I'm a retired MSgt now. I work as a civilian with the 1st Airlift Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Still love working with the military. Anybody that might have known me at George AFB from 1979 to 1991 (35th CRS (Hydraulic Shop), 35th EMS (F-4 Phase Inspection), 35th TFW (Silver/Black/Yellow/Red tails), 561st AMU, FTD, QA, Job Control, or the tennis courts...Please look me up. Love to hear from you! Great times at GAFB, and even when deployed to Bahrain at Sheik Isa Air Base for Desert Storm/Desert Shield. Too bad about what happened to GAFB. It's a ghost town now. I went back a few years ago; taking a stroll down memory lane and I was stunned! Anyway...This video came from the "War in the Gulf - Desert Storm the Air Assault" documentary. Proud to be part of it!
Thank you so much for this video. Everytime the Gulf War comes up, those gray F-4 Phantom Wild Weasels, the burning oil fields, and my Marine brother going over there always comes to mind.
I forgot this video even existed. I am the pilot performing the preflight on the aircraft and then jumping into the cockpit starting at about 2 minutes into this video. My EWO was the best! His Tactical Callsign was "Joey Chitwood" (Real name withheld for privacy). However, he really could not carry a tune. When Saddam's army lit the Kuwait oil wells late in the conflict and the air over the Gulf filled with black smoke, he loved to "sing" (and I use that term laughingly) "Smoke on the Water" (Deep Purple, circa 1972) during our missions over Kuwait.
Scott Hiller Wish I'd seen this sooner, thanx you guys for being there, and I really enjoyed your work, stayed in front of CNN and other news the entire time. I miss the F-4s.
I know this is a late reply. Hope you get this. Were you stationed on GAFB? If so, I miss seeing and hearing you guys flying over as a kid. You F-4 and OV-10 drivers were my heroes growing up!
Nice to see this video again...I've not seen it since 1991 after I got back from the gulf. Crazy seeing the flightline and all the locations in the video, like yesterday. Even remeber the pilots, saw them each day. I was stationed at GAFB 90-92 and it was a great place. I worked AMMO and supported both the F-4E/G and ended up going to war with her...great aircraft and the so called F-16 WW does not even come close. Phantoms Forever!
I was stationed at George AFB in the 70’s and the wild weasel’s were and will always be the baddest if the bad, or as I liked to say “The Man”! Nothing like being at George at that time. My favorite assignment
Nice to see this video. Stationed at GAFB 90-92, 21st CMU (AMMO), deployed with 561st came back and finished up in the 562nd CMU. Great times and it was nice to go to war with the Phantom. I remember the loop in the video, even the pilots faces. The pilot interviewed was Col. Walton (John Boy) and was a cool guy; even gave me a ride back one day from Ft. Apache (Ops) to tent city after I missed the crew bus. It was not easy, but dam it was fun!
I was an asst crewchief 561st Yellow section A-flight. Crewed 69-0267 and got deployed to Desert Shield/Storm. When it was time to closed the base, a few of the F4Gs were sent to Davis Monthan while the rest went to the boneyard. Mine went to the boneyard and I PCS'd to Holloman AFb New Mexico
Really love your respect for the Wild Weasels. Recommend Dan Hampton “The Hunter Killers” as it is about the originals who flew the”Thud”, the F-105 Thunderchief. About the scramble to find the right electronics to accomplish the mission. 😢 Those CREWS and pilots were superhuman!
I was stationed at George Air Force Base from '89-'91 with the 561CMU(Ammo Guy). Went to Desert Storm and was stationed at Sheiki Isa Air base from August 1990 to March 1991. At first didn't respect these birds, then when the "Storm hit I really respected these birds! Seeing this video brings me back to when I was a 20 yr old not sure how the war would go! Anyone else stationed there at the same time I was? Let me know.
Damn, F-4 had some service record! From being developed into a Navy fleet protector with no internal gun (DOH!), all the way to the end as the USAF F-4G. My hats off to any of the drivers, GIBs, and ground crews that had anything to do with its service. Truely one of the most legendary planes to take ti the skies.
The Wild Weasels actually began at an Air Force base in the California Desert,in a city known as Adelanto. The base was named George Air Force Base "GAFB" on Tail. The 35th Tactical Air Command was formed when the F-100 was still in service "before radar jamming was the issue". then the F-101 was used because the average pilot was not comfortable with the F-104 Starfighter, because it was extremely fast and tended to stall at low speeds,due to small wing surface area. F-4 was chosen then named.
I was stationed at George AFB 7Jan83-3Jul86, 37 CRS Fuel Shop, I worked as Fuel Systems Specialist/Mechanic on all 37 TFW aircraft there, went TDY to Nellis AFB many times, one TDY to Jever Flugplatz for Crested Cap II, and to Cairo Egypt in '85 for Bright Star 85 ops, fun times they were.
I was in the 20th AMU Weapons Shop. Did a little flightline maintenance, but mostly ran the Armament Shop Support section, parts, tools, and test equipment control. Do you all remember getting dropped of in Saudi at the end of the runway with no transport to Shaikh Isa? At George from '88-'92.
@freightshaker007 Well, the Wild Weasel F4G aircraft were never sold overseas, so what you actually might have seen was the sale of older F4E aircraft to Turkey. All the Wild Weasel aircraft are in the USA, either in the Boneyard at Davis Monthan AFB or in service as drone/target aircraft.
Dear Viewers, I was the Asst. Shop Chief for the Weapons Control Systems calibration and maintenance docks of the 35th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, when it was stationed at George AFB, (Victorville)CA, in the late 1970's. I was on duty, in the squadron, when the final R and D and assignment to the flight squadron, of the 'G' model of the F-4 Phantom, as the replacement of the F-105G Thunderchief.
+SFsc616171 So can you anserw some of my questions? I don't know too much about this aircraft and i'd like to know some things. I heard that there was multiple Shirke variants for different freqs but exactly how many variants? 0:53 I know SP is self protect (or maybe steerpoint?). TOO is target of opportunity and PB is pre briefed. But how was those modes working. I bet PB was about firing missile at known location, even when emmiter was offline. But what about TOO, was it using info about radars detected by missile sensor? And was SP using highest priority threat from RWR? And was there any device similiar to HTS that was able to geolocate radar (give bearing, azimuth and accurate range)? Or was it bearing/azimuth only. And are there any videos showing rear guy's displays in action?
Dear macie, While the F4G's mission was SAM/directed AAA suppression, that hardware was not part of the 'fire control system'. That information must come from someone that maintained the other half of that. My half was still the fighter side, shooting down enemy planes and dropping bombs. The difference between the F4E and the F4G was that the GUN was removed for all that IBM developed hardware for anti-SAM/AAA operations. No, SP is not 'self=protect'; TOO is NOT 'target of opportunity'; and PB is not 'pre-briefed'. Your wording is too wordy, and all three are more towards where to place the intended weapon or weapons en masse. Since the F4G was operational when this video was made, no, there were not any videos of 'the guy in back' doing his job, but i can tell you, he had his hands full. When the previous Wild Weasel aircraft, the F105G Thunderchief was operational, the aircraft could be flying away from the detected threat, and still launch a nice big Standard missile, and hit the threat's radar dish, so that might answer your question. Any of your other questions, i might need to see a current Freedom of Information Act request, due to the time-sensitive nature of disclosure.
+SFsc616171 So can you explain what is PB, TOO and SP? I heard that F4G could have self protect mode for their missiles where missile targets highest priority target detected by RWR (radar warning receiver). TOO seems to be target of opportunity, at least for JDAM (info from leaked JDAM manual) so it should mean the same for HARM because those aberrivations are usually common for various weapon systems. I am aware of HARM capability of "autonomous" target engagement where targets detected by missile sensor are presented to pilot and the pilot can select target on screen (at least thats how it works in F-16 and F/A-18). PB seems to be pre briefd, i am aware of HARM capability to target specific coordinates and look for specific threat. This mode was to use missile on non emitting radar, when you known aproximate position of radar you could supress it by firing HARM. Then HARM would strike those coordinates or when radar became active while HARM was in flight HARM would target it updating its position. This was to prevent enemy air defense from enabling its radar and firing at attacking aircraft that was under wild weasel protection. F-16 is a little different. It usually cannot fire on RWR target (at least in most variants) but can fire on HTS detected target, it also has mode that is similar to PB (called POS) and it also has mode similar to TOO but it's called HAS (HARM as sensor).
SFsc616171 I found that I was right. F/A-18E has same modes for a HARM and they work as I mentioned above. TOO allows for targeting radar that is detected by the missile seeker. SP fires on RWR target. PB fires at coordinates, you must know the coordinates and probably emitter type and in this mode you can even launch on non emitting target.
IIRC, the F-18 is a NAVY aircraaft, right? If that is correct, why in God's name, would an AIR FORCE type have any interest, in a NAVY aircraft? NAVY people work out on the unsettled seas, get wet too much for me, have to land on real short steel decks or get dunked - even at night. Not my cup of tea.
@clarkcommando , Very cool...small world! I've seen pics of 207 with her red tail from the 563rd before she ended up in the 561st when I crewed her. Unfortunately through some research, 207 sleeps with the fishes now in the Gulf of Mexico. Given a hero's fiery burial as a target drone in 98.
I also want to make another comment about this particular WW 69-207. I did a little bit of background check, this fighter was previously assigned to the RAAF Royal Australian Air Force, before being modified as a WW. My supervisor/flight chief at George AFB mentioned it's origin, but over the years I totally forgot until I reviewed it's history.
clarkcommando I think most of the F-4Gs were ex-RAAF. Australia only operated 24 of them (on loan) while we waited for our F-111s to arrive. We sent the F-4s back in 1973.
Spanish bull fighting airforce style. Teasing and drawing SAM aggro and finally driving a sword (HARM or ALARM) into the angry SAM bull. Both jobs require balls of solid titanium.
@hoosier469 WOW! Such a small world! I was also assigned to 207.563rd AMU Red section 1979 GAFB.I talked to some WW pilots in an airshow that flew 207 in Desert Storm.They were also very proud of 207.
I started off a tire kicker in march of 78. Worked in yellow sec. 561st. Then over to the 20th with the Germans, or was,that the 21st? Losing it. Worked under Msgt. t. Joyner. Good man, liked his scotch and milk. Injured my knees duck walking under the damn planes. Got stuck doing debriefs, under Msgt. Krammer. So I actually got to know all the squadrons, once had a TDY general come in, saw him coming. And I was out of 35-10. (hair) so Iran to the bathroom and let someone else take over. Well guess where this general needed to go. Yep, he asked uner the stall for some TP. Lol. Those were definatly the days. How bout the guy in the fuel truck, crashing into numerous trucks and vans. Or even when Dan Walker, another Texan, plane crashed on take off. Port side red flag wing was showing. Everybody missed, even the flight crew. The plane just missed the fuel dump, whew. Then the was the time I and another guy got caught illegally entering the base. We came in thru a hole in the fence coming from Adelanto, riding our bikes to work.(bicycles)it brought us in next to the frontage road by the flight line. Got about 30 yards, when we saw all these trucks heading our way, it oh, busted. Lost, stripe (pay) for 3 months. First sarge came and got us. Lol now, great memories forever. These were just a few I can tell, some are still TS.
With all due respect you are still incorrect. I was an I-EWO in the F-4G (have 2000 hours in the aircraft, including combat time during Desert Storm), and was at Nellis as we closed down the final squadron. As firefighter you would never have had access to any of the truly classified information, so don't try to bullshit your expertise (and I have nothing but respect for the guys/gals who were always ready to pull our butts out of a burning jet). F-4Gs were never made available for FMS.
At the time we were in a B-52 training unit, half went to Barksdale and the other went to a base in Michigan. A few went to Guam to fix that Buff you are taking about.
Always like the variety on Y T , but lately you have the full pages of a bunch of irritating junk. Not easy to get rid of. 😊But you are the best, better than movies. Good stuff!!!!😅
When stationed at George, I remember the Ssgt in the video. Interesting that he is wearing the greens when everyone was to wear either the Camo or desert BDU's. Was this ok during DS, or was it what he had in his Duffle? Just curious...
They ran out of Desert before we deployed. Many of us were wearing the wrong size just to have them. I wore jungle boots the whole time, never got issued the desert boots.
OOps i deleted the comment, I was at George from '89 then moved em to Nellis til 94. I was a Weapons Troop with the 561st. Went to Shield/storm/and watch.
America launched decoys tricking Iraqis to activate radars - incapable of learning from their Syrian neighbors of 1982. 8 years on the Serbs aparently learned from Iraqis and practiced EMCON - emission control, activating in very short bursts, practicing tight cordination in the control van, using identical SAMS - downing a stealth jet.
I was the SSgt (Crew Chief/Hydraulic Systems Tech.) that launched-off that F-4G Wild Weasel you see in this video...Robert Douglas III. Proud days!
I'm a retired MSgt now. I work as a civilian with the 1st Airlift Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Still love working with the military. Anybody that might have known me at George AFB from 1979 to 1991 (35th CRS (Hydraulic Shop), 35th EMS (F-4 Phase Inspection), 35th TFW (Silver/Black/Yellow/Red tails), 561st AMU, FTD, QA, Job Control, or the tennis courts...Please look me up. Love to hear from you! Great times at GAFB, and even when deployed to Bahrain at Sheik Isa Air Base for Desert Storm/Desert Shield. Too bad about what happened to GAFB. It's a ghost town now. I went back a few years ago; taking a stroll down memory lane and I was stunned! Anyway...This video came from the "War in the Gulf - Desert Storm the Air Assault" documentary. Proud to be part of it!
Thank you so much for this video. Everytime the Gulf War comes up, those gray F-4 Phantom Wild Weasels, the burning oil fields, and my Marine brother going over there always comes to mind.
I forgot this video even existed. I am the pilot performing the preflight on the aircraft and then jumping into the cockpit starting at about 2 minutes into this video. My EWO was the best! His Tactical Callsign was "Joey Chitwood" (Real name withheld for privacy). However, he really could not carry a tune. When Saddam's army lit the Kuwait oil wells late in the conflict and the air over the Gulf filled with black smoke, he loved to "sing" (and I use that term laughingly) "Smoke on the Water" (Deep Purple, circa 1972) during our missions over Kuwait.
Dad this is badass
Scott Hiller Wish I'd seen this sooner, thanx you guys for being there, and I really enjoyed your work, stayed in front of CNN and other news the entire time. I miss the F-4s.
If it hadn't been for us JARHEADS that base wouldn't of even been secure!
I was my pleasure launching you off Scott.
I know this is a late reply. Hope you get this. Were you stationed on GAFB? If so, I miss seeing and hearing you guys flying over as a kid. You F-4 and OV-10 drivers were my heroes growing up!
Nice to see this video again...I've not seen it since 1991 after I got back from the gulf. Crazy seeing the flightline and all the locations in the video, like yesterday. Even remeber the pilots, saw them each day. I was stationed at GAFB 90-92 and it was a great place. I worked AMMO and supported both the F-4E/G and ended up going to war with her...great aircraft and the so called F-16 WW does not even come close. Phantoms Forever!
I was stationed at George AFB in the 70’s and the wild weasel’s were and will always be the baddest if the bad, or as I liked to say “The Man”!
Nothing like being at George at that time. My favorite assignment
Nice to see this video. Stationed at GAFB 90-92, 21st CMU (AMMO), deployed with 561st came back and finished up in the 562nd CMU. Great times and it was nice to go to war with the Phantom. I remember the loop in the video, even the pilots faces. The pilot interviewed was Col. Walton (John Boy) and was a cool guy; even gave me a ride back one day from Ft. Apache (Ops) to tent city after I missed the crew bus. It was not easy, but dam it was fun!
I was an asst crewchief 561st Yellow section A-flight. Crewed 69-0267 and got deployed to Desert Shield/Storm. When it was time to closed the base, a few of the F4Gs were sent to Davis Monthan while the rest went to the boneyard. Mine went to the boneyard and I PCS'd to Holloman AFb New Mexico
Really love your respect for the Wild Weasels. Recommend Dan Hampton “The Hunter Killers” as it is about the originals who flew the”Thud”, the F-105 Thunderchief. About the scramble to find the right electronics to accomplish the mission. 😢 Those CREWS and pilots were superhuman!
I was stationed at George Air Force Base from '89-'91 with the 561CMU(Ammo Guy). Went to Desert Storm and was stationed at Sheiki Isa Air base from August 1990 to March 1991. At first didn't respect these birds, then when the "Storm hit I really respected these birds! Seeing this video brings me back to when I was a 20 yr old not sure how the war would go! Anyone else stationed there at the same time I was? Let me know.
My uncle flew the F-4E over the route packs in Vietnam. God bless our vets
2:22 Love how they casually working using the missile as a desktop
Damn, F-4 had some service record! From being developed into a Navy fleet protector with no internal gun (DOH!), all the way to the end as the USAF F-4G. My hats off to any of the drivers, GIBs, and ground crews that had anything to do with its service. Truely one of the most legendary planes to take ti the skies.
The Wild Weasels actually began at an Air Force base in the California Desert,in a city known as Adelanto. The base was named George Air Force Base "GAFB" on Tail. The 35th Tactical Air Command was formed when the F-100 was still in service "before radar jamming was the issue". then the F-101 was used because the average pilot was not comfortable with the F-104 Starfighter, because it was extremely fast and tended to stall at low speeds,due to small wing surface area. F-4 was chosen then named.
I lived there! Good memories.
I was stationed at George AFB 7Jan83-3Jul86, 37 CRS Fuel Shop, I worked as Fuel Systems Specialist/Mechanic on all 37 TFW aircraft there, went TDY to Nellis AFB many times, one TDY to Jever Flugplatz for Crested Cap II, and to Cairo Egypt in '85 for Bright Star 85 ops, fun times they were.
i was stationed at George for 10 years on F-4G 1978 to 88 35/37 job control and 561st weapons flight
I was a GAFB Firefighter from 89 to 92. i was at Sheikh Isa AB, Bahrain where this was filmed.
Sir, thank you very much for your service.
No Hollywood hero at 1:07, just an American doing an extremely dangerous job without fanfare...
Thanks I was there back in 84, In yellow section 561st AMU before they gave the 37th wing to the f-117
I was a crew chief in yellow section 561st TAC at George AFB in 1979 to 1981
I was in the 20th AMU Weapons Shop. Did a little flightline maintenance, but mostly ran the Armament Shop Support section, parts, tools, and test equipment control. Do you all remember getting dropped of in Saudi at the end of the runway with no transport to Shaikh Isa? At George from '88-'92.
@freightshaker007 Well, the Wild Weasel F4G aircraft were never sold overseas, so what you actually might have seen was the sale of older F4E aircraft to Turkey. All the Wild Weasel aircraft are in the USA, either in the Boneyard at Davis Monthan AFB or in service as drone/target aircraft.
Dear Viewers,
I was the Asst. Shop Chief for the Weapons Control Systems calibration and maintenance docks of the 35th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, when it was stationed at George AFB, (Victorville)CA, in the late 1970's. I was on duty, in the squadron, when the final R and D and assignment to the flight squadron, of the 'G' model of the F-4 Phantom, as the replacement of the F-105G Thunderchief.
+SFsc616171 So can you anserw some of my questions? I don't know too much about this aircraft and i'd like to know some things.
I heard that there was multiple Shirke variants for different freqs but exactly how many variants?
0:53 I know SP is self protect (or maybe steerpoint?). TOO is target of opportunity and PB is pre briefed. But how was those modes working. I bet PB was about firing missile at known location, even when emmiter was offline. But what about TOO, was it using info about radars detected by missile sensor? And was SP using highest priority threat from RWR? And was there any device similiar to HTS that was able to geolocate radar (give bearing, azimuth and accurate range)? Or was it bearing/azimuth only.
And are there any videos showing rear guy's displays in action?
Dear macie,
While the F4G's mission was SAM/directed AAA suppression, that hardware was not part of the 'fire control system'. That information must come from someone that maintained the other half of that. My half was still the fighter side, shooting down enemy planes and dropping bombs. The difference between the F4E and the F4G was that the GUN was removed for all that IBM developed hardware for anti-SAM/AAA operations.
No, SP is not 'self=protect'; TOO is NOT 'target of opportunity'; and PB is not 'pre-briefed'. Your wording is too wordy, and all three are more towards where to place the intended weapon or weapons en masse.
Since the F4G was operational when this video was made, no, there were not any videos of 'the guy in back' doing his job, but i can tell you, he had his hands full.
When the previous Wild Weasel aircraft, the F105G Thunderchief was operational, the aircraft could be flying away from the detected threat, and still launch a nice big Standard missile, and hit the threat's radar dish, so that might answer your question.
Any of your other questions, i might need to see a current Freedom of Information Act request, due to the time-sensitive nature of disclosure.
+SFsc616171 So can you explain what is PB, TOO and SP? I heard that F4G could have self protect mode for their missiles where missile targets highest priority target detected by RWR (radar warning receiver). TOO seems to be target of opportunity, at least for JDAM (info from leaked JDAM manual) so it should mean the same for HARM because those aberrivations are usually common for various weapon systems. I am aware of HARM capability of "autonomous" target engagement where targets detected by missile sensor are presented to pilot and the pilot can select target on screen (at least thats how it works in F-16 and F/A-18). PB seems to be pre briefd, i am aware of HARM capability to target specific coordinates and look for specific threat. This mode was to use missile on non emitting radar, when you known aproximate position of radar you could supress it by firing HARM. Then HARM would strike those coordinates or when radar became active while HARM was in flight HARM would target it updating its position. This was to prevent enemy air defense from enabling its radar and firing at attacking aircraft that was under wild weasel protection.
F-16 is a little different. It usually cannot fire on RWR target (at least in most variants) but can fire on HTS detected target, it also has mode that is similar to PB (called POS) and it also has mode similar to TOO but it's called HAS (HARM as sensor).
SFsc616171 I found that I was right. F/A-18E has same modes for a HARM and they work as I mentioned above. TOO allows for targeting radar that is detected by the missile seeker. SP fires on RWR target. PB fires at coordinates, you must know the coordinates and probably emitter type and in this mode you can even launch on non emitting target.
IIRC, the F-18 is a NAVY aircraaft, right?
If that is correct, why in God's name, would an AIR FORCE type have any interest, in a NAVY aircraft? NAVY people work out on the unsettled seas, get wet too much for me, have to land on real short steel decks or get dunked - even at night. Not my cup of tea.
cool i had my incentive ride in tail 208 in 1982 with red section 563 brings back a lot of good memorys
@clarkcommando , Very cool...small world! I've seen pics of 207 with her red tail from the 563rd before she ended up in the 561st when I crewed her. Unfortunately through some research, 207 sleeps with the fishes now in the Gulf of Mexico. Given a hero's fiery burial as a target drone in 98.
I also want to make another comment about this particular WW 69-207. I did a little bit of background check, this fighter was previously assigned to the RAAF Royal Australian Air Force, before being modified as a WW. My supervisor/flight chief at George AFB mentioned it's origin, but over the years I totally forgot until I reviewed it's history.
clarkcommando I think most of the F-4Gs were ex-RAAF. Australia only operated 24 of them (on loan) while we waited for our F-111s to arrive. We sent the F-4s back in 1973.
I loaded weapons on 69-207. I was a 462.
I was the ACC on F-4G 69-7207 before the Storm. I got out in 90 after spending 4 years at George. 207 is the acft taxiing by at 3:47 in the video. :)
Phabulous Phantoms Phorever
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Nice, ty for sharing.
My Dad was a wild weasel in nam in f100s and 105
Spanish bull fighting airforce style. Teasing and drawing SAM aggro and finally driving a sword (HARM or ALARM) into the angry SAM bull. Both jobs require balls of solid titanium.
First In. Last Out. Custer faced a threat filled environment too. I crewed 69-0238 "Super Chicken". 563rd TFS, 35th TFW. George AFB.
@hoosier469 WOW! Such a small world! I was also assigned to 207.563rd AMU Red section 1979 GAFB.I talked to some WW pilots in an airshow that flew 207 in Desert Storm.They were also very proud of 207.
2:20 was this an RF 4 as well as wild weasel?
The most badass humans to ever live!
I started off a tire kicker in march of 78. Worked in yellow sec. 561st. Then over to the 20th with the Germans, or was,that the 21st? Losing it. Worked under Msgt. t. Joyner. Good man, liked his scotch and milk. Injured my knees duck walking under the damn planes. Got stuck doing debriefs, under Msgt. Krammer. So I actually got to know all the squadrons, once had a TDY general come in, saw him coming. And I was out of 35-10. (hair) so Iran to the bathroom and let someone else take over. Well guess where this general needed to go. Yep, he asked uner the stall for some TP. Lol. Those were definatly the days.
How bout the guy in the fuel truck, crashing into numerous trucks and vans. Or even when Dan Walker, another Texan, plane crashed on take off. Port side red flag wing was showing. Everybody missed, even the flight crew. The plane just missed the fuel dump, whew. Then the was the time I and another guy got caught illegally entering the base. We came in thru a hole in the fence coming from Adelanto, riding our bikes to work.(bicycles)it brought us in next to the frontage road by the flight line. Got about 30 yards, when we saw all these trucks heading our way, it oh, busted. Lost, stripe (pay) for 3 months. First sarge came and got us. Lol now, great memories forever. These were just a few I can tell, some are still TS.
With all due respect you are still incorrect. I was an I-EWO in the F-4G (have 2000 hours in the aircraft, including combat time during Desert Storm), and was at Nellis as we closed down the final squadron. As firefighter you would never have had access to any of the truly classified information, so don't try to bullshit your expertise (and I have nothing but respect for the guys/gals who were always ready to pull our butts out of a burning jet). F-4Gs were never made available for FMS.
Did you know a F-4 WW Accidentally shot off parts of the tail section of a B-52G at the beginning of Desert storm.
At the time we were in a B-52 training unit, half went to Barksdale and the other went to a base in Michigan. A few went to Guam to fix that Buff you are taking about.
Ah yes - the good ole days!
Always like the variety on Y T , but lately you have the full pages of a bunch of irritating junk. Not easy to get rid of. 😊But you are the best, better than movies. Good stuff!!!!😅
When stationed at George, I remember the Ssgt in the video. Interesting that he is wearing the greens when everyone was to wear either the Camo or desert BDU's. Was this ok during DS, or was it what he had in his Duffle? Just curious...
They ran out of Desert before we deployed. Many of us were wearing the wrong size just to have them. I wore jungle boots the whole time, never got issued the desert boots.
"After 5 1/2 months,
it's personal!"
Haha, classy.
Ha, was at GAFB from '86-'91 ECS/MA/42371 on flightline then in Phase Dock. I don't miss changing Heat Exchangers in these pigs LOL.
I do not know since the base closed I do not know what happened to him. But he is probably retired and living the good life!
@djnonstp you meant to say....561 ECM Drools.
OOps i deleted the comment, I was at George from '89 then moved em to Nellis til 94. I was a Weapons Troop with the 561st. Went to Shield/storm/and watch.
Were you in-shop or loader?
LOOKIN FOR TAIL NUMBERS ON THOSE WEASELS NO PICTURES OF OUR A/C
This Wild Weasel mission interviewed and taxi out is 69-207. I was assigned to it as a crew chief. George AFB, CA. 1979, 35 TFW, 563 TFS red tail.
THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK CHIEF
THE F-4 WAS HIGH MAINTENANCE A/C
Whatever bro. We get the job done and would run circles around the F-4 while doing it.
it's so hideous it's beautiful. Now only the Luftwaffe. Greece and Turkey still use them
@jluke561 561 ECM Rules!
Black Knight Sq, 561 AMU...Jet Engine Mechanic 1980-1981, nick name, walking blonde hand grenade!! Cause of my temper...Flight line mechanic...
America launched decoys tricking Iraqis to activate radars - incapable of learning from their Syrian neighbors of 1982. 8 years on the Serbs aparently learned from Iraqis and practiced EMCON - emission control, activating in very short bursts, practicing tight cordination in the control van, using identical SAMS - downing a stealth jet.