best!" Sister: "This is for crashing my slumber party!" And other insults/fighting words usually spoken by angry siblings... And, you should know that the pair were the children of Col. (ret.) "Lucky" Ekman--one of the finest F-105 pilots ever to strap on the airplane and probably the holder of the greatest number of F-105 North Vietnam combat missions. Lucky flew his first 100 North in D models, in late '65 and into '66. He extended (even before Richter) and got up to around 130 counters when he was shot down on May 30 '66 near Yen Bai on the Red River. He was recovered and elected to return to the US. He became a Wild Weasel and returned for another tour flying the F-105F and G models. When I returned to Korat in '72, Lucky was deployed with the 561st WW squadron, flying the F-105G during Linebacker I/II. I had the good fortune to fly his wing on several combat sorties as the F-4 portion of the Hunter/Killer team. He was already wearing a patch that said 200 mission NVN/F-105G!!!!!! I guess there is something to that heredity thing. As Paul Harvey would say, "now you know the rest of the story." Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" www.thunderchief.org |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:13:25 -0700, Ed Rasimus
wrote: On 25 Dec 2004 01:12:23 -0600, "Matt Wiser" And, you should know that the pair were the children of Col. (ret.) "Lucky" Ekman--one of the finest F-105 pilots ever to strap on the airplane and probably the holder of the greatest number of F-105 North Vietnam combat missions. From www.af.mil OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Capt. Ken Ekman and his sister, 1st Lt. Katie Ekman came to their first aerial duel over South Korea during air-to-air combat training recently. Ken flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon with Osan’s 36th Fighter Squadron and Katie flies an F-15 Eagle for the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan. Six Eagles were supposed to have “jumped” four Falcons in a mock air battle. But a glitch took four F-15s out of the fight. So the clash was a bit of a mismatch, Ken said. Who won? Neither will say. Both did say they’d never forget the fight. The Ekmans are a flying family. Their dad is former Air Force fighter pilot. Ken took to the air in a glider at age 16 and Katie was flying it as a high school sophomore. With three fighter pilots in the family, table talk at family get-togethers soon turns to flying. “Sometimes Mom has to step in and tell us to knock off the ‘shop talk,’ ” Ken said. — Staff Sgt. Gino Mattorano |
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Ed Rasimus wrote: On 25 Dec 2004 01:12:23 -0600, "Matt Wiser" wrote: How about brother v. sister in DACT? The AF had a brother v. sister DACT in PACAF a couple of years ago: she was in F-15s out of Okinawa, he was in a Kunsan F-16. The AF news article didn't say who won, though. One can imagine the radio chatter, however. Brother: "Mom always liked you best!" Sister: "This is for crashing my slumber party!" And other insults/fighting words usually spoken by angry siblings... And, you should know that the pair were the children of Col. (ret.) "Lucky" Ekman--one of the finest F-105 pilots ever to strap on the airplane and probably the holder of the greatest number of F-105 North Vietnam combat missions. Lucky flew his first 100 North in D models, in late '65 and into '66. He extended (even before Richter) and got up to around 130 counters when he was shot down on May 30 '66 near Yen Bai on the Red River. He was recovered and elected to return to the US. He became a Wild Weasel and returned for another tour flying the F-105F and G models. When I returned to Korat in '72, Lucky was deployed with the 561st WW squadron, flying the F-105G during Linebacker I/II. I had the good fortune to fly his wing on several combat sorties as the F-4 portion of the Hunter/Killer team. He was already wearing a patch that said 200 mission NVN/F-105G!!!!!! I guess there is something to that heredity thing. As Paul Harvey would say, "now you know the rest of the story." Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" www.thunderchief.org Has there been a father v. daughter? Telling the guys that your "little girl" beat you in DACT may or may not be a good thing.... There may be sister v. sister now as well. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Doug- What Gregory L. Vistica did to Wigs and others like him to earn his
Pulitzer is nauseating. BRBR That **** head Vistica called me post Tailhook, since my squadron had a suite on the third floor during that ill fated TH. When I said I didn't see/hear anything but a wild party, by lots of men and women, both civilian and military, he was genuinely disappointed he got no dirt from me. BTW-I was on the third floor until about 4am on Sunday and I didn't see or hear anything that could remotely be construted as a gauntlet, sexual harassment or anytimg else that the flag or press or the bitch Schroeder talked about. Some woman grabbed my ass when I walked by tho... P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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On 12/26/04 1:37 AM, in article , "Matt Wiser"
wrote: Has there been a father v. daughter? Telling the guys that your "little girl" beat you in DACT may or may not be a good thing.... There may be sister v. sister now as well. LT Janet "Jake" Jacobsen--Navy F/A-18 pilot about 1998 or so fought her father, LtCol Jacobsen the commander of Tucson ANG F-16 unit in the R2508. Not sure, but I think Dad smoked her. --Woody |
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