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*The names have been changed to protect the stupid

What is the best prank you've ever pulled on someone? I've done plenty, but two more unique ones that really stand out to me were...

1) ~2003, 75th @ Pope: I had a guy go to support to get a metric cresent wrench. I was kind of surprised when he fell for it, so I thought "why not keep the good times going" and when he returned to the spot empty-handed, but still oblivious (Support didn't clue him in lol) I was like "well go check the 74th then!". This continued for several trips until he finally wised up.

2) Late 2007/Early 2008, 75th again, this time at Moody: Friday night, a bunch of us were going around tying down the jets. The ramp was new to A-10s (again) so most of the grounding point/tiedown points were full of tar. Every single spot we had to cut the tar out to tie down the jets, it was a real pain. I pretend to get all exasperated "Dammit, this is ridiculous, [new guy], go to supply and order a whole bunch of grounding points so we can tie down the jets, I'm tired of cutting all this tar out." As I'm saying this, I'm having the hardest time keeping a straight face, but manage to pull it off. We all had a great laugh after he went to order replacement flightline parts, and when he returned, finally realizing what happened (supply clued him in) we all had another good laugh.

The grounding point one was awesome!!! That kid had no clue what was going on.

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deployed last january and got a SrA believing a kanuter valve is the housing that hods the three bones and drum for your inner ear. it started with him jamming an ear plug into his ear and someone telling himhe would damage his kanuter valve. his response was, "Yeah, whatever that is." And so it began. i explained howthe three bones are housed in a cone like deal and the ear drum is a sort of cover for the whole works. The best part was joking about it later and him leaning over to a guy saying, "I know what that is."

So trying to explain why it is funny to some other dudes, I found out they didn't know what a kanuter valve was either. I don't know when it got easy, but I'm glad it did. I told them "what it is" and then had to pull out a "why it is funny" reason out of my ass. So, four believe it is part of the inner ear, and three believe the fourth believes his are connected through a tube running across the base of the skull. "That is why you always hear a rushing sound when your finger is in your ear, you are blocking air flow."


Another good one I bore witness to was a guy getting a new name tape for a dudes shirt made and sewed onto the shirt. it hung in the victims closet for two weeks. the reveal came when he had to go all the way back to the dorms for a shower and change of clothes because he spiled fuel on himself and broke his glasses in the process. he got all the way back to the ECP and the cops would not let him in because the name on his shirt did not match the name on his badge. So he checked his badge and found his name. When he checked his shirt, he found "POOP"

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[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJFBrg4xZtg&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Quick video I made with my cellphone on the flightline!!!

This new guy can be seen doing what we told him was a "Radar deflection check." APU was running, guy on the ground was giving hand signals to move him around, and guy running APU was soaking up AC. It's hard to tell, but he is in his socks because we didn't want his steel toe boots to screw up the ops check. And yes, that is just a giant piece of plexiglass and a bunny suit. Priceless

One of the best I've seen was waayyy back around '88 when I was AD at George AFB, CA working F-4E/Gs in phase.

We got a new girl fresh out of tech school so we had to mess with her. During a phase on an F-4 we had her do a special cleansing of the F-4 nose cone so the radar would operate better. We made a bucket full of a special, but toxic cleanser (water) and she had to be in full PPE. Pretty much the LOX servicing gear...bunny suit, rubber apron, kitchen rubber gloves, face shield, respirator. We told her the slightest contact with this solution (water) on skin was very bad and could leave a person in convulsions or even death. She got suited up and very nervously started applying the solution (water) with a brush onto the nose cone. While doing this one of my buddies walked up to her and introduced himself since she was new, and when he started talking to her he put his bare hand on the wet nose cone. He immediately dropped to the floor and started convulsing and twisting in agony. She dropped the bucket of water and started screaming and nearly wet herself...and we nearly wet ourselves laughing our butts off.

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Me and our 4 man, back when we still had 4 man load crews, were in the process of arming a group of birds loaded with BDU-50s. These were the 500 lb concrete bombs used to train pilots to drop heavy loads. We'd just finished installing the ejection carts on a bird up on the 4 row, (nearest the runway and right by the red line), when we spot a Skeeter Wing cop "WALKING" the perimiter. We gave each other a quick look realizing that cops NEVER WALK anywhere. So, John hands me a rubber mallet out of the tool box and says, loudly, "Its your turn to function check these bombs." I take the mallet from him and he walks off to the side, bends down and puts his fingers in his ears. I walk up to the first bomb, wind up and smack the flat plastic fuse well cover plate as hard as I can. After the 3rd smack I yell to John, "Nope, this one's bad!" I think that young airman is still running.

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One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE ONES

Was when 1ST Easton just became part of the AMU and fresh out of MAT. I was changing my Old Girls nose tire with Chico (My ACC) and were working away . Well the Lt shows up and asks "So what are you Guys doing?" I said "Changing the Brake Lt" (Thinking like a smart ass)
Well the Lt goes "Oh that ? I just learned about that in MAT. Here let me give you guys a hand"
Chico looks at me and I look at Chico and go "Ok Lt we already got the break on if you would get in the cockpit and pump the Breaks we can bleed them"
The Lt "Sure thing" Jumps up the ladder hops in the Cockpit and yells Ready"
I yell "Pump the breaks" The Lt is pumping the Hell out of those Breaks and Chico and me are under the Cockpit Laughing Ok You can stop now LT their bleed!.
So we finished putting the nose tire on Chico puts his hand on the Lt's back full of "Red Grease " Then I have the LT do the Spin Check on the Tire so the Lt is spinning the Tire really Quick then I Yell "Stop!" So the LT Grabs the Tire! Gets a Rubber Burn. I say "Well LT, Thank You so very much for helping! The Lt Goes "It was my Pleasure and need anymore help just ask" Well he goes into Red 1's office and they see the Grease on his back , the Black on his Hand, the Rubber Burn and ask him "What the Hell have you been doing?" He goes changing a Nose Brake with Goose"
The S--- Hit the Fan!!! Chico and Me where laughing so hard we couldn't breath and The Chief and Red 1 Office were rolling on the Floor After that Day the LT had it out for Us. But it was worth it.

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Thanks Goose, I really needed a laugh today, and that just did it. I'd seen the "Nose gear break check" done before by others, but never on an LT, and with such flare! Kudos Lad!

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It was the 3 years of "HELL' I had to put up with hm and then He left and His Wife took his place .
We had to stop launch Jets one Morning Due to "FOD" on the Taxi way. Barney told Tom, Little JB and myself to go check it out.
We jumped into the Coleman and Raced down the Taxi Way and got there and it turn out not to be "FOD" BUT A 50LB+ Snapping turtl I said "I ain't messing with that Thing its "PO and ANGRY! " Tom went for it tail and the thing swung around and almost got him. Well by this time Lt Mc------ showed up and said "We need to clear the TAXI WAY NOW"
i TOLD HER "Sure LT You tell that turtle to move or order t to MOVE and see what it does"
She got close to that Turtle and it took a swipe at her and grabbed her uniform pants leg and wasn't letting go! I took a Wooden Broom handle a Smacked it on the head and it let go and grabbed the broom stick. Tom and Little JB saw there chance to flip that Turtle over on it back and Tom pulled his Buck Knife out and Killed the Turtle. Thru it on the back of the Coleman and I told the 2 to drive it EOR AND I'll get this Jets going.
So I Marshaled the 24 jets down to EOR 4 AT A TIME so that they wouldn't get clogged So an hour later it was over and they came back and got me. But the LT couldn't wait, she wen't "I heard all about You and I got my Eye on You and Don't even Think Out stepping out of Line with me!"
I said that sounds like a threat Ma'am, She wen't What ever but you've BEEN WARNED!
She DROVE off and I was Yelling and Tom told me "Goose let it Go for Now, She'll Screw-up"
Tom was right She screw-up , Signed Off an ER on a JET missing 4 panels. Who says theirs not a Crew God

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Those are awesome...wish people still did stuff like that. With the influx of new airman it may be possible to do that more. Now youre liable to get kicked out or worse a UIF/paperwork for anything though. Haven't been priviledged to see too much of that, searching for the part number for the NLG brake and K9P lube is about all I have seen.

I was CATM at Lowery here in CO, and at that time, our range was located out at Buckley Air National Guard Base. Each morning we'd get 3 students from the tech schools at lowery who were AFI, (Awaiting Further Instructions, usually waiting for orders or school start dates), to help us with setting up the range and range maintenance. At the time, Buckley's white and green beacon stood on a short steel tower, (about30' tall), with nothing around it. One morning on the way out to Buckley, one of our AFI's was getting a little lippy. So I decided to have some fun. "Oh, Airman Smith. Your (training manager, can't remember just now what they called them but you get the idea), called me before we left and told me to pass on to you that you have "beacon duty" tonite. I'm supposed to leave you out here, and they'll send a truck for you in the morning."

Amn Smith, "What the Hell is "Beacon Duty" Sarge?"

"Well, do you see that short tower over there with the beacon on it? The motor that normally turns it is broken, again, and at the bottom is a large hand crank. Well you have to stand there and turn that crank all night at about 6 RPM."

Me and my other instructors kept that kid spooled up all damn day. Finally, as we're heading back toward the gate and past the tower, at the end of the day, I tell him that we were just F&%$ing with him. He tried to play it off but we all knew, even the other AFI's, that he'd gone for it hook line and sinker.

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Violence may not be the best option, but it IS an option