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I always leaned toward the morbid side. Looked at the maps, looked at the blast radiuses and consulted with my pop "Hey Dad, do you think the Goodyear facilities in Akron would get a nuke? Are we far enough from Cleveland, if the winds are right?" Honestly always sort of figured "we" would win, if it jumped off. Even if we ended up short a few cities, I didn't really think I was going to get annihilated in nuclear fire, just that I'd have to have my boyscout poo poo together for a little mad-max before things got settled down again.
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I was always more interested with what the hell was going on with the East Germans and how the gently caress did the Nazis move from being the bad guys to this bizarre Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing where half of them ended up being awesome great bulwarks of democracy and the other half ended up being evil commies. Plus I was really into aerospace as a kid and thought it puzzling to say the least how the same people who were hucking V2s at London were also the heroes who put the US on the moon.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Plus I was really into aerospace as a kid and thought it puzzling to say the least how the same people who were hucking V2s at London were also the heroes who put the US on the moon. Not news to you, but still... http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ube.9LLPXyShnPY
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Living in Juneau, Alaska in the 1980s meant that every Friday at 1pm, the city would kick off the only air raid siren in town. Both for testing purposes and as a sort of time chime. It was loud and scary to wee little me!
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Groda posted:Not news to you, but still... Mandatory follow-up video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDEsGZLbio
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SyHopeful posted:Living in Juneau, Alaska in the 1980s meant that every Friday at 1pm, the city would kick off the only air raid siren in town. Both for testing purposes and as a sort of time chime. It was loud and scary to wee little me! The air raid siren in my hometown was on a tower directly outside my kindergarten. It never went off while school was in session, but I do remember hearing it being tested when I was a wee barin and I felt the same way.
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What a pussy. Oklahoma City tests the tornado sirens every Wednesday at noon, and they actually go off for real several times per year. As a kid I was on a USAFE base that actually stored nukes and somehow didn't witness any of the rampant paranoia...I guess I'm just that unobservant.
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Godholio posted:What a pussy. Oklahoma City tests the tornado sirens every Wednesday at noon, and they actually go off for real several times per year. As a kid I was on a USAFE base that actually stored nukes and somehow didn't witness any of the rampant paranoia...I guess I'm just that unobservant. Nah, you were just too busy staring at these:  (Think I got that tail flash right)
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Watching BT F-15's scramble at full burner was the highpoint of my childhood time in Germany.
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Godholio posted:What a pussy. Oklahoma City tests the tornado sirens every Wednesday at noon, and they actually go off for real several times per year. As a kid I was on a USAFE base that actually stored nukes and somehow didn't witness any of the rampant paranoia...I guess I'm just that unobservant. We also had a flood warning siren for the reservoir NE of this location, but I never heard it go off. I'm not even sure if they test it, but it looks like it's been replaced since I last lived there.
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Have some '80s/early '90s AF pictures (click for huge with all of them): Cold_War_USAFE.jpg  Safety rules were a little...different.   Because when I think what will scare the poo poo out of a Kiev, I think air to air fighters.  BUFF simulating laying mines in Jinhae Bay during a Team Spirit  See comment about safety rules   compressor stall White t-shirt is a nice touch  This is an official picture that was taken by a DOD photographer. It is also one of the greatest pictures I have ever seen. These are two dudes bad enough to rescue the president.
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iyaayas01 posted:Nah, you were just too busy staring at these: You did indeed.  I hate the "new" paint scheme.
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iyaayas01 posted:
I can't help it:  iyaayas01 posted:
I need to loving wear a headband next time I'm playing hunter force for a SERE course. I NEED TO.
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iyaayas01 posted:Have some '80s/early '90s AF pictures (click for huge with all of them): Unf. This is the USAF of my childhood. You have no goddamned idea how huge a hardon I had for Gulf War era and earlier F16s as a kid. There was a point in my life where I couldn't think of anything more beautiful than one of those. Well, at least nothing being actively flown.* It was (at least in my mind) everything a jet fighter should be: sleek, maneuverable, relatively small, and dedicated to shooting at other flying poo poo. My bedroom? Man, gently caress the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds posters were where it was at. *I was completely and remain unapologetically  over the P-47D; the P-51 could sit and spin for all I cared.
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Oct 1, 2013 19:27
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iyaayas01 posted:Have some '80s/early '90s AF pictures (click for huge with all of them): What's the plane at the veeeeeery back there? I was kind of random guessing an F-5 but the canopy line is all wrong. Is it a loving F-105?
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Cyrano4747 posted:I was completely and remain unapologetically For what it's worth, a relative of my girlfriend flew razorback P-47Ds and P-51Ds in combat in the PTO, and agrees with you. His ultimate preference was the P-47N, but he didn't fly that until postwar.
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Alaan posted:What's the plane at the veeeeeery back there? I was kind of random guessing an F-5 but the canopy line is all wrong. Is it a loving F-105?
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Found a ginormo version here and I'd buy that. The dark spot in the small one made it look like the canopy had a much flatter front face.
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/\ If you click through to the imgur page and then click on the picture you'll get the huge one. I suppose I could timg them but effort /\Alaan posted:What's the plane at the veeeeeery back there? I was kind of random guessing an F-5 but the canopy line is all wrong. Is it a loving F-105? It's a F-5E from the 527th AS at RAF Alconbury (they eventually moved to Bentwaters and got F-16s)...back in the Cold War the USAF had enough Aggressor squadrons that not only did we have a bunch at Nellis but we had one each in USAFE and PACAF. 
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Oct 1, 2013 19:49
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What do the WR (Warner Robins?) and HR codes stand for?
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Koesj posted:What do the WR (Warner Robins?) and HR codes stand for? Tail flashes...WR was RAF Bentwaters back in the day (now worn by the E-8s at Robins) while HR was Hahn AB. For the rest...LN is RAF Lakenheath, BT was Bitburg AB, and SP is Spangdahlem AB.
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WR was actually Woodbridge. It belonged to one of the squadrons that operated primarily there, before the code was blanketed over the entire wing, which was actually headquartered at Bentwaters.
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Thanks! Bitburg, Lakenheath and Spang I was able to guess correctly but the remaining two had me stumped.
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iyaayas01 posted:
I watched the poo poo out of this show.
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The one with the F15s and the Kiev, what country is the F4 from, Iran?
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Throatwarbler posted:The one with the F15s and the Kiev, what country is the F4 from, Iran? They're all from Kadena AB on Okinawa. It looks like it was taken when the wing was transitioning to F-15's in the 70's. The ZZ tail flash on the F-4 isn't as noticeable but it's there. Jesus I'm pretty sure I worked on the 8475 when I was there.
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Just looking at that B1 photo again, it's not....practicing that bomb-lobbing maneuver, is it? Tearing rear end at maximum low altitude, breaking sharply up and lobbing the bomb out with centrifugal force on the way round and then screaming out of range? You know what, if it isn't, don't tell me, because I want to keep at least this dream alive.
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Oct 2, 2013 08:32
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CNN is reporting that Tom Clancy has died.
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Entertainment Weekly reporting dads across the nation donning black jeans in mourning
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oh god just look at it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan_%28Tom_Clancy_character%29
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Koesj posted:Oh god it's the headline on a national newspaper's site right now I feel vindicated in my student house having a Volkskrant subscription. The only "Tom Clancy" book I've actually read is Line of Control, as a kid because it was lying around for some reason. Are there any actually worth reading?
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It not until this moment, that I realize, I've read most of his books... and that I'm sorry Tom Clancy is gone... God Speed, You! Rising Red Storm
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:It not until this moment, that I realize, I've read most of his books... and that I'm sorry Tom Clancy is gone... Let's also not forget the influence he had on video games.
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AlexanderCA posted:I feel vindicated in my student house having a Volkskrant subscription. I remember enjoying Red Storm Rising quite a bit. It's not literature, but it's loaded with spectacular set-pieces. Just try to block out the incredibly creepy sub-plot involving a pregnant Icelandic civilian who gets rescued by the good guys after being raped by Russian soldiers.
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Hunt for Red October is at the very least a cult classic and IMO a decent Cold War novel. Red Storm Rising is sometimes good, oftentimes meh, and kinda falls short of some of the worthier efforts in the 'genre'. Cardinal was surprisingly fun when I read it at 26 instead of 16 like the others  The rest kinda tapered off, quality-wise.
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Koesj posted:Hunt for Red October is at the very least a cult classic and IMO a decent Cold War novel. Yeah, in a sense it's not so much WHAT he wrote, but the movies and video games...and hell genre that came from it.
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Koesj posted:Hunt for Red October is at the very least a cult classic and IMO a decent Cold War novel. Cardinal of the Kremlin is probably one of my favorite books ever. Without Remorse was also excellent. I've read Red Storm Rising far too many times and even if it's not totally "accurate" (e.g. F-117s have no air to air weapons) that's okay, it's still a lot of fun. I liked the Iceland plot; even with the rape part, well, rape happens in war and it's not like it's being glorified. Mortabis fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Oct 2, 2013 |
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gfanikf posted:Yeah, in a sense it's not so much WHAT he wrote, but the movies and video games...and hell genre that came from it. Wish I said it myself. Bad man and OK books (before the CCCP imploded, along with his sanity).
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Please tell me the newspaper articles included the manufacturer and model number of each piece of lifesaving equipment employed to attempt rescue, along with esoteric facts on their origin and any slangy names for them used by their operators
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