Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

Turkish F-4s:

The Rhino is my favorite jet fighter.

9 comments:

Stewart Dean said...: Leading edge flaps!; 9/26/2021 6:30 AM
Tod Germanica said...: It looks like a beast, just like it performed. Ugly, angular, purposeful, effective. A fast moving, kludgy bomb and missile truck just when it was needed.; 9/26/2021 10:30 AM
seafury said...: My cousin flew Phantoms after a tour as a BN on A6's ( same squadron as Steven Koontz of Flight of the intruder fame) He was able to attend flight school, and got the phantom. If memory serves, he Flew off the Enterprise on his first tour, and off the Forrestal on his second. I remember a patch on his flight jacket " Better a sister in a whorehouse than a brother in F14"s". Always had a soft spot for the phantom. Perhaps old NFO can chime in.; 9/26/2021 11:43 AM
JustMusing said...: Fixed a few of those in country and out. "Double" uglies were always a welcome sight.; 9/26/2021 11:47 AM
Unknown said...: They look a bit reluctant to leave the ground though...; 9/26/2021 1:20 PM
dinthebeast said...: I thought that they had one mounted at the gate to the Alameda Naval Air Station, where I used to work for a while, but a quick search reveals that it was probably an A4.

-Doug in Sugar Pine; 9/26/2021 3:13 PM
Old NFO said...: At least he had his gear down, just in case... :-); 9/26/2021 4:33 PM
J4rh34d said...: I recall watching takeoffs from Da Nang heading North at night on full afterburner to get out of small arms range. Nothing but two bright, loud flames. I looked at them with my dominant eye closed.

A platoon's worth of Marines who'd been in-country for several months were pulled from patrol duty in Apache Territory for 3 weeks in September, 1966, to provide security and as a break from sleeping in the sand. We even got a 4-hour liberty to go to the PX. My security bunker was just at the North end. Front row seat. K-9s were between us and the perimeter wire.; 9/26/2021 6:47 PM
DTWND said...: Worked at Houston ARTCC in the early 80’s thru 89. Bergstrom AFB (now Austin-Begstrom INTL) had RF4’s based there and they’d quite often be returning to base with some sort of problem. Hydraulics, single engine, smoking, etc. But they were still flying those 30+ year old airframes and they kept bringing the crews back. Color me impressed.

Dale; 9/26/2021 9:12 PM