[simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight

[John P. Miguez]

Well Bob, I guess you get the title of "Old Man."   LOL

I flew B-52s out of Thailand, Euta Pow <--  I know it is spelled wrong, but
I'll be damn if I remember how to spell it. in 1972 and Anderson AFB, Guam
in late '73-74.  I missed most of the bad stuff.  I have 22 combat missions,
all in the South.  Most didn't officially happen.  LOL

I remember Puff and Sandy.  Had a good friend who flew the A1.  I also had a
good friend from pilot school and another, a frat brother, who flew O2s.  I
rode with one of them once when I visited him up-country.  Use to take the
Hueys and "Klong Hoppers" (C-130) to visit friends.

I was lucky.  I never was shot or had to jump out of an airplane.  Only had
a half dozen "no-shit" emergencies in some 2500 hours.  Most serious was a
BLU (Boundary Layer Control) failure in and F4C that I picked up from the
depot at Hill AFB.  Lost a few engines, alternators and such.... no big
deal.  I once set a field on fire when one of my engines decided to give up
its guts on take-off and sent numerous pieces of nice hot metal out the
exhaust and into the field.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Phillips" <rip3700@charter.net>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] RE: F-16 flight


>
>
> > LOL  Try 55.  Hell, I can remember when the Air Force still flew props.
> >
> I am 56 and was in Vietnam in 68/69 - spent a few months at Pleiku.  We
had
> A1, O1, O2, and C47's, the only jet was the rescue helicopter and the JAL
> 727 that delivered the Stars & Stripes every morning.  When I first
arrived
> there, I was assigned to perimeter defense, and in the valley we had an
> AC-47 that charlie had shot down.  All in all, felt very WWIIish.  In
> Saigon, I was in a Huey that crashed on the south end of H-3 (the big
> heliport on the base).  The bozo ac managed to catch the right skid on a
> telephone line and after pulling about two miles of it loose, drag and
> gravity pulled us out of the air.  No one hurt, but sure screwed up the
> bird.   Was able to scam about 5 hours as a door gunner in Hueys, but can
> not count them as I was not allowed to fly while I was there.  We did have
> one guy in my unit that went out with the ground pounders and ended up
with
> a bronze star for his time (the army wanted to give him a silver star, and
> the air force wanted to bust his butt) as a compromise deal.  Was in CAP
and
> flew in C-119, C-123, C-124, and T-29's.  Have flown in all kinds of
> aircraft in Air Force and while I was a controller in the FAA.  Was able
to
> get a ride in an F-16 back in 1980 and it was the most fun I have ever had
> with my pants on.
>
> Bob
>
>