William G Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 (edited) 1985-1992 USAF B-Shop with A and C shop quals and several others too... Gotta love wanting to know as much as possible about your jets... F-16's @ Misawa Block 15 & 30 MacDill Block 10, 25 and 30's Shaw Block 25 and 40 Kunsan 30's And any others I worked in FTD and elsewhere William G. Edited March 15, 2008 by William G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pminer Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 USAF 1976 Castle AFB, California Airframe Repair (sheet metal) B-52G & H KC-135's Completely awesome base. Got to see nukes (or what looked like nukes during exercises) and all kinds of transit traffic. Paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nanks Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Royal Australian Airforce 2004 to present Macchi Mb 326 AP3 Orion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CraigSargent Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 RNZAF 1986 - 1997 CT-4 Airtrainer A-4K and TA-4K Skyhawk BAC Strikemaster Aermacchi MB339CB P-3K Orion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve jahn Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 USAF 42650 F-15 Weapons Load Crew Chief and trouble shooter.Luke AFB,1980-1984. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadKevin Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Cadet 4th Class, CS 28, USAF Academy, from 6/96 - 11/96 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gmat Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Airborne Weather Equipment black box changer, 76-84. WC-130B/E/Hs, MC-130E, (571) and WC-135Bs. Keesler, Hanscom, Yokota, and McClellan. Great experience, great TDYs and great guys. Am enriched by ALL of my experiences. Grant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hooter Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 RAF for 5 years [1969-74] aircraft weapons and ejection systems on Buccaneer S2, Phantom FGR 2 and Lightning F3. Best time was with 17 SQDN. Phantoms at Bruggen, West Germany. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 USAF Signals Intel Officer (8035), 1984-88. Electronic Security Command only had the vaguest idea what an airplane looked like from the outside J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotaliscia Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Chief Master Sargent in Italian Air Force From 1984. Maintenance Management on: C-47 G-222 PD-808 MB-339 B-707 T/T Flight Crew on B-707T/T for three years. Now on procurement dept. for C-27J and KC-767 Paolo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobski Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Not in the Air Force, but I'm working on the Typhoon programme at BAE Systems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heff3 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 (edited) RNZAF Pilot 1989-2000 CT-4B BAC Strikemaster B-47 UH-1H Edited April 24, 2008 by Heff3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 USAF F-15E Crew Chief 1998-present Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I was soooo close to joining the navy Im still not sure why I changed my mind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 agreed and does not being in the military make you less a reliable source for information? half the fun of this hobby,for me, is spending time 'reading/researching' on my own. Why would it make us less reliable? an airplane freak is an airplane freak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Silverback Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief. Served from 1989 to 1994. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kit builder Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 The world's first independent airforce, (Royal Air Force). 1979-1997. Engineering Technician Airframe, also known as Airframe Fitter and Rigger. SA Bulldog DH Chipmunk (just) C130 Nimrod Canberra Vulcan Seaking Wessex Harrier GR5, 5A, 7 and 7A Also, very briefly, Jet Provost 3, 4 and 5A Folland Gnat Westland Whirlwind (the helicopter, not the WW2 fighter!) Hawker Hunter DH Sea Vixen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Army, Navy or Marines doesn't count eh? He just doesn't want us in 'cause we'd show up the "air-conditioned tent with cappucino machine installed equals hardship posting" crowd. :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveV22FE Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I was in the USAF from 1990 - 1999 Aircraft Guidance and Control Systems Specialist (Instruments/Autopilot/Inertial Nav) C-130H - 463d TAW/463d AGS, 463 AW/773d AS, 7Wg/40AS E-8C JSTARS - 93d ACW/12 ACCS, 93d ACW/93d AGS After the USAF, Bell Helicopter 1999-Present Flightline Electrician - MV-22B Osprey Engineer UH-1Y/AH-1Z Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ham Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Did 21 years (active and reserve) in the U.S. Air Force. Flight operations and aircraft maintenance. Here's a photo taken in 1984 at Luke AFB. That's an F-15A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rafael Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Seven years at the Brazilian Air Force Flying the AS.350 since last year, no figthers anymore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Captain, USAF, '84-'88, AFSC 8035, Signals Intelligence Officer... JH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smeders Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 As a relative newbie, I've noticed that quite a few of you must either work or have worked in the USAF or Canadian Armed Forces. Please identify yourself and your "specialty" aircraft (so we can pump you for info later!) :-) I served 18 years in the RAF as a Weapons Technician. Worked on Hawk, Meteor, Hunter, Phantom, Tornado GR.1. I left the RAF in 1998 and worked in Oman for 3 years on Jaguars, small arms armoury and explosive storage area. Cheers Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 USAF AD 1977 to 81 AF Reserves 81 to 98. AeroEngineer the whole time ON AD depot level engineer on the C/KC-135 Fleet As a reservist Specialized in Aircraft Battle Damage Repairs ABDR in the 403 & 507CLSS If you had any ABDR training in the USAF then you worked off of my work on the ABDR manual. Tom Maj. USAFR (ret) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Why would it make us less reliable? an airplane freak is an airplane freak It sure is a lot easier to walk out and check your 1:1 reference than trying to remember what book you say that thing in... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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