Tag Archives: USAF Flying

“FAIPs” – First Assignment Instructor Pilots

Posted on 16/09/2011 by Bobo

Air Training Command (ATC) tended to “eat it’s young.” We would bring back a certain number of recent UPT grads as instructor pilots (IPs). There was both ‘good,’ and bad’ with this practice. We used to refer to these guys … Continue reading →

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Air Training Command Check Rides

Posted on 16/09/2011 by Bobo

In Air Training Command (ATC) we didn’t put ‘bombs on target.’ We didn’t do any aerial refueling. We didn’t haul any stinking cargo – but we did take check rides! Gawd, did we ever! By regulation, we were required to … Continue reading →

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The 15th Annual POW Dining In Missing Man Formation

Posted on 03/09/2011 by Bobo

On 25 Mar 1988 I had the Honor of flying as Number 3 in the 15th Annual Prisoner Of War (POW) Dining In T-38A Missing Man Formation.  This is a great honor because of the distinguished audience; former North Vietnamese … Continue reading →

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Kinda Sums It Up…

Posted on 02/09/2011 by Bobo

I picked this little “gem” up just the other day: “If you can learn to fly as a Lieutenant, and not forget how to fly by the time you’re a Lieutenant Colonel,  you will have lived a happy Life!” …Oh, … Continue reading →

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The Bridge of My Nose…

Posted on 30/08/2011 by Bobo

This F-111 video was produced in Australia.  I had the opportunity to fly F-111s a couple times when I was ‘down under’ myself.  What a blast!  For aviators, this is a clip that can really get your blood boiling! I … Continue reading →

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Shoeclerks

Posted on 28/08/2011 by Bobo

Shoeclerk:  Incompetent Bureaucrat.  (Term may be redundant.) I do not suffer fools or ‘shoeclerks’ very well, at all.  I always have felt these individuals did not exist to assist me in my primary mission, but explicitly to hinder it.  And … Continue reading →

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Distinctions:

Posted on 25/08/2011 by Bobo

I have used several terms over the years that may not be familiar to everyone; or at least the context of the terms might be a bit vague.  To this end, I will use this post to clear up any … Continue reading →

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Major ‘Booger’ Malone

Posted on 25/08/2011 by Bobo

(Caution: Explicit language: ahh, more ‘explicit’ than usual…) There were 70 of us who found our ways to Room 45 in Hanger 12 at Randolph AFB, TX on the morning of 24 April 1970.  This was our designated reporting point … Continue reading →

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Thor’s Hammer

Posted on 25/08/2011 by Bobo

Last week a friend sent a piece to me, “Thor’s Hammer: A Requiem.”  It’s a story about an F-105, ship number 62-4246. http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2011/08/07/the-life-and-death-of-thors-hammer/ I just love stories like this, even today.  I can sit here, and feel adrenalin releases as … Continue reading →

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Commuting…

Posted on 24/08/2011 by Bobo

It was an early morning ‘go;’ one of the first that clear, cool spring morning in San Antone.  The briefing was straight forward and thorough – routine, if a T-38 two-ship flight can be called ‘routine.’  Nothing remarkable at the … Continue reading →

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