Airplane Pics

[Hoser]

An old picture. Somalia 1993. My second trip there.

[HoneyBadger]

An old picture. Somalia 1993. My second trip there.

Unrelated, but is that you buzzing around the Springs area for the last few days? I definitely could see the bright orange tail number, but I couldn't quite make out which number.

I got to meet Brig. Gen. Olds a few years ago before he passed away. VERY nice guy and humble as hell. God speed sir

Yeah, he was a fantastic guy. For some more fun "good old fighter pilot" reading, you should read Chuck Yeager's autobiography.

Edit: I will say though, Robin Olds wasn't always that humble!

Just for fun: Col Robin Olds returning from his 3rd and 4th MIG kills

[Hoser]

Unrelated, but is that you buzzing around the Springs area for the last few days? I definitely could see the bright orange tail number, but I couldn't quite make out which number.

Might have been me. I have been flying nights this week.

Not all of our planes have MAFFS numbers. Just a couple even though any C-130 can handle the MAFFS system.

When MAFFS is flying I try to hang out on MAFFS 2.

[Hoser]

In the dirt. Not a Hurk...

[Hoser]

Damn, Hoser! I can only imagine the look on the mechanics faces everytime you guys land.

Sometimes we bring them back dirty. No way to play in the dirt without getting dirty. 99.9% of our maint guys get it.

African dust here...

[HoneyBadger]

Might have been me. I have been flying nights this week.

Not all of our planes have MAFFS numbers. Just a couple even though any C-130 can handle the MAFFS system.

When MAFFS is flying I try to hang out on MAFFS 2.

Yeah, several days in a row, usually in the afternoon, I saw 3 C-130s buzzing around town usually with one out front a few miles and then flight 3 was closely following flight 2... maybe 1/4 mile separation? Flight 2 definitely had the big orange MAFFS number on it while 1 and 3 did not.