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Post by spook on May 23, 2005 5:01:52 GMT 9
For those who dont know,tyndall is now in the process of getting F-22 fighters. They will be one of the first to train on the F-22 both pilots and maintenance crews.
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Post by MOW on May 23, 2005 9:15:48 GMT 9
For those who dont know,tyndall is now in the process of getting F-22 fighters. They will be one of the first to train on the F-22 both pilots and maintenance crews. Outstanding! Hey spook, how bout signing up?
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Post by Cougar on May 23, 2005 11:10:34 GMT 9
For those who dont know,tyndall is now in the process of getting F-22 fighters. They will be one of the first to train on the F-22 both pilots and maintenance crews. That's good news; I was beginning to think the F-44 would be logging a test flight before the F-22 became operational. [glow=red,2,300] [/glow]
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Post by Jim on May 23, 2005 11:26:44 GMT 9
For those who dont know,tyndall is now in the process of getting F-22 fighters. They will be one of the first to train on the F-22 both pilots and maintenance crews. Outstanding! Hey spook, how bout signing up? SAY HEY GEEP, YE A BEIN ONE FAST IRISHMAN, A BEATIN MESELF TO NAILIN THE SPOOK ... 1 FER YE AN 1/2 FER THE SPOOK TIL HE BE A SIGNIN IN , AN TO BE CERTAIN YE BE ADEQUATELY SUPERVISED WHILE IMBIBIN, MESELF BE A HAVIN A FULL ONE ....The Old Sarge
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Post by MOW on May 23, 2005 13:19:18 GMT 9
SAY HEY GEEP, YE A BEIN ONE FAST IRISHMAN, A BEATIN MESELF TO NAILIN THE SPOOK ... 1 FER YE AN 1/2 FER THE SPOOK TIL HE BE A SIGNIN IN , AN TO BE CERTAIN YE BE ADEQUATELY SUPERVISED WHILE IMBIBIN, MESELF BE A HAVIN A FULL ONE ....The Old Sarge You've been doing such a great job with all these guys I thought I'd better jump on at least one while I could
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Post by bp on Jan 27, 2007 12:16:28 GMT 9
Drove past the flightline recently (what you can see from Hwy 98) and saw several F-22 tails lined up. Couldn't stop though...too much traffic. Haven't seen them flying yet. Just the usual lawn darts.
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Post by MOW on Jan 27, 2007 12:23:06 GMT 9
Drove past the flightline recently (what you can see from Hwy 98) and saw several F-22 tails lined up. Couldn't stop though...too much traffic. Haven't seen them flying yet. Just the usual lawn darts. Just read they will be coming to Kadena Okinawa soon, first OCONUS location.
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Post by LBer1568 on Jun 27, 2017 2:45:50 GMT 9
Wife and I were down at Tyndall last summer for a couple days. Both F-22 and F-35 are active on a daily basis as crew training on both is on-going as well as ACT Training. The old nose docks on Springfield end of base flight line are gone. That's where all Avionics flight line shops were located. MA-1 MG10 and MG13. We are considering another trip down south this summer. We usually hit Biloxi for casino's then head south to Ft Walton Beach and then Tyndall area. Stop at Gunter Field on way back to Ohio. Still have old MA-1 friends in Tyndall area. Sam Orlando is still alive and kicking. He was MA-1 at McGuire with me in 539th. When base closed and I went to Tyndall he cross trained into PMEL and then was assigned to Tyndall. In my retirement jobs at WPAFN I was TDY to Gunter a lot. That's where the AF Portal is hosted as well as most of AF On line activities/programs. I was Information Systems Security Engineer for all Finance Systems and went there to oversea changes to systems. So speaking of Tyndall what is your favorite TDY Memory from there? I had 7 TDY trips their before PCS and I have to say live fire was always the best trips. Lots of long hours and even some hard work between trips to the Beach Bars. But travel to Tyndall was always by ADC Reserve Squadrons and they flew the "Best" old transports around. C-19, C-123 and C-124. Never got a C-118 ride even though McGuire had tons of them...All Active Duty so ADC couldn't afford them. One trip in particular stands out. We aborted 4 times over two day period (Fri-Sun) then got airbornes only to have to declare emergency on way into Tyndall for oil quantity. Lorin
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Post by Bullhunter on Jul 22, 2017 12:13:05 GMT 9
Never got to go to Tyndall for William Tell but did do 2 weeks at TOPGUN when our F-106's flew against Navy F-4's. Was a blast to be there.
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Post by LBer1568 on Jul 23, 2017 1:44:37 GMT 9
I also got the pleasure of a Top Gun TDY also. I brought back United States Navy Fighter Weapons School hat. I had it for several years, decade actually, when my son in law, not son, asked where I got the hat. My 3 sons and him were all at house for Christmas. I said who ever knew the significance of the hat would get it. Son in law remembered name of school from movie and now has the hat as well as squadron patch from there. I made a return to school during a TDY to San Diego for a Cruise Missile meeting and brought back 3 more of the hats and patches for my three sons. Son in law got a metal pin with Top Gun symbol. That sucker was for grad only, but I showed them my Military ID and said all Chiefs needed a Top Gun pin. They sold me one, but asked I not disclose where I got it. It's amassing what you can buy in Military Clothing store with valid ID. I bought several pairs of Navy original bell bottom jeans back when they were the fad. That was from a small Navy site in Wales back in the early 70's. They were very cheap, about $6 each and in London they were going for $45-50. Lorin
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Post by LBer1568 on Jan 11, 2021 2:40:39 GMT 9
I saw Gary's photo's and started remembering blasts from the past. I may have mentioned it before, as I haven't the best recall, Tyndall was known for it's Navy. It had a fleet of boats from various sources. The base marina had a large collection of boats to rent/drive and to rent with a crew. Many were drug captured. I remember 4 of us would rent a 25 footer complete with Captain, Navigator and deck hand. All were active duty and enlisted. They were assigned to drone recovery and needed training missions. So taking troops fishing was a means to get some return on dollars. A 4 hour fishing trip in Gulf cost about $60 as I remember (1967-1970). But that also included fishing gear, bait and snack/lunch. Dining hall made the food. So to get all that for $15 each was very good deal. I probably did that a dozen times over 4 years. They also had a slew of 15-18 foot drive yourself boats. Price was cheap and wasn't much more than fuel. But did not include gear, bait or food. Some days while working mids I would sign up as "Crew" aboard one of the big drone recovery boats. They had about 5 man crew and took other "Crewmen" as search team. That meant we watch for drone when being recovered. Normal recovery was by helicopter but those that were shot, or didn't deploy chute on schedule were responsibility of Boat. So we would go out on station and drive slowly watching and waiting for drone. Some days drone wasn't launched so we would have to wait and see if additional launch attempted. While we were driving around slowly (fishing/trolling) The best thing about these trips besides free was the area. The drone recovery area was off limits to all boats, except USAF recovery missions. So fishing was good. Lots of Spanish Mackerel and Groupers and ling cod in season. Last time I heard the Navy fleet was much smaller and wasn't available for rental. Those were the good old days. Aside from fishing the aerial view was outstanding. We would see contrails of drone, then fighter (F-101, F-102, F-106 and some F-4 later in tour.) but the best was missile's. Man they went fast and contrail was even better than planes. I never got to see an MB-1 launch, but was told they make huge contrail. I never got to do any of these boat trips while TDY. The beach and bars were always more interesting while TDY. Today I have to become Furniture repairman. Sometime over Christmas celebration out living room couch got the spring frame busted. I have to replace a 1x2 and install new spring holders. Worst part is reconnecting the big zigzag springs. Lots of potential for cuts. Being the living room, not family room it is only used around holidays when family comes by. Wish me luck Lorin
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Post by LBer1568 on Jun 7, 2021 0:18:47 GMT 9
As I was browsing the posts I remember one of the jobs us MA-1 troops got to do. Whenever a bird was coming/going to Sacramento ALC for Depot work we would have to change most Comm/Nav frequencies in cockpit control boxes. The newly assigned birds and those coming to Sq for first time required most work. For all Comm frequencies we would have another MA-1 guy in nearby bird and we would step through all preset channels to make sure we had them correctly set. We also had to change the Tactical Situation Display (TSD) film. The display changed with channel selection and also had three different scales. So the pilot had a lot of options. The TSD was designed to work with SAGE Sectors as part of Command and Control during intercepts. But most of the time it was used as additional NAV features as it showed current location and map of local area and destination. We also had to change the IFF settings. We had a Classified tool that looked like a miniature pistol with a small pointed end that fit into IFF Control in 05 area. The tool was inserted and a code was set to work with other IFF locations like Air Traffic Controllers as well as the secure connection with SAGE Data Link.. Each Aircraft had unique code as well as security code used to restrict unauthorized access. I worked F-111E Sim at RAF Upper Heyford and since I had TS Clearance I was usually the one to set the Security Code which changed each day. I would ride around in Pick-up and would go to each Aircraft and set code. Crew Chiefs would have panels open and power applied to speed up the process. There were three of us...one for each Squadron. After first day of exercise we would be allowed to skip the Cem-Bio Suit as it restricted us during code setting. It's amazing how things come back as fond memories although they weren't at the time...lol Lorin
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