They are having flashbacks to their elementary school playground where they got beat up frequently and had their lunch money stolen.
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They are having flashbacks to their elementary school playground where they got beat up frequently and had their lunch money stolen.
This thing will get out of control...it'll get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
Nicely done. Stealing The Bones and secret Soviet missile subs tends to be serious business.
Yeah, if you lose the flag, you are going to have hell to pay.
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Harrier Dude
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We had a cement bulldog in the squadron that the junior officer had to bring with him to all squadron events and maintain accountability for at all times. He locked it in a cruise box when we changed ships in the Med (long story) and some chopper jockey stole it.
The 53 squadron that held it ransom took it all over Iraq and took many pictures of it in the air, on the ground, and in all manner of settings. The pictures they sent were pretty funny. I think we had to buy them a keg or something to get it back.
These things are funny, build esprit, and encourage pride in your unit. It's all in good fun.
Anybody that takes this shit to office hours or anything worse needs to learn to take a joke. Life's too short to be angry about everything.
The 53 squadron that held it ransom took it all over Iraq and took many pictures of it in the air, on the ground, and in all manner of settings. The pictures they sent were pretty funny. I think we had to buy them a keg or something to get it back.
These things are funny, build esprit, and encourage pride in your unit. It's all in good fun.
Anybody that takes this shit to office hours or anything worse needs to learn to take a joke. Life's too short to be angry about everything.
Lobster
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oh yeah there was hell to pay, the guy already had it pretty bad anyway but this was just fuel to the fire...it was all settled with a couple cases of beer in exchange for the flags
MasterBates
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Yesterday, retrieving VT-21s tailhook from VT-22 (who ripped it off our wall) we had to wrestle, and at one point I had a hinge in a headlock. Nobody gave a shit here.
Any day you can fly, and put a dirty hinge in a headlock, and get away with it is a good day.
Any day you can fly, and put a dirty hinge in a headlock, and get away with it is a good day.
Bring that shit to me.
Btw, wmf-taff says "yo".
My crew acquired a giant model Nimrod from Kinloss in '01 after Burns Supper. The limeys were not pleased.
COMFAIRKEF was dialed vfr-direct. I last recall the model doing shots in the Brass Nut. Good times.
Mascot shenanigans rock.
MasterBates
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Was I at sea for that one? Or was that before my time?
JT Eagle
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All this is NOTHING compared to the story of the Tirpitz Bulkhead:
http://www.association.9sqn.co.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9
There is mention of that page of a Vulcan bomber making a diversion to another airfield as part of a plan to hijack the bulkhead. The following, from another forum, includes some more detail on this incident:
"A 9 Sqn crew on a UK ranger from Cyprus nicked the bulkhead from 617, crated it and had it transported to Wittering via the stores empire for 'collection' by 9 Sqn reps. When 617 found the bulkhead missing, they tore off to Waddington and stopped the ac from starting until they searched every inch of the airframe. They then escorted it to the runway to make sure it wasn't loaded prior to t/o.
The captain declared a PAN and diverted to Wittering. He didn't stream the chute even though he was considerably overweight [he was fuelled for non-stop to Akrotiri]. He had exceeding hot brakes after the landing run. After the bulkhead was loaded in the pannier, the crew chief declared the 'problem' that caused the PAN call fixed and they legged it to Akrotiri.
Some years later, after the Sqn returned to Waddington, the bulkhead was bolted to their crewroom wall. A raiding party, including the Scampton junior plod [service policeman], raided 9 in the middle of the night and jack-hammered the bulkhead off the wall and took it back to Scampton. 9 were enraged and descended on Scampton and scoured every inch of the station. Except, of course, the one place they were not authorised to enter under any circumstances - the nuclear bomb dump. Guess who had authorisation, though? The junior plod! And guess where the bulkhead was??!!"
JT
http://www.association.9sqn.co.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9
There is mention of that page of a Vulcan bomber making a diversion to another airfield as part of a plan to hijack the bulkhead. The following, from another forum, includes some more detail on this incident:
"A 9 Sqn crew on a UK ranger from Cyprus nicked the bulkhead from 617, crated it and had it transported to Wittering via the stores empire for 'collection' by 9 Sqn reps. When 617 found the bulkhead missing, they tore off to Waddington and stopped the ac from starting until they searched every inch of the airframe. They then escorted it to the runway to make sure it wasn't loaded prior to t/o.
The captain declared a PAN and diverted to Wittering. He didn't stream the chute even though he was considerably overweight [he was fuelled for non-stop to Akrotiri]. He had exceeding hot brakes after the landing run. After the bulkhead was loaded in the pannier, the crew chief declared the 'problem' that caused the PAN call fixed and they legged it to Akrotiri.
Some years later, after the Sqn returned to Waddington, the bulkhead was bolted to their crewroom wall. A raiding party, including the Scampton junior plod [service policeman], raided 9 in the middle of the night and jack-hammered the bulkhead off the wall and took it back to Scampton. 9 were enraged and descended on Scampton and scoured every inch of the station. Except, of course, the one place they were not authorised to enter under any circumstances - the nuclear bomb dump. Guess who had authorisation, though? The junior plod! And guess where the bulkhead was??!!"
JT
Depends on the hinge. If I find him valuable... I give [a] shit...
So I was reading the story of Ens Jack Ernie and legend has it that those are actually his bones encased in glass. Like his no-shit skull and femurs! Is this true? Or am I about to look up the word 'gullible' in the dictionary to see if it's there?
Cruised in CVW-8 with VF-84 so briefed in their RR a bunch for MAS flights. Can't say they're Ens Ernie's but they're real bones.
Real bones? Is that even legal?? Check this out... crazy!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14043269/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14043269/