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Jeff, we used to send guys to the engine shop to get 3 feet of filopian tube. I also heard that some guys used to glue someone's tool box to the floor with Eastman 910 cement (superglue) from the Egress Shop.

Pat Perry

OLd, Old, OLD!!! MA-1 thing was to send the new "3"level into the shop for a replacement "Steering Dot"!
You had to set it up before hand to make it really work. The best I ever did was to have a newby go back for a "Steering Dot" 3 times in one night!
I will not mention names, but initials were C.O.! He was sent to mockup for a steering dot and the mockup Supervisor said "SURE! What type of dot do you need?" The supervisor even opened up a small box lined with velvet that had many different sizes of "Dots" available.
(Actually they were solder droplets!) ;D

He (the 3 level!) came back and asked. I told him just go get one for normal steering and we would make it do. The mockup person asked him if it was a "Pursuit dot or a Lead-collision dot". From there we had to sort out if it was a Data link assist, or computer generated, or was it a dead-reckoning type of dot that we wanted. We even tried for an IR lead pursuit dot!

Eventually he caught on and it ended. We just could not make it last longer! That mistake was never accomplished again by C.O! He learned quite well!

Others do come to mind, but that one stands out!

A Beer fer ya!

MArv

I remember sending one new guy for the aircraft keys, they had towed the aircraft into our hanger and closed the canopy, we went out to pull the seat and canopy sooooo we just had to send him out for the keys to the jet, first we sent him to MOC, of course we called ahead to them, they told him the Fighter SQ had not turn them in yet and sent him to see them, they called the SQ and the SQ sent him to flight OPS, by the time he got done running around half the base we had pulled the seat and canopy. When he came back and saw we had already had the seat out he had to ask how? the standard answer was "we got the spare from the Crew chief" :lol: the second answer we could use was the pilot was on his way home and dropped them off.

I love the steering dot. If I remember correctly I think the guys at Griffiss used that one too.

When I became the shop chief at luke I recieved a call from one of the Fighter Sq Pro Supers asking me to come down to the hanger and see what was going on. When I arrived I knew something was up, the guys were suppose to be hanging a canopy on a "B" model F-16. Inside the cockpit was the new guy yelling YAHOOOOOO. he was in the back seat and one of the Red X guys was up front. I thought he was going to bust a gut trying not to laugh. Everyone in the hanger area were just laughing like crazy. they said it was one of those times when all the power units stop running at the same time and it gets real queit and all they heard was this YAHOOOOO comming from the jet and saw all the others guys who were suppose to be hanging the canopy saying nope we can still hear you adjust the hoof some more and yell again..
the poor guy in back was turning red faced from yelling so much I wish I had a camera. Come to find out he wasnt red face from yelling it seems the guy in the front had a BADDDDD case of gas and control of the canopy switch

Jeff

1971 I was a new jet engine troop working the flight line at Norton AFB, CA. I was only 17 years old at the time.
A TDY came up to Nellis AFB. I was only a new 3 level at that time and there was no way I was going to be able to go on a TDY as a 3 level.
But I had been the squadron's airman of the month and had completed my all my CDC training volume courses in only 6 weeks instead of of the minium 6 months. The squadron had submitted a waiver to award me my 5 skill level early. I was one sharp trooper.
As a reward for my hard work and standing out amoung my peers I was rewarded with my name on TDY Orders to Nellis AFB,,Las Vegas.

The shop NCOIC called me into his office and said "all troops going TDY needed a pro-kit."
He told me that they were issued at the orderly room.
So off to the orderly room I went. Excited about the TDY and the sights I'd see in Las Vegas.

I walked into the orderly room as proud as could be and went up to the nearest lady at the nearest desk. Boldly I told her my name and that I was going TDY to Nellis AFB in a few days and my shop NCOIC sent me here for my pro-kit.
I then asked "do I need to sign for it and do I need to turn it back in after the TDY"?

The lady turned bright red - and the orderly room became so quiet you could almost hear heart beats.
The commander looked at me and started shaking his head as he walked back into his office.

The 1st Sgt came out of his office and said, "airman follow me".
Quickly he lead me out of the orderly room and into the stairwell.
I thought to myself, this isn't a storage room with TDY kits for issue !
The 1st Sgt then stopped and asked me if I knew what a pro-kit was.
I said "no, never been TDY before and needed one before."
He laughed and said. Pro-kit is short for prophylactic kit!
I just stood there and didn't know what to say.
He added, "You know son, rubbers, condoms, prevent babies?"

I then asked, "This is all a joke,Sir?"
He said, "NO, you are still on the TDY Orders and you can buy pro-kits at any military base exchange store if needed."

A few days later I stopped at the orderly room to sign out on TDY and and I guess the 1st Sgt heard me talking again and leaned out his office door and said. "Airman have a good time in Vegas and don't forget to stop at the Nellis Base Exchange".

As I walked out of the orderly room and down the hallway I could hear them all laughing. I'd been embarassed twice in one week.
I vowed to get even, and I did, but I'll post that story in a few days.

Thanks Pat for the welcome.

Ok here it is.

Revenge or evening things up can be sweet.

Three or four months later I was instructed to get a yard of flightline for our shop chief.
Well I had heard about this joke in jet engine technical school at Chanute AFB. I was not going to be the butt of another joke.

I was wondering what the heck I could do to get one up on the senior NCO's in my jet dispatch section.
It was a very slow day on the flightline and we were bored. Our step-van moved around on that day to catch shade under the C-141 t-tails.

As we sat in the truck I happened to look far out into the distance and noticed some construction. I asked the TSgt (shift-supervisor) to drive on out there as nothing else was going on.
The TSgt said it was nothing, just parking ramp repairs.

I said Oh great lets have a look see. We got out there and some civilians were breaking up the ramp and others were making forms to pour new cememt in a few days.
I look around with much intrest at the hunks of cement and then got my tape measure out of my tool box. The civilian construction workers looked at me as if I was one strange airman.

I found a piece that was about 36 inches long and about 18 inckes wide. It was about 2 feet thick and heavy. When I asked the construction workers if I could have that peice of cement they looked at me if I was crazy.

One asked for what, and I replyed that, I needed a yard of flightline.
One of them smiled and said sure, and the other just shook his head and walked off.
So I got the other guys out of the truck and 4 of us put the hunk of cement into the back of the van and headed to the shop.

It was lunch time and the shop chief and assistant shop chief were at lunch. We put that hunk (yard of flightline) right on top of the NCOIC's desk.

The NCOIC (shop chief) walked through the break room and into his office. The assistant went out the door to see the shift supervisor who was in the van monitoring the radio.

A few moments later I heard the NCOIC yell my name at the top of his lungs with a get in here now added on the end. He did not even say airmain first.

I got myself in there as fast as I could and said yes sir.
Next thing I heard was "Airman what the *$@# is this crap on my desk?"
I replied, "MSgT _____ (his assistant) told me you wanted a yard of flightline and thats the best I could find."

He quickly told me to get rid of it and then to find MSgt_____ and tell him that they needed to talk before he left for the day.

I ran out to the van and got my co-workers and we got the hunk of cement and carried it out to the van and put in in the back.
The MSgt look at it and ask us whe the hell that was for. I quickly spoke-up and said , "Why MSgt_____ its that yard of flightline you said the chief needed, and he now wants to talk to you."

As the MSgt stepped out of the van I overheard him say son-of-a-bitch and something about he was glad it was friday.

That seemed to put an end to the jokes.

For a time at McChord AFB I worked the C-130 squadron (jet shop).
One day I passed one of my young buck sgts and he was carring a bucket.
We were real busy and I knew it wasn't the day we washed the floor, so I inquired to what he was doing and where he was going.
He told me that Sgt ______ of the propeller section told him to go get a bucked of prop wash and he was on his way to the wash rack.
I was abit pissed as we were working 12 hour shifts 6 days a week. I also could not belief that a buck sgt (E4) was falling for this.
I broke down and laughed. Then I suggested that we get some prop wash. We went up to the branch office and collected stacks of old paper. We cut the papers up into small little peices and it half filled the bucket.
I told the sgt to go back to the guy who sent him for the prop wash and walk up to him without letting him see in the bucket.
I then told him to say "here is your prop wash" and to throw the paper peices on him like a bucket of water, and lets see what happens.
All went according to our plan. When the buck sgt tossed the paper peices the other guy jumped back and fell over the tongue of a propeller trailer.
The whole shop laughed at him.
How sweet it was.
:lol:

Actually, we did have keys to the KC-135s when I was in the Tennessee Air Guard! Used them to lock the crew entry door, forward, lower-nose door, and the tool boxes we kept upstairs! That joke didn't make any sense when I was in the 134th ARW!!

:-*SAY HEY,DARTTENDER, BULLHUNTER, AND MARK O------This new guy being sent for-------it was old even when your parents were teenagers- about when I came in.....Generally it was pulled on the kids that someone thought were worth the effort....The dumb ones use to provide entertainment with out anyone's help
After finishing Jet School at Amarillo AFB, I was sent to the 360th Tac Reccon Sqdn (Traveling Air Circus with camera).......Being an "Accelerated Student" ( I graduated little over 3 weeks ahead of my class- Today you get a ribbon- Honor student.....Me I got base of choice- to Shaw AFB)..... Now the tails had a red and white checkerboard design...Get where I'm headed?? To base supply for 2 gals. of checkerboard paint- with the requisition sheet in my hand............As I handed him the order, I said"before you LYAO, need your help-give me a gal of insig white and one of insig red a sheet of white paper and a sheet of red paper."
He helped me cut squares from the paper and helped me layout a checkerboard on top of the paint.......I very carefully carried those 2 gallons of paint back down to the flt line and presented them to my flt chief...Told him that the supply Sgt wasn't sure whether it it was red and white checkerboard or white and red checkerboard paint that he wanted, so he sent one of each......
The guys in the background were having a hard time keeping a straight face as the TSgt opened the cans......Me, I had fingers crossed that the paper didn't sink........It hadn't.......
15 yrs later, sitting in the NCO Club at Yokota, This OLD Chief comes up to me and wants to know if I had ever been stationed at Shaw- told him I had years before-----He says" Sarge what can you tell me about red and white checkerboard paint?" And he is LHAO........He says, "I was the supply sgt who helped you and I owe you a beer- you will never know how many times I told that story- especially when your old flt chief was around.."

To those of you that were the butt of such pranks.......The Old Sarge

Used to send the PE guys into toolcrib for new "Starter Flints" or "bolt elongaters" and don't forget the "echo" checks with the engine guys.