Monthly Archives: November 2021

Whoops!

Posted on 14/11/2021 by Bobo

(Submitted by Rat) We had a class graduating this one Friday evening. The featured speaker was a general of some description stationed at Maxwell AFB, AL. The squadron had been tasked to launch a T-38 to fetch him. The weather was … Continue reading →

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“The Patrick Eight”

Posted on 14/11/2021 by Bobo

(Submitted by Rat) The saga began with 8 IPs from an unnamed UPT base located in NE Mississippi hitting the road for the weekend on a T -38 four ship continuation training cross country. They launched out on a Friday … Continue reading →

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“Initiative”

Posted on 14/11/2021 by Bobo

(Submitted by Rat) Then there was the time I took a couple weeks leave and Capt.S, our Assistant Flight Commander was left at the helm. AT the time we had a student on Special Monitoring Status we were watching. Our DO … Continue reading →

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Tough Love

Posted on 14/11/2021 by Bobo

(Submitted by Rat) One of our squadron “additional duties “was pulling RSU (Runway Supervisory Unit) duties. To this end we. had to provide a crew of 4: 2 IPs and 2 students. The senior IP in charge was the Controller, … Continue reading →

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Bounce and Tilt…

Posted on 10/11/2021 by Bobo

(Submitted by Rat) Rat came into my office one day with look of total bewilderment on his face. He had just flown with a Tweet (T-37) IP from across the base, who was on his way to F-16s. Sitting down … Continue reading →

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Guest Help

Posted on 10/11/2021 by Bobo

In our flying squadrons (ATC, Air Training Command) we typically had 6 to 8 Flights in each squadron. A Flight, in turn, would consist of a Flight Commander, an Assistant Flight Commander and anywhere from 8 to 10 Instructors. In … Continue reading →

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A Lot of Barges on that Lake…

Posted on 09/11/2021 by Bobo

(Submitted by Rat) Spectacular Fall day, flying VR route out to the west of un-named UPT base in NE Mississippi with a good guy – excellent student. He’d trimmed his low-level chart down to within about an inch of the … Continue reading →

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Just Look at Him!

Posted on 06/11/2021 by Bobo

One morning I was waiting on an aircraft at the gate with a couple-3 of flight attendants. We were just about to begin our trip. One of the flight attendants asked if I had met the copilot yet to which … Continue reading →

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