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Raven, thats good to hear!.....cheers for the info.

Raven....I remember that. It was not too long after I left Spang. One of my best friend's who was the crew chief on 991 had gone to A/R and was there when the accident happened. He sent me quite a few good pictures of 985 sitting in the golf course. I think I lost them though. It's a shame, they were on an old hard drive. Nice talkin to ya.....

Here's a nice shot of 971, a Spang jet that ended-up on the golf course in Osan after a throttle cable broke on landing. This is a shot after it was repaired but before it got painted....

<img src="http://www.warthogpen.com/bs/971.jpg" border=0>

HMFIC

Dice, you say 971 was a Spang jet that had landed on the golf course at Osan? I don't remember a 971 at Spang, but I could be wrong. Was it an add on to the base at one time?

Wonderful UTTR <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>

"The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader

Wasn't at Spang while I was there either...what's the history on that one Dice?

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"

Hasn't 81-0971 always been an Osan jet?

This is quit an old picture..
<img src="http://skywarrior.cool.ne.jp/a-10a(os-971).jpg" border=0>

More Osan jets at http://skywarrior.cool.ne.jp/usaf%2025fs.htm

Greetz

Sorry I had Spang in my head because of the thread topic..it is and has always been an Osan jet. <img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

HMFIC

Not a problem Dice...

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"

Got new pics up! Scanned some coins from the AEF rotation, and started a new album, "OEF/OIF Memoribilia" at http://photos.yahoo.com/thelastraven13.

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"

Edited by - thelastraven on Apr 05 2004 9:06 PM

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Got new pics up! Scanned some coins from the AEF rotation, and started a new album, "OEF/OIF Memoribilia" at http://photos.yahoo.com/thelastraven13.

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"

Edited by - thelastraven on Apr 05 2004 9:06 PM
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coins.....I see two I would love to get my hands on!!

<img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/70th.jpg" border=0><img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/Mav_shot.jpg" border=0><img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/25.jpg" border=0>

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Raven nice pics my friend and thanks for sharing with us "noners"!

HMFIC

Raven. love the coin shots........especially 'Panther Maintenance'

prkii: which one's you like? I *may* be able to get ahold of some...

Dice: Not a problem...wanna scan patches tonight..

BaconBits: I love teh back of that 81 AMU coin...my dad wants that one too.

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"

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prkii: which one's you like? I *may* be able to get ahold of some...

Dice: Not a problem...wanna scan patches tonight..

BaconBits: I love teh back of that 81 AMU coin...my dad wants that one too.

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"
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These two....and thanks for the "consideration"

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/thelas ... m=1f1c.jpg
and
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/thelas ... m=20a9.jpg

<img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/70th.jpg" border=0><img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/Mav_shot.jpg" border=0><img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/25.jpg" border=0>

Edited by - prkiii on Apr 06 2004 1:04 PM

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prkii: Hmmm...I'll have to find someone going through Qatar to get the OIF one...but I'll get ahold of some of the guys at Spang to see if anymore of the 81 AMU coins are being ordered.

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"

Added patches to the OEF/OIF Mem. album...nothing TOO impressive, but figured I'd update. Certificates did not scan so well, will try again tomorrow. They are Airman of the Month for the 81 EFS, 455 EOG, and 455 AEW...as well as the generic 455 EOG service certificate...

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"

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prkii: Hmmm...I'll have to find someone going through Qatar to get the OIF one...but I'll get ahold of some of the guys at Spang to see if anymore of the 81 AMU coins are being ordered.

--Raven

"'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'"
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Thanks...appreciate it very much....email me a mailing address...I have a few coins I'll send to you. They are the 4 coins we have for the Quality Office here at Robins (Quality Branch, F-15, C-130, C-17) and once the "Compliance" coin & C-17 coin arrive I'll send those to you as well....

<img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/70th.jpg" border=0><img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/Mav_shot.jpg" border=0><img src="http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/prkiii/25.jpg" border=0>

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Raven:

Need a favor? I'll be glad to oblige. Just hit me up at my Bagram addy. Should be like yours while you were here. ladukej@xxxxx.xxx.army.mil

But do it soon. I don't have nuch time left here.


"Door Art: Coming soon..."

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Former DCC OA-10A T/N 80-278

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Chief: Sounds similar to the story of 985, which parked on the golf course one day, shortly before I arrived at Spang. If you dig back through the forum, I know there is a story about that around here.

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Here's a picture of this accident..

<img src="http://users.skynet.be/Guy_De_Raeve/81-0985.jpg" border=0>

greetz

Raven

Some nice patches, can you hook up some more of those as well? The green Panthers patch, the desert Panthers patch with gold writing,a nd the CAS patch with the Viper marked out in particular. I know the OIC of the snacko at Spang, he's the FNG but a really nice guy, so if you need a POC drop me a line.

Cheers! M2

How did the nose gear collapse?????????<img src=newicons/anim_cussing.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle>

The nose gear sheared off as the jet left the runway.
The mishap was the result of too high a landing speed, instead of a throttle setting of idle the pilot still had about 80% on both engines and was unable to slow it before the end of the runway.
He ejected at about 40 knots with some 300 feet of runway remaining, the jet then ploughed off the end of the runway onto the golf course.

TheLastRaven welcome back! are you back at Spangdahlem? and ifso, can you tell me if the 81FS is in a exercise? alot of flying to the nordhorn range lately. right at this moment there are to a/c leaving and another 2 entering the range. last week there were also lots of A-10's on the range.
can you also tell me if there will be some at the range next week? (i have a week off then )

t.i.a. Brian

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