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Category Archives: USAF
“Judgement”
When we graded UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) students after a ride there was always a block called “Judgement” on the grade sheet ‘Judgement’ was a graded item in all the different phases of training: contact, formation, nav and instruments. The … Continue reading
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The ‘Mexican Standoff’ in New Hampshire
In 1977 Col. Wilson C. Cooney was assigned to Vance AFB, OK as our Director of Operations (DO). As he was settling in to the operations he wanted to visit our ACE* (Accelerated Copilot Enrichment) bases. I was a T-38 … Continue reading
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Beauty!
In 1978 I was the Chief of Safety at Vance AFB, OK. One morning we received a call from the Command Post telling us that one of our T-37s (Tweets) had crashed. My first concern was for the condition of … Continue reading
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A Thud, Out in A Pasture…
A lone man is seen walking up a remote country lane one afternoon, apparently alone deep in thought. Off to the side, sitting in a pasture, is a warhorse from years past – a Thud. Did the man fly the … Continue reading
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WW Fog…
We had a UPT student at Vance, Class 76-09, named “W.W. Fog” – good kid. One day in the flight room he answered the phone in a smart, military fashion as he had been taught. After a short pause he … Continue reading
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Whining About Shoeclerks
Shoeclerks: Essentially ‘non-flying folks’ who are put in jobs to hinder, harass and annoy pilots. For the most part these folks sit behind nice gray steel desks, creating empires. We encounter them at Personnel, Finance, Weather, Intelligence, etc. When these … Continue reading
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Echelon, You Hockey Puck!
This is an “Echelon” formation: It is used primarily at low level, to maneuver around the traffic pattern and so forth. It is characterized with all the aircraft in the formation being on the same side as opposed to … Continue reading
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No Jim, You’re Not Screwed Up…
After I wrote about our Christmas 4-ship last week I received the following reply from Jim N. “Yes it seems like only yesterday…but I checked the calendar and it says no. Hey, it’s important to see the other 3 guys … Continue reading
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The Bullshit Flag
This is ‘a’ Bullshit Flag. There are several versions ‘out there,’ but this one will suffice for my blog. I will ‘throw it’ on future posts when I decide something or another is “bullshit.” “And what gives me the authority,” you might … Continue reading
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