[MRCA] Happy belated Birthday!!

Al Klase ark at ar88.net
Sat Sep 19 11:07:37 EDT 2020


Glenn,

I had no clue.  But just found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassaw_Sound

On 9/19/2020 10:43 AM, Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote:
> Does anyone remember what happened on February 5, 1958?
> Seems there was a midair collision with a B-47 and F-86,  the B-47 
> payload, a MK-15, is still in Wassaw sound.
> An interesting story as yo how it happened.
>
> Glenn
>
> On 9/19/2020 10:03 AM, Rich Arland wrote:
>> You got that right.  JDAMS weren't around when I was in (1967-87) but 
>> PAVETAC certainly was!!! Just ask Quadifi!!! Operation Eldorado 
>> Canyon was not a rousing success but it certainly proved the guided 
>> munitions had a future in the air war. Gotta love the F-111F (learned 
>> to fly one at RAF Lakenheath in the early 80s thanks to a good friend 
>> on 494TFS Stan Eval....had to show time on the 111F sim....had more 
>> than a few hours logged on a $40 million video game!!)
>>
>> *Vy 73*
>> ​​
>> *Rich K7SZ*
>> _
>> _
>> "​*The vast majority of the world's problems can be overcome with the 
>> proper application of high explosives!"**​*
>> *(SSgt Jon Nelson, 5th Special Forces Group, Airborne)
>> *
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>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
>> on behalf of KE4DRJ <ke4drj at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, September 19, 2020 12:59 AM
>> *To:* mrca at mailman.qth.net <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] Happy belated Birthday!!
>> I missed it to. Happy birthday to the USAF. I was an f-16 crew chief, 
>> good times. ( solved a lot of problems with  a 2000lb jdam).
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 00:49 Rich Arland <k7sz at live.com 
>> <mailto:k7sz at live.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Don't know HOW I missed this one!!!
>>
>>     18 Sept 1947 the US AIr Force was born!!
>>
>>     Happy Birthday to all the USAF members, active, retired and
>>     veterans!
>>
>>     Nothin' like dumpin' some iron on the bad guys from 35 thousand
>>     feet!!!
>>
>>     *Vy 73*
>>     ​​
>>     *Rich K7SZ*
>>     *
>>     *
>>     *MSgt USAF (ret)
>>     *
>>     _
>>     _
>>     "​*The vast majority of the world's problems can be overcome with
>>     the proper application of high explosives!"**​*
>>     *(SSgt Jon Nelson, 5th Special Forces Group, Airborne)
>>     *
>>     *
>>     *
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