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#134
#134
volfanbill said:
AR, are those Australian jump wings? Pretty sweet pick up
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yep,

After I left Rigger school, and went to Bragg a few months later they invited me back there was an Australian officer that was an exchange instructor and he was going to jumpmaster a jump, and award the wings..

It was pretty cool, pure Hollywood

Jumped at Ft, Lee out of a Huey...The CG was part of the group. He walked off the DZ with his beret on...He had left all his equipment on the ground, and sent his driver out to "hump" it back in
 
#135
#135
vol_in_ar said:
yep,

After I left Rigger school, and went to Bragg a few months later they invited me back there was an Australian officer that was an exchange instructor and he was going to jumpmaster a jump, and award the wings..

It was pretty cool, pure Hollywood

Jumped at Ft, Lee out of a Huey...The CG was part of the group. He walked off the DZ with his beret on...He had left all his equipment on the ground, and sent his driver out to "hump" it back in
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Obvious West Pointer.
 
#138
#138
vol_in_ar said:
yep,

After I left Rigger school, and went to Bragg a few months later they invited me back there was an Australian officer that was an exchange instructor and he was going to jumpmaster a jump, and award the wings..

It was pretty cool, pure Hollywood

Jumped at Ft, Lee out of a Huey...The CG was part of the group. He walked off the DZ with his beret on...He had left all his equipment on the ground, and sent his driver out to "hump" it back in
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Very cool. Coolest are Brazilian imo. Never even saw a chance for a Aussie pickup, but I know a couple that have them.
 
#147
#147
YorkVol said:
The AF guys were doing the ogling while we were, uh, doing liaison.
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Kind of reminds me of the time when I was but a young E3 and we had to evacuate the fighters from Eglin for a hurricane. They sent us to Dobbins up in Georgia and checked is into a real nice 4 star hotel. Anyway, my team lead was this old crusty E6 that was either closer to 20 or just over. You know the type. And his give-a-****-ometer was typically pegged. So the birds weren't die in for another 12 hours so we availed ourselves to the hotel bar. Some young 2Lt tracks us down and says "we're going to save the Air Force some money by checking into the Motel 6. So get your guys and check out."

Old Sarge looks at him and says "get lost lieutenant. We're on crew rest." I get the feeling we're all about to be thrown in jail since there was no such thing as crew rest for cops. But he backed off apologetically and there we stayed.

Pilots were doubled up in the Motel 6 while we had single accommodations in a 4 star hotel.
 
#148
#148
Grand Vol said:
Kind of reminds me of the time when I was but a young E3 and we had to evacuate the fighters from Eglin for a hurricane. They sent us to Dobbins up in Georgia and checked is into a real nice 4 star hotel. Anyway, my team lead was this old crusty E6 that was either closer to 20 or just over. You know the type. And his give-a-****-ometer was typically pegged. So the birds weren't die in for another 12 hours so we availed ourselves to the hotel bar. Some young 2Lt tracks us down and says "we're going to save the Air Force some money by checking into the Motel 6. So get your guys and check out."

Old Sarge looks at him and says "get lost lieutenant. We're on crew rest." I get the feeling we're all about to be thrown in jail since there was no such thing as crew rest for cops. But he backed off apologetically and there we stayed.

Pilots were doubled up in the Motel 6 while we had single accommodations in a 4 star hotel.
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I am now that crusty old E-7. That's a good story.
 
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