New members introduce yourselves!!

Finn McCool

Finn McCool

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Hello noobs. You will soon find that I'm the power behind the throne here at SDF. He he just kidding. ;)
 
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Slater

Just Hatched
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Hello all. I'm 46 years old and retired US military. I'm interested in military history/technology/general information and hope to contribute to the forum and learn also.

At 46 am I the "old man" of the Forum? :D
 
swimmerXC

swimmerXC

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Slater said:
At 46 am I the "old man" of the Forum? :D
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I think Popeye beat you on that :p
If you don't mind me asking, what branch did you serve in and how long did you work?
PM Webby or Dong Feng to get VIP status once you reach 15 posts ;)
Ask glad to have servicemen aboard :)
 
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Slater

Just Hatched
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US Air Force, 20 years (Munitions Systems Specialist).
 
Gollevainen

Gollevainen

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Welcome aboard...
 
bd popeye

bd popeye

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Re: new members introduction thread - important that new members introduce themselfs!!!

Slater said:
Hello all. I'm 46 years old and retired US military. I'm interested in military history/technology/general information and hope to contribute to the forum and learn also.

At 46 am I the "old man" of the Forum? :D
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Got you beat:p ..I'm 52..retired US Navy. Served on 5 carriers..

True that most here are very young. But you will find some very intelligent young people here. just be sure to read the forum rules...And welcome!

Forum rules.....
http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/showthread.php?t=20

USAF type? ...Munitions.m Would that be air launched munitions? I was an avation ordanceman for 11 of my 20 years in the USN...
 
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Slater

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Yep. Worked in the Bomb Dump handling/assembling/storing/transporting Mk 82's, Mk 84's, Mk 20 Rockeyes, CBU-52/-58/-71, CBU-87's, CBU-89's, and various other missiles, ammo, flares, etc. I enjoyed the work and you meet some of the most interesting people in the military :D
 
bd popeye

bd popeye

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Slater said:
Yep. Worked in the Bomb Dump handling/assembling/storing/transporting Mk 82's, Mk 84's, Mk 20 Rockeyes, CBU-52/-58/-71, CBU-87's, CBU-89's, and various other missiles, ammo, flares, etc. I enjoyed the work and you meet some of the most interesting people in the military :D
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Oh..Ooooo..You make my little heart go pitter pater:D ...Basically what you discribed is what an avation ordanceman does in the USN except we have to load them also....including mines, torpedos and nuke weapons when the USN deployed on CV's...That stopped in'87.

MK 84 makes a nice crater. Oh yea....I once saw a Mk 84 dropped from a A-7B Corsair sink an old USN Gearing class destroyer with a direct hit amidship..right in the middle for you non USN types...And get this, It was an unguided gravity drop. That was in January 1973....
 
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Slater

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A-7D's were some of the first aircrat I provided munitions support to. This was at Davis-Monthan AFB in the late 1970's. I think the USAF's "D" version was similar to the Navy's "E", except ours were painted in a green/brown camoflage pattern and there were probably some small detail differences. In USAF service it was nicknamed the "SLUF".
 
bd popeye

bd popeye

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Slater said:
A-7D's were some of the first aircrat I provided munitions support to. This was at Davis-Monthan AFB in the late 1970's. I think the USAF's "D" version was similar to the Navy's "E", except ours were painted in a green/brown camoflage pattern and there were probably some small detail differences. In USAF service it was nicknamed the "SLUF".
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SLUF...Slow, Low, Ugly F****r..right? In the USN we called them People Eaters..because of the close confines on an carrier more than one sailor was sucked into that low intake. All in all it was an reliable aircraft.
 
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