To all veterans out there, THANK YOU!!
Just want to send my thanks out to all veterans and active military too.
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Heartfelt thanks to those that served, especially those who served during wartime. My single enlistment during peacetime was pretty tame, relatively speaking.
This is me in Sept. '78 after only 11 months in the USAF. Nineteen years old, fresh outta tech school, and being the new guy, the only thing I was trusted to do was ride the brakes while moving one of the helicopters. My pic ended up on the front of the base newspaper though. :B
These helicopters had an interesting mission; they had a MARS (Mid Air Retrieval System) installed to catch unmanned drones as they were parachuting down after flying around over the Gulf of Mexico.
Here's a link to a page on an AF helicopter website that has some great pic's of this unique operation. Several of the tail numbers mentioned on this page are helicopters that I knew personally from my time at Tyndall AFB.
When I was discharged in 1981, I had made E-5, I was crew-chief of two of these, and had grown up considerably.
:):)
This is me in Sept. '78 after only 11 months in the USAF. Nineteen years old, fresh outta tech school, and being the new guy, the only thing I was trusted to do was ride the brakes while moving one of the helicopters. My pic ended up on the front of the base newspaper though. :B
These helicopters had an interesting mission; they had a MARS (Mid Air Retrieval System) installed to catch unmanned drones as they were parachuting down after flying around over the Gulf of Mexico.
Here's a link to a page on an AF helicopter website that has some great pic's of this unique operation. Several of the tail numbers mentioned on this page are helicopters that I knew personally from my time at Tyndall AFB.
When I was discharged in 1981, I had made E-5, I was crew-chief of two of these, and had grown up considerably.
:):)
