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1 hour ago, harv said:

750's all. I like the 500 snake eye high drag bombs for this. Also it looks wierd without the wing tanks......harv

You’re the expert, Harv. The only aircraft I ever really studied the load on was the toilet bomber Skyraider

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21 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

I had no pics of me (one didn't generally run around taking pictures of oneself) until a couple guys sent me a few. Most were on R&R, but they sent one or two while in uniform.  Was a pasty faced cold blooded, no nonsense gut at one time.  About a year after this pic was taken, I transferred to a training batallion and did a tour as a DI.
This one was taken in 1982 on a Reforger fun get together.  LOL
 

 

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Great pic!  What's the gun in your left hand?

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21 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

I was thinking Harv could put up a picture of when he was in, posing with Artaxerxes. 

Hahaha...  I figured that was an age/joke/reference...   So I had to look it up.  I'm sure he;s not that old!

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19 hours ago, harv said:

1970, Utapoa Thailand.  Jammer driver extraordinaire. USAF. MMS squadron. Barry knows about it.......hsrv

 

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My father was an armorer too,   F-102's in Germany...  where he married my mother.

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As a teen, I always harboured thoughts to join the RAF. I knew I could never aspire to fly fighters, but being on a RAF C-130 Herc, in any form, was my dream. I had a great mentor "Reg" who was on old Cornish beach lifeguard, who told me not to join up, and concentrate on my art course application, which I did.
I realise later Reg had lost his older brother in WW2. Lancaster ND-559 crashed in Molenaarsgraaf on the night of 21 / 22 May 1944https://2ndww.blogspot.com/2006/07/what-happened-at-molenaarsgraaf.html. But, i had the great fortune to have a father who was in the Royal Navy and to hear about his many ships, and D-Day experiences. ( see pic with one of his US built RN LST-165 on probably Gold or Sword Beach in the background. More recent good fortune had me back in London for my daughter Imogen's wedding to Matt. Matt completed 2 tours of Afghanistan as a Artillery Captain. He also, along with some of his colleagues on either side below, wear the Para insignia and beret. Matt notched up a multiple jumps from those RAF C-130 Hercs.

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