18 December 2007

A Christmas Story

Putin continues to put Bears in the air. Harkening back to the good ol' days when we were armed to the teeth waiting for the U.S.S.R. to attack us. As the Christmas Season is upon us it reminds me of a TDY back in 1979.


I was stationed at George AFB and was crewing F-4C's. We were tasked to go to Duluth Minnesota and relieve the Guard so that they could spend the holidays with the kiddies.

As it happened we got a real world scramble and sent two Phantoms aloft. After an hour or so they came back and as I parked the jet I noticed an AIM-9 Sidewinder missing and alot of black soot on the empty rail.

The pilot came off the ladder. Turned and gave me a thumbs up and said:

"Smoked that fucker".

He and his GIB got immediately into a staff car and were never seen again.

Makes you want to say.

"Hmmm?"


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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 March, 2008 14:39

    Was that operation called Feather Brave? I was on a TDY to Duluth about that time out of George AFB with F-4Es working on the avionics.

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  2. Maddog26 March, 2008 08:28

    If memory serves, it was "Brave Feather". I deployed with the F-4C. It was an annual TDY. If you were working on F-4E's you went with another squadron. Maybe blue section. I was in white.

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