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Post by Diamondback on May 24, 2013 7:27:49 GMT 9
All of you guys make me wish I could've been there... odds are, McChord's simulator will be as close as I ever get, if I even get THAT level of opportunity.
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Post by rswasusa on May 24, 2013 8:08:39 GMT 9
Keep getting error true code when trying to upload pics...sigh
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Post by ma1marv on May 24, 2013 9:43:26 GMT 9
Lets see now - Oh yeah! Young fellow on right needs a haircut - NOT in compliance with 35-10 at that time! Sergeant on left needs a haircut as well as his mustache trimmed - Another 35-10! Young guy on the tail end needs to wash his T-shirt - possible health issue there! As for the load - Wll - where is your checklist??? What about getting the cart out of the way - the MB-1 is locked and in place it seems. What have I missed- Lastly - Your boots need polish and I'm sure you have an overdue book at the base library! HEHE!! I'm in the NCO club stag bar waiting with a cold beer! Marv
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Post by dale59911 on Jun 21, 2014 8:39:58 GMT 9
Two photos from William Tell 1974. My aircraft was 572481 call sign NL11. The pilots were all First Lieutenants, except for the squadron commander. Fun times!!! My first encounter with an F106 was in 1958 (tender age of ten)at an air show in Midland, TX. It was one of the first ones commissioned and I seem to remember the announcer saying it would be back in Oklahoma (Tinker, I assume) before we got to the parking lot. I still remember watching that takeoff and feeling the rumble through the ground. Fifteen years later, I got to fly it. No comments about the haircut LOL. FANG, you know.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jun 21, 2014 9:19:10 GMT 9
Two photos from William Tell 1974. My aircraft was 0-72481 call sign NL11. The pilots were all First Lieutenants, except for the squadron commander. Fun times!!! My first encounter with an F106 was in 1958 (tender age of ten)at an air show in Midland, TX. It was one of the first ones commissioned and I seem to remember the announcer saying it would be back in Oklahoma (Tinker, I assume) before we got to the parking lot. I still remember watching that takeoff and feeling the rumble through the ground. Fifteen years later, I got to fly it. No comments about the haircut LOL. FANG, you know. dale59911Always happy to have those who flew the Six with us.
Good pictures, even the FANG hair style.
Hope you will share lots of stories about your time behind the stick of the Six.
Jim Too
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Post by dale59911 on Jun 21, 2014 10:02:46 GMT 9
Thanks Jim,
I remember sitting one night, at the tender young age of 24 and thinking....Damn, how did I get this lucky to be able to fly this fabulous machine? After a 30 year airline career, I still remember the "six".
I wish I had some more photos from that 74 WT. We had repainted the cockpits in a sky blue and even dyed the drag chutes blue for the arrival into Tyndall. If I remember correctly, one of the crew chiefs had an auto shop and we had the pitot booms chromed. That might just be a bar story...been too long to really remember. I will have to look and see what I can find but I remember the folks at the 186th with the utmost respect.
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Post by Jim on Jun 21, 2014 11:40:14 GMT 9
Dale, Glad to have another driver here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't stay away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come back often........... The Old Sarge
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Post by Mark O on Jun 21, 2014 15:03:25 GMT 9
Welcome to the flight line sir!! I've heard a bit about how ADC wasn't super thrilled about that cockpit color, but I do know modelers love to do Montana Sixes just for that! Nice to have you here! (From an old Herk FE the guys let hang around here!) Mark O
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Post by dale59911 on Jun 22, 2014 0:25:14 GMT 9
That almost brings tears to my eyes! Thanks for that post.
There are some things you would rather not know...like an old girl friend you dumped that ended up married to some dot com billionaire.......
I had always assumed she had ended up in the boneyard..turns out she was converted to a drone and shot down.
Anyway, thanks for the welcome!!!!
Funny how what you "remember" is not always the way it was. In 74, one of the primary pilots had just made Captain. There had been talk about delaying his promotion so we could all go to Tyndall as 1st Lt's. The alternate pilot was a major.
In that first photo is Col Whalen, the Group Commander, Jerry Grosenick, an avionics magician, and the guy that really owned the airplane, Dennis Dean, a fabulous Crew Chief. Denny once told me that it was his airplane but he would let me borrow it once in a while to go fly. He meant it!!!
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Post by Mark O on Jun 22, 2014 6:57:10 GMT 9
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Post by dale59911 on Jun 22, 2014 22:44:13 GMT 9
Feel free to use them. I don't remember who actually took the photos...someone from the Group photo lab. That does appear to be an eagle tattoo on Col Whalen's forearm. This forum has made me start digging through old files and things I have not seen for many, many years. Those William Tell todays make strange reading after all this time. This cannot possibly be 40 years later because that would make me almost an old man. Here is the entire team from WT 1974
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Post by Mark O on Jun 23, 2014 2:15:27 GMT 9
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Post by Diamondback on Jun 23, 2014 11:04:51 GMT 9
This cannot possibly be 40 years later because that would make me almost an old man. Embrace it, sir--you've EARNED each and every one of those years, with the added bonus of stories to tell future generations. I seem to recall once when asked how it felt to finally be 'old,' Douglas MacArthur once replied "Considering where the rest of Class of 1903 is today, actually pretty good!"
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Post by Jim on Jun 23, 2014 12:22:40 GMT 9
This cannot possibly be 40 years later because that would make me almost an old man. Embrace it, sir--you've EARNED each and every one of those years, with the added bonus of stories to tell future generations. I seem to recall once when asked how it felt to finally be 'old,' Douglas MacArthur once replied "Considering where the rest of Class of 1903 is today, actually pretty good!" Strange ain't it how a thread can get side tracked? ?? You wanna know what old is? ?? 30 years ago in August, we were sitting at the table eating the obligatory birthday cake when my 1st born granddaughter of 6 years came stomping down the hall and said" Granpa, how old are you?" 50 I answered... She looked at me and said "50?" Yep, 50..... She turned to walk away and said "50?, that's Half a Century!!!!!!!!" I went from 50 to being ancient!!!!!!!!!.
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Post by pat perry on Jun 18, 2022 3:31:44 GMT 9
Our F-106 Forum has changed a lot over the years. When I posted this story, I was looking for the Threads where we all complained about all the changes, we had that separated us Maintainers and Pilots into two different Squadrons. It really sucked because when we were all together in one Squadron, we built some great relationships together.
Well, it turns out that CHANGE continues no matter what we are Maintaining or Piloting. So, I chose this Thread that dates from 2007 thru 2014 for this story. There are some great contributions from our F-106 Forum Members (some still alive and some resting in peace). Unfortunately, some of the pictures are gone but if you still have them, please post them in your reply.
Air Force activates new maintenance squadrons at Langley to build closer relations between airmen, commanders.
The Air Force has activated two maintenance squadrons at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, as part of a new service-wide approach to keeping its aircraft flying.
The 1st Fighter Wing’s new 27th and 94th Fighter Generation Squadrons break up a 700-airman operation into smaller teams. The idea is to build closer relations between the airmen who deploy to maintain and repair planes and their commanders.
It also means the squadrons have control over resources and can set priorities that match what the planes need, said Col. Neal Van Houten, 1st Maintenance Group commander.
“This structure provides many benefits to our airmen,” Van Houten said. “It aligns them with a commander who can become fully immersed in tactical level execution while strategically advocating for their needs.”
The Air Force launched its new “Combat Oriented Maintenance Organization” approach last year, after testing the approach with the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and its F-16s, and the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, and its F-35As.
“The COMO structure allows fighter wings to prepare for rapid deployments and to disaggregate and reaggregate as needed.” said Maj. Gen. Tom Miller, Air Combat Command’s director of logistics, engineering and force protection, while launching the new approach.
Maj. Ellen Williams took command of the new 94th, after service with Pacific Air Forces, Air Combat Command, Air Force Materiel Command and Global Strike Command. Maj. Sarah Furrer, who previously served at Headquarter Air Force’s Aircraft Maintenance Division, assumed command of the 27th.
Pat's comment: I think deployment is a good reason to keep Maintainers and Pilots together. It's one less obstacle to overcome if you get deployed half way around the world to fight. Thanks, Pat P.
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