Military & Civil Service Veterans of FBBO

[Brandy]

have a friend that is a USAF PJ or Pararescueman

PJs are the shiznitz man. Tough professionals.

 

[Brandy]

30 years US ARMY combat aviation. 1975- 2015 with a couple of breaks to fool around in the civilian side. OIF/OEF 2009-2010. AH-64D Apache "LONGBOW" Attack Recon gunship driver. A couple of tours in West Germany and several bases in the US. Plus some garden spots that shall remain nameless.

 

[oldbee]

30 years US ARMY combat aviation. 1975- 2015 with a couple of breaks to fool around in the civilian side. OIF/OEF 2009-2010. AH-64D Apache "LONGBOW" Attack Recon gunship driver. A couple of tours in West Germany and several bases in the US. Plus some garden spots that shall remain nameless.

You’re getting old Ghost!! Lol

 

[lanceh13]

Just because I’m trying to get back in the AF’s good graces. I missed the memo that 90% of the Veterans on this site were AF guys. I’ll blame that on being a noob around here.

I do have me a soft spot for A-10’a as well...they saved my *** countless times. I swear nothing scared insurgents more then bbbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrtttttttt!!

 

[Brandy]

You’re getting old Ghost!! Lol

Too late, i'm already arrived...lol.

 

[Brandy]

Yeah they are hell. The 30MM cannon on the A patch is also hell. Hose 'em down, scorch the Earth, fly home.

 

[68gtxman]

USAF civil engineering - 28 years total. I was on the pistol team at Villanova and qualified expert in every weapon attempted. MY coach at Villanova was a USMC gunnery Sgt, so I learned it from the best!

My favorite story was when I did Operation Bright Star in Egypt with the Army (me being one of about 100 USAF people among 7,000 Army). I was chosen to be the deputy J7 engineer and I was essentially the base commander of Mubarak Military Complex (MMC). My lodging was the 5th (top) floor of a high rise with no elevator. The stairwell had no windows in it. After about a week there, all the light bulbs in the stairwell were missing and you needed a flashlight in the middle of the day to go up or down the stairs. I asked my Army pals “what happened to all the bulbs?”. They said they were removed and used in the lodging rooms for replacements. Why didn’t they just get new bulbs for their rooms instead of stealing the stairway bulbs? Because no one brought them from the states with them and if you didn’t bring it, you can’t get them while deployed. Well, I had my purchasing agent go downtown and buy two gross bulbs. Then I had the boxes placed in the lobbies of all lodging facilities. The Army guys freaked the hell out! They were mad that I did that because the grunts that didn’t bring spare bulbs wouldn’t learn a lesson. I replied that the USAF cared about it’s people more than “lessons” and they needed to know that they were appreciated. It was like Thanksgiving for the troops. They couldn’t stop talking about being so appreciated.

I learned a lot during that deployment. I love all of my fellow vets and service members, no matter the branch. I salute you all!

I tried to convince my niece to join the USAF instead of the USMC, but she would have none of that! She’s a CH-53 helo pilot - now at San Diego. Here she is:

Here I am in the mid-1990s (on the left):

(Yeah, my hair was a little long). Prime BEEF baby! (BEEF = Base Emergency Engineer Force)

 

[69a100]

Yeah, just like the Marines we were doing a fighter drag with and had a couple extra F-18 Drivers with us. They thought it was super cool to see a A/R[air refueling] from the tanker side of it. He was white as a ghost when he came back from watching us get force extended, he had no idea the AF did that kind of stuff. Putting 2 big *** planes within 50' and be in touching contact with each other. Yes, the Boom is sitting right under the #2 engine. Totally impressed and Blew him away.
It looks something like this for those that don't know, enjoy. Fast forward to the 2:00 mark and watch the rest!

 

[Stylin']

USAF - And Damn Proud of it! Chair Force, Air Head, Fly Boy....Doesn't bother me as long as Grunt, Jar Head, Seamen or Squid doesn't bother you!
MSGT - Retired '86 - 2007
Travis AFB, US Embassy Manila, US Embassy Budapest, US Embassy La Paz, US Embassy Bogota.
Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Dili Dili East Timor UN Peacekeeping, OIF, OEF, Kosovo KFOR, Sarajevo SFOR

 

[retractable]

USAF 1967 -1971
Crew Chief KC-135 58-009 tail number
Thank You to all that served.

 

[oldbee]

USAF civil engineering - 28 years total. I was on the pistol team at Villanova and qualified expert in every weapon attempted. MY coach at Villanova was a USMC gunnery Sgt, so I learned it from the best!

My favorite story was when I did Operation Bright Star in Egypt with the Army (me being one of about 100 USAF people among 7,000 Army). I was chosen to be the deputy J7 engineer and I was essentially the base commander of Mubarak Military Complex (MMC). My lodging was the 5th (top) floor of a high rise with no elevator. The stairwell had no windows in it. After about a week there, all the light bulbs in the stairwell were missing and you needed a flashlight in the middle of the day to go up or down the stairs. I asked my Army pals “what happened to all the bulbs?”. They said they were removed and used in the lodging rooms for replacements. Why didn’t they just get new bulbs for their rooms instead of stealing the stairway bulbs? Because no one brought them from the states with them and if you didn’t bring it, you can’t get them while deployed. Well, I had my purchasing agent go downtown and buy two gross bulbs. Then I had the boxes placed in the lobbies of all lodging facilities. The Army guys freaked the hell out! They were mad that I did that because the grunts that didn’t bring spare bulbs wouldn’t learn a lesson. I replied that the USAF cared about it’s people more than “lessons” and they needed to know that they were appreciated. It was like Thanksgiving for the troops. They couldn’t stop talking about being so appreciated.

I learned a lot during that deployment. I love all of my fellow vets and service members, no matter the branch. I salute you all!

I tried to convince my niece to join the USAF instead of the USMC, but she would have none of that! She’s a CH-53 helo pilot - now at San Diego. Here she is:
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Here I am in the mid-1990s (on the left):

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(Yeah, my hair was a little long). Prime BEEF baby! (BEEF = Base Emergency Engineer Force)

Great story,BUT your niece is smarter than you.... Sorry, couldn’t help it. Jeff

 

[69a100]

USAF - And Damn Proud of it! Chair Force, Air Head, Fly Boy....Doesn't bother me as long as Grunt, Jar Head, Seamen or Squid doesn't bother you!

Let's not forget Swabby's, and Anchor Clanker's, and Bell Bottom Boys too

 

[68gtxman]

Yeah, just like the Marines we were doing a fighter drag with and had a couple extra F-18 Drivers with us. They thought it was super cool to see a A/R[air refueling] from the tanker side of it. He was white as a ghost when he came back from watching us get force extended, he had no idea the AF did that kind of stuff. Putting 2 big *** planes within 50' and be in touching contact with each other. Yes, the Boom is sitting right under the #2 engine. Totally impressed and Blew him away.
It looks something like this for those that don't know, enjoy. Fast forward to the 2:00 mark

I flew the C141 simulator to refuel with a KC135 (the KC10 sim that I built at McGuire was so overbooked, they wouldn't even let me go for a ride (shake ‘n bake)). It was the old fashioned sim that used models and cameras. Well I got a left to right oscillation going so bad, that I eventually crashed it. I even had a multi-engine instrument rating at the time for the “lite-weights”.

Mad respect for the boomers in the 10s and 135s!

 

[Johnpat]

Served in Navy 1966-1970
Aircraft mechanic
Plane Captain P2V
Anti Submarine Warfare Squadron VP23 & VP7
Rank Petty Officer
2 tours in Mediterranean
Based in NAS Siginella,Scicly

 

[PP1RT]

4 years US ARMY!!

Combat Vet.

8 years volunteer firefighter in my hometown after getting out of the Army.

 

[lanceh13]

30 years US ARMY combat aviation. 1975- 2015 with a couple of breaks to fool around in the civilian side. OIF/OEF 2009-2010. AH-64D Apache "LONGBOW" Attack Recon gunship driver. A couple of tours in West Germany and several bases in the US. Plus some garden spots that shall remain nameless.

Chief? 30 years...thats intense! I was in OIF 06-08 FOB Warhorse in Diyala w/ 1CD 3BCT

 

[lanceh13]

US ARMY!!

HOOOAAAAAAHHH!!!! Appears like we are the underdogs in this crowd.

 

[lanceh13]

I added a poll. Curious to see the numbers. Right now it appears like FBBO is AF heavy but maybe that's because I kicked the hornets nest out of the gate. ;)

 

[Darius]

I loved bringing stuff to the guys stuck in some shithole somewhere. We would give them anything we had in the way of food, coffee, whatever we had they needed. If we knew we were going back, we would pool our money and make commissary runs for stuff they told use they did not have....like 10 cases of beer to an old abandoned Russian air strip in the middle of Africa along with every can of coffee available in the commissary in Rota Spain. We had some hellacious long days sometimes but I loved every minute of it and would do it again no question!

 

[Brandy]

Chief? 30 years...thats intense! I was in OIF 06-08 FOB Warhorse in Diyala w/ 1CD 3BCT

Anaconda, Adder, Q-West, Al Kut and Cedar 2. At various times for different length stays...