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The 122nd Fighter Squadron, part of the 154th Fighter Wing of the Louisiana Air National Guard, also known as the Bayou Militia, putting some F-15C & D's through their paces.
How does a Califonia boy get that job??
Some people just need a sympathetic pat on the head.....with a hammer. Repeatedly.
Gawd I'm old. I remember when they were flying the powder blue demonstrator around the TAC bases. We rolled out for it and couldn't see the darned thing. No smoky engines, the color of the sky. If they hadn't turned on the landing light and dropped the gear we might have missed our cue to follow it in after touched down.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
Man am I old, I still remember when all branches were flying the F-4 Phantoms. I did not know any Guard units were still flying F-15s. The Hawaii Guard here flies F-22 Raptors which replaced their F-16s.
Some gals never grow old...
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Yep, nothing like the sound of a Phantom coming in low and meaning business. It's a howl you'll never forget. Sadly, this is the fate of one of those birds.
It got turned into a "plane on a stick" at some point. When the airbase was shutdown and the locals turned it into a freight airport they just drug it off into the dirt at the end of the ramp.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad