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I mourn your loss as a brother firefighter, and pray for your family. It is disrespectful of our legislators to not provide funding for all of the First Responders that put it all on the line that day. May he rest in peace

That is too funny!!

Excellent interview, you had some great experiences looks like! Loved the photos of the Hun, reminds me of Seymour in the early 70s. Alot of Huns there for some reason, loved seeing them taxi in, dragging that chute behind them......

Excellent addition! I downloaded a few days ago and have been so busy admiring it in game that I forgot to extend thanks!!! It got me researching the RNZAF and the loss of their Air Combat Force, a shame considering the proud history they had.

I wish......back in Kuwait now. I live about 1.5 hours away in 'bama. Just returned from vacation about two weeks ago. I love that museum over there, they started out with a dirt lot, (my first visit twenty three years ago) and have come a long way. Not Wright-Pat class, but much better. That place is right in line with the initial point for any airshows, been there while the Blues and T-Birds were performing. (Caught the Angels in '98 from the Alert facility, then being used by the GANG, awesome seeing their bones on the tree. Should have been busted by the SPs for being around the other side of the active......)

it's wicked awesome......the B-ONE rocks!

wow is right, just downloaded this and sheesh, immersed in it already. Excellent sim

I feel for your loss, they are family and and friends no doubt. Our first dog Barkley passed in may. I am in Kuwait so it was tough not being there for his final day in our lives. We lost a cat years ago that suffered similar symptoms of your furry friend, all we could do is make her comfortable, til the vet threw up his hands. My wife elected to put her down, again I was at work. We talked it over, and she stayed with her until the very end. I still miss that crazy, butthole of a cat.

Terrible news, this must be terrible for his family to try and cope with. You will be missed BPAO

Yes, i have one, and I get on the site a couple times a week from work

Outstanding....got to drive one of these at Mosul a few years ago. Sweet.

Great enhancements to an already excellent model.......Love buzzing around in this one! On a not so related note.....downloaded the Over Kill Bird Dog.....AWESOME. I highly recommend it. Thanks for the hard work.....now let's go shoot somethin

Thanks to the Kuwaiti Police, who do a decent job with this kind of thing http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32370575/ns/wo...ideastn_africa/

Yeah, attacking a commando base.....probably not a good idea!!! There was a plot about three years ago to assault the airfield in Mosul, the explosive laden truck was to take out the ECP, then a follow up with NTVs and even AIs on foot. The foot guys were supposed to just shoot any american they saw, the folks in NTVs were to kidnap any americans they saw, then bug out......We had Albanians on the perimeter..... they don't play. AKs with EOTECH sights!?!). Whenever we saw their snipers (with Dragunovs) on the roof tops near the perimeter, we knew something was brewing!!

nipples like .50 caliber rounds!!!! Spent many a night looking at that poster and well....you know. "Beat It" and "don't stop til you get enough" gave me the motivation I needed......

sweet, was trying to do it myself!

Anybody but the 'Wings baby!!!

understood, just could not resist flying it, I can figure out the specifics on pit placement later. Love being able to load the bays up with a mixed load, too cool.

This was just for my own use, not meant for the masses, so don't be hatin'..... I plugged in the pit from the S-3B, though the position is wrong. Opened the bays, and there were 7 B-61s in front of my windshield. This plane rocks, always loved the B-ONE

awesome discovery! I think a whole lot of folks will take interest in this...

The cast has made several trips downrange to visit the troops. Had the chance to go see them, did not make it over to the MWR. The guys that did go, said the actors were very approachable, and seemed honored to be there for the troops. Have only seen a few episodes myself, have season 1 and 2 through some friends.

OVERVIEW 2Lt Charles "Chappy" Sinclair, flying F-105Ds with the 44th TFS, Korat Thailand in 1965. FRAG INFO MissionType/Location Strike/Vinh Warehouses TAKEOFF 0910 CALLSIGN Chevy SIZE PACKAGE 4 LOADOUT 8 750 pound bombs each NARRATIVE Awakened at 0330 by loud knocking on the door. "Mass briefing at 0400 gents" the duty hack shouted as he knocked on each door along the hall. 2 March, 1965, the day I would be aquainted with Operation Rolling Thunder. Glad I called it quits early at the O club the night before. No one was spared from this briefing, it was standing room only. An overview was given, it was to be 100% effort, all of our birds at Korat, along with the birds out of Takhli. Once the brief ended, we all rushed to the ops office to look for our flight info. I was to be part of a four ship launching at around 0900. Captain Kringelis was going to lead three of us newbies up to Vinh to bomb a warehouse. It was to be my first combat mission, having completed my famhops around the different route packs. Weather was to be scattered clouds, so plenty of visibility (for us and the Air defenses!) At 0800, we hop the line van, and head out to the jets. I have tail #406, one of our few remaining silver jets. "Maybe the sunlight off my wings will blind the gunners" I muse to myself as I depart the van. Pre flight was done fairly quickly, allowing us to be in the cockpit for a 0850 engine start. I look for Kringelis' jet to taxi for me to follow, but I see him sprint past me, heading to a spare jet. This means I will be the first out of the chocks, and as briefed will take off first. (We strived to stay on schedule, and briefed if some one had to switch jets, the order was shuffled with that guy going last) There I was, a young 2LT, leading a four ship of thuds up norht! Departure was as briefed, though with me in the lead hoping not to screw up. Heading NE, and not having to refuel due to hitting in SE corner of the North. I called "over the fence" once we crossed into the north. We had briefed a low level from the IP to the target. "Vampires, let's take it down" I called, then rolled my thud over to get down low. I leveled off and held speed at around 450-500 knots. I was startled to see two darts over my head, but remembered there were to be F-8s flying TARCAP for us. The radio was silent....for a bit. "Chevy Flight, Red Crown. Bogies, bearing 020, 50 miles, heading west" The Shangri-Las singing "Leader of the Pack" quickly disappeared from my head. "Chevy flight, arm 'em up" I said....Followed at the appropriate moment with "Chevy flight.....PULL" I started the pop up as we briefed, and at around 12 grand, rolled inverted...the rest of CHEVY falling in trail. "Target 12 low" I state, as I haul in the stick to roll into a dive. Once at the right height, and with the pipper positioned short of the target, I pickled a pair of those WWII era gp bombs and made my jet lighter. I initiate my pull out, and observe the bright flash in my mirrors, "Direct hit with secondaries lead!" I hear two state. He pickles his entire load onto the adjoining warehouses. I hear both three and four call when they rolled in. A made a circle around the area, looking for potential secondary targets. I roll in on and industrial facility near the PT Boat docks. After two passes, there is an inferno along the waters edge. The radio is alive now with multiple bandit calls. I am done for the day, and call "CHEVY flight, check in, rejoin" "Two copy" "Three copy" After what seemed like forever, I called "Chevy Four, check in" No answer. "CHEVY flight, one quick pass around the target area, don't be a hero, but look for wreckage or a chute" We make one pass while forming back up, to find nothing. Three reported taking some flak, so I checked his aircraft over once back at altitude. His jet was full of holes. He had good needles in his pit, so I decided we would hit the tanker track and try for home. An older wiser pilot might have diverted. We all topped off on gas, and returned to Korat. The rest of the way home was eerie, radio silence was putting it lightly. We arrived overhead in the pattern, three trailing back early for a straight in approach. If he had a rough landing, resulting in a closed runway, we had the gas to divert. Once in the chocks and shut down, I crawled out of that hot pit, and headed to debrief. We heard nothing on our missing man, they had him listed as MIA. A rough first mission, my baptism of fire saw a great fellow pilot lost forever. We would drink a toast to him.