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Post by dude on Oct 27, 2009 9:20:51 GMT 9
 My son got a real thrill last week. The Chief MSgt of the Air Force came to Ellsworth and junior was assigned to interview him. Then his article got posted by HQ USAF at www.af.mil . At the end of the day, the CMsgt presented junior with his USAF CMSGT Challenge Coin. He couldn't be more proud to be wearing the blue. :patriotic-flagwaver
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Post by Gene on Oct 27, 2009 9:36:25 GMT 9
i can understand why... :salute :salute
i met a cmsgtaf back in the '70's and i was impressed also
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Post by Mark O on Oct 28, 2009 9:01:35 GMT 9
Cool! I'll be heading out to Nashville on Thursday for the Airlift Tanker Association annual conference and the CMSAF (Chief Roy) is supposed to be there - I think - and I may get a chance to meet him. Actually, I'm more excited to meet the "Candy Bomber" Col. (Ret.) Gail Halvorsen. That's one seminar I will definitely be at!
Mark
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Post by jimpadgett on Oct 28, 2009 11:43:25 GMT 9
Binnacker did not impress me positively in 1985.
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Post by Gene on Oct 28, 2009 14:49:47 GMT 9
i think they named a 463L loader after him... its the NGSL...i use when i can't get the tunner started :confused  |
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Post by daoleguy A.J. Hoehn (deceased) on Oct 28, 2009 15:11:48 GMT 9
I met Chief Msgt USAF Thomas N. Barnes through my Chief (Richard Fisher) at Andrews in 75-77 and the Pentagon. He was an extremely impressive man. He had a knack for remembering names that was fantastic. The first meet was when Gen John Toomay and Col Ziernecki re-enlisted me at the Pentagon in 1975. Gen Toomay had been a neighbor in Rome NY during his stint at Griffiss. I went to school with his son Tim and knew his other son Pat. I recall he embarrassed me at lunch after my re-enlistment. He reminded me how years earlier I had chowed on Cheerios with his kids on Saturday mornings watching cartoons at his house.  It's funny now it wasn't then. AJ Edit: typo |
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Post by Jim on Dec 3, 2009 12:21:10 GMT 9
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Post by Gene on Dec 3, 2009 15:53:20 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Dec 4, 2009 0:03:58 GMT 9
i'm taking that means in the a.f. and not of the a.f.... i'v known a lot of outstanding e-9's in the 36 plus years of civil service... i remember when they raised the bar from msgt. ... my dad made senior in first go- a- round...and retired an e-8 in '72.... 30 years 9 months 28 days... he was proud of it...and i am to...  that is right, CMSgtAF didn't come about til a few years later and Airey was the first...................... |
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My son got a real thrill last week. The Chief MSgt of the Air Force came to Ellsworth and junior was assigned to interview him. Then his article got posted by HQ USAF at 
It's funny now it wasn't then.
