F-117A Nighthawk

[MikeD]

.....was a nice bird. Quirky in some ways, but sophisticated and interesting.

 

[Matt13C]

Rub it in. You are one lucky(read hard working with some luck) SOB to have had the opportunity to fly that bird. Saw it fly once, was much smaller than I thought.

 

[Minuteman]

Saw it fly once, was much smaller than I thought.

"There's no replacement for displacement," is true for RCS as well.

 

[TopGunn]

.....was a nice bird. Quirky in some ways, but sophisticated and interesting.

[yt]3g-QSZjbtWg[/yt]

You flew this thing?

 

[Hacker15e]

You are one lucky(read hard working with some luck) SOB to have had the opportunity to fly that bird.

Tell that to all the guys who were non-vol'd to it in the early '00s!
<snicker>

 

[MikeD]

You flew this thing?

I did. 3 years.

 

[FullDeflection]

I did. 3 years.

You ever participate in one of those famous PGM deliveries that showed up on CNN? The bomb down the airshaft kind of shot?

 

[derg]

Rub it in. You are one lucky(read hard working with some luck) SOB to have had the opportunity to fly that bird. Saw it fly once, was much smaller than I thought.

Preparation and opportunity, my friend.

 

[MikeD]

You ever participate in one of those famous PGM deliveries that showed up on CNN? The bomb down the airshaft kind of shot?

No. Never took the jet to combat. All combat time was in the A-10.

 

[MikeD]

Tell that to all the guys who were non-vol'd to it in the early '00s!
<snicker>

Hehe....we had a good number of light-grey Eagle guys in the community, and I'd always wondered why. There was a story behind most of them, I'd later find out.

 

[Malko]

Preparation and opportunity, my friend.

Yup, Yup....

Luck...where preparation=oppurtunity !!!!

 

[MikeD]

Preparation and opportunity, my friend.

That and some timing. I was prepping to take an exchange tour to go fly A-37s down in South America as a FAC and COIN IP, but that fell through, as exchange tours come and go with the political winds. My next choice was the F-117, so I went to that.

 

[Malko]

That is totally bad-ass.... :rawk:

 

[bunk22]

I did. 3 years.

MikeD, seriously, what haven't you flown lol

 

[bunk22]

Hehe....we had a good number of light-grey Eagle guys in the community, and I'd always wondered why. There was a story behind most of them, I'd later find out.

Did you know COL Juedeman? I was winged with his sister, she flew E-2 Hawkeye's, now CO of a recruiting district.

 

[MikeD]

Did you know COL Juedeman? I was winged with his sister, she flew E-2 Hawkeye's, now CO of a recruiting district.

Yes. Then-LtCol Juedeman was D.O (XO), then C.O. of the 9th Fighter Squadron when I was there. I was in the 8th FS next door..

 

[bunk22]

Yes. Then-LtCol Juedeman was D.O (XO), then C.O. of the 9th Fighter Squadron when I was there. I was in the 8th FS next door..

Small world. I wonder if approved of his sister's callsign, Jugs...for good reason or two good reasons

 

[///AMG]

Small world. I wonder if approved of his sister's callsign, Jugs...for good reason or two good reasons

nice, I've heard of her (never met her), but I think the version I heard of was a VF single anchor type

 

[bunk22]

nice, I've heard of her (never met her), but I think the version I heard of was a VF single anchor type

Jugs can party with the best of them. Like I said, we were winged together and she was a hard charging, drinking, crazy chick :clap:

 

[Douglas]

Veee tails are dangerous.