F-15E Refueling Desert Storm - For RANDY!

Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:46 pm

Randy...here are the rest of those pics I found I took while in Desert Storm.

Looks like the one is from "SJ" Seymour Johnson AFB.

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Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:57 am

Bumping back to the top for Randy to see.

Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:06 pm

Here's what a "small world" the USAF is:

This is a photo of me on my very first combat mission -- Operation SOUTHERN WATCH in February '03 -- flying that very airplane 89-0471 (you can see the last three digits of the serial on the inside of the nose gear door on the left side of the pic)!

I'm on the left and my WSO, "Cooter" Flemming, is on the right.

Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:10 pm

Is that not the coolest thing ever?

Were you at SJ then or was the aircraft at LN?

Great to see you still flying! If you want, I can scan the picture in a higher resolution for you and e-mail it to you?

Thanks!

Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:12 pm

Paul Krumrei wrote:Is that not the coolest thing ever?

Were you at SJ then or was the aircraft at LN?

I used to fly with the 336th FS at Seymour.

Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:14 pm

Excellent!!!

Hats off to you Sir! Glad I could share that with you. I was just digging through some old photos and remember the refueling mission I was flying with and well, I am speechless, it is just a small world!

Website · Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:28 pm

Now that is just too cool!

Good stuff Paul and thanks again for the air support Randy!

Mike

Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:53 pm

Do you guys always use the same plane, or do you just take what is available?

B

Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:54 pm

banndit wrote:Do you guys always use the same plane, or do you just take what is available?

Whatever tail number maintenance (who 'owns' the airplane) puts in the scheduled flying line is what we get.

Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:55 am

Taking banndit's question a bit further, are jets sometimes swapped from squadron to squadron within a wing on an 'as needed' basis? Reason I ask is because you mentioned that you were with the 336th, but that's a 335th emblem on the intake.

I know this was done in the past, but am curious to know if it's still done today.

Fade to Black...

Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:31 am

Peter-Four-Oh wrote:Taking banndit's question a bit further, are jets sometimes swapped from squadron to squadron within a wing on an 'as needed' basis? Reason I ask is because you mentioned that you were with the 336th, but that's a 335th emblem on the intake.

I know this was done in the past, but am curious to know if it's still done today.

Yes, jets are definitely swapped between units for various reasons all the time.

In the case of ol' 471 there, it was still a 335th jet at the time but it was used as an "air spare" during the 336th deployment. When a yellow tail broke, that green tail ended up in the middle east instead.