Live combat footage

[BoeingDiesel]

Live combat footage (on flight deck) of F-16 "Stroke 3" dodging 6 Sam launches during Desert Storm. The action starts at about the 3 minute marker and turn up the volume. Thought I was gonna' grey out just watching this.





LiveLeak.com - F-16 dodging 6 Iraqi SAM launches

 

[KLauber]

WOW! Some heavy breathing as a result of all the rolls and jinks. Pilot exclaims the f-word only once!

 

[BIGNASTY]

:-lafThe HEAVY BREATHING is a way to keep from passing out G force's and having a pucker experience im sure. :-laf I almost needed a BARF BAG :-laf

 

[BoeingDiesel]

:-lafThe HEAVY BREATHING is a way to keep from passing out G force's and having a pucker experience im sure. :-laf I almost needed a BARF BAG :-laf

Yep... with the speed jeans pumping air to the lower extremities and doing the Hick' drill does help.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I use to breath heavy just with my engine run and taxi license that I had no G suit I didnt want to leave the ground without someone KNOWING WHAT THE HELL THEY WERE DOING BEHIND THE STICK :-laf



BOEING D whats going on at the old Norton AFB Son said that they have a 747 over there and it takes off and lands complete stops about 10 times a day with a bunch of G E cars and trucks around.

 

[BoeingDiesel]

Could be testing the NewGen GE turbines for the 74-8... not really sure though.

Big', if memory serves, weren't you attached to the FAC's back in the day? OV-10, O2,O1 guys had iron clad cajones. Low and slow with a price on their head. IMO took true metal to fly in those conditions.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Ya I was Ground Crew Chief on a FAC's / remote emer. air strip. 3 miles from Cambodia 3 miles from the Gulf of Thailand. Just to be perfectly clear WE WERE NEVER IN CAMBODIA :-laf. My Primary was F111/F4 but after Tech School Sheppard AFB TX they sent me to Langley AFB. VA. Didn't even unpack duffel they looked at records and said oh a smart A** and sent me to Nellis AFB NV. Never hit the flight line spent 1 month 18 hours a day 7 days a week working on OV-10/O-1/O-2/ A1 Sky Raiders AKA Sandy's. Sent me to Da Nang to work on what ever the Marines/Navy had going on at the time. Also hit Takli/Udorn/korat/Udapow not sure about all the spellings on those its been awhile. Also got to visit a Navy Aircraft Carrier and see what that was about Landing on that wasn't enough taking off was TOTAL B S that my friend is SOME SICK I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER. After my whorl wind visit of beautiful SOUTH EAST ASIA they sent me to a bug infested I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER hole of the world. Our FAC/Emer strip for the next 16 months to work on anything that didnt leave TO BIG A CRATER. Ya the FAC boy's did some dangerous work for what ever government agency they worked for (I didnt want to know) But the guy's with the BIGGEST SET OF GRANITOIDS were the Sandy Pilots close air support was hell on MY planes. Many times they came back with tree branches stuck in control surfaces white as a ghost. What's a matter boy's get a little LOW DID YA :-laf Holes in the wings big enough to put 55 gal drums thru them. That's why when that PUNK A** HOLE on this site said that the AF was not a real branch of the Military I got ******. HE"S STILL AN A HOLE. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ya I did work on air planes why do ya ask Isn't it just a FANTASTIC DAY ANYONE ELSE NEED A BREW AND MEDICAL MARRY JANE JOINT

 

[KHellewell]

Thanks Big for your time and helping to keep us safe back Here.

 

[BIGNASTY]

No problem although I dont think the the VC were going to hit the beach in Calif. But im REALLY HAPPY TO SEE That good/bad what ever our choice is about whats going on in the Rag Head country's that ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY have our support. I go to the V A Hospital in Missoula and pick up my Med's and talk to the cowboy's that have come back from over there and for the most part at least they dont have an unpopular opinion to deal with while doing their Rehab. We have opened our door to them and have had one or two take us up on it.

 

[BoeingDiesel]

Ya I was Ground Crew Chief on a FAC's / remote emer. air strip. 3 miles from Cambodia 3 miles from the Gulf of Thailand. Just to be perfectly clear WE WERE NEVER IN CAMBODIA :-laf. My Primary was F111/F4 but after Tech School Sheppard AFB TX they sent me to Langley AFB. VA. Didn't even unpack duffel they looked at records and said oh a smart A** and sent me to Nellis AFB NV. Never hit the flight line spent 1 month 18 hours a day 7 days a week working on OV-10/O-1/O-2/ A1 Sky Raiders AKA Sandy's. Sent me to Da Nang to work on what ever the Marines/Navy had going on at the time. Also hit Takli/Udorn/korat/Udapow not sure about all the spellings on those its been awhile. Also got to visit a Navy Aircraft Carrier and see what that was about Landing on that wasn't enough taking off was TOTAL B S that my friend is SOME SICK I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER. After my whorl wind visit of beautiful SOUTH EAST ASIA they sent me to a bug infested I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER hole of the world. Our FAC/Emer strip for the next 16 months to work on anything that didnt leave TO BIG A CRATER. Ya the FAC boy's did some dangerous work for what ever government agency they worked for (I didnt want to know) But the guy's with the BIGGEST SET OF GRANITOIDS were the Sandy Pilots close air support was hell on MY planes. Many times they came back with tree branches stuck in control surfaces white as a ghost. What's a matter boy's get a little LOW DID YA :-laf Holes in the wings big enough to put 55 gal drums thru them. That's why when that PUNK A** HOLE on this site said that the AF was not a real branch of the Military I got ******. HE"S STILL AN A HOLE. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ya I did work on air planes why do ya ask Isn't it just a FANTASTIC DAY ANYONE ELSE NEED A BREW AND MEDICAL MARRY JANE JOINT

All FAC’s and attached ground support crew get my salute...

Somewhere in my archive of letters is a FAC account from 1972…I'll post if I can find it.

gregg

 

[BIGNASTY]

Some of the Club Patches. Didn't even have a proper uniform to put them on everything dry rotted so fast. Work Uni was cut off fatigue's no shirt ( Had to work on the Tan :-laf) a " F " you hat and Jungle boots had to go commando on the underwear because of crotch rot . JUST A BUNCH OF KIDS WITH NO IDEA

 

[BIGNASTY]

All FAC’s and attached ground support crew get my salute...

Somewhere in my archive of letters is a FAC account from 1972…I'll post if I can find it.

gregg

Have you found the letters yet Im kind of interested to see thats when I was over there? I might still remember some call signs

 

[BoeingDiesel]

Yes I did. There is some sensitive information that i need to filter out before posting. Taking the wife out for Mexican dinner tonight... always puts her to sleep right away. I'll try and post it later.
gregg