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Finally got around to finding all of my pics from Bagram, and have about 270 MB of pictures. Going to do what I can to get the better ones online for everyone...I'll let you know when I get the first batch up in the next day or so..

--Raven

P.S. I'm finally back for a while

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

welcome back

"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell

Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel !
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WELCOME HOME RAVEN.

PRESS TO TEST

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Welcome home!!!

Go Ugly Early !
No body's ugly after 2:00 A.M.

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glad to hear your back, look forward to those pictures

TG out
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If you need some place to host them, I have plenty of space & bandwidth. Let me know...

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Glad you're home safe and sound, Raven. btw, I have something for you, in return for the shell casing you gave me last summer. Send me your snail mail addy.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect, therefore, I am perfect.

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The beginning of my pictures can be found here: http://photos.yahoo.com/thelastraven13. I will probably need some space Weasel, still trying to sift through all of them, though. Thanks for all the welcome backs everyone. And 30MM, I'll get you a snail mail addy as soon as I have a permanent one, I'm between assignments right now...stopped in to visit my folks for a few weeks.

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

Raven.....

Great pictures... You have the first picture I've seen since getting out in 98 of my old jet. I'm glad to see she's still flying. Ever heard the story about her and what she used to be called when she was stationed in England? "The bean grazer"...

Thanks for sharing those pictures, they are really nice, I look forward to the next batch.
Thats the first time I've seen a 'Panther' jet with the new gold fin cap (pic 38/gun reload)
I'd love to hear about the story of the 'Bean Grazer<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

First welcome home and thanks for a job well done!! <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> second, any way I can get high rezs copies of your pics...I'll trade ya something for them...30th coin...historical DVD....

HMFIC

Dice: Once I get to Nellis and settled in I can burn you a CD and send 'em to you...

Chief966: Nope, never heard her called that. In my two years at Spang, she was always called Princess, and treted like one when time allowed. For a while before we went to Bagram, my jet (951) and Princess were the two best looking jets on the line, sometimes nicer than whatever had just rolled off the wash rack. I'd love to hear the story, though.

BaconBits: My jet was the first one to get the "gold" stabs, and I hated them. For some strange reason, she got home and they were black again...how odd, huh?

--Raven

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

Thanks Raven! Chief I would like to hear that story also!!! <img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle>

HMFIC

Ah, the memories...(cough-cough). Sorry, choked on the remembered dust!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> Excellent pix, Raven!

I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect, therefore, I am perfect.

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>For some strange reason, she got home and they were black again...how odd, huh?
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Maybe the pilot followed too close to the jet in front on the flight home and the caps were blackened by the jet efflux?<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>
Or maybe the crew simply mislaid the 'gold' paint<img src=newicons/Whatever_anim.gif border=0 align=middle>

I still say sabotage by the nationals. That's MY story and I'm sticking to it!<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>

--Raven

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

Ummmm...U.S. nationals, Raven?<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect, therefore, I am perfect.

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I just said nationals...you know, the nationals that were there. *shrug* It really is tough to tell what happened for sure...all I saw was saw newspaper, packing tape, sand paper, and spray paint laying on a B-1 stand.....

--Raven

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

Finished the first Bagram "Album" this morning...still have more to post, but there's a good lot of them up now for you guys.

--Raven


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

great pics...thanks!!

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If you can't go fast...go Ugly

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Raven!
Well the story as I've heard it, goes something like this. Actually, I heard it from the crew chief of 951 at the time. (Tim Boney).... He had heard that 966 was on a routine sortie and had IFE'd for a right side hydraulic system failure. The pilot had forgotten to pull the emergency brake handle before landing. When he touched down, he sailed off the runway into a bean field. Hence the nickname "bean grazer". Thought it was an interesting story, and I was always promised pictures of the carnage. I had heard that they changed out one of the wings. Never saw them though.

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.

--Raven

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

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Sounds similar to the story of 985<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

This is a coincidence, I was thinking about that very incident the other day, I was wondering if it was fixed and put back in service.
It must have been about early 2000 it happened?

I like the rest of the pictures Raven....jbpig might remember 951, it began its career with the 91st TFS 'Blue Streaks' at 'Woody'



Edited by - Bacon Bits on Mar 26 2004 5:01 PM

I remember the tail number, but cant remember the story...refresh my memory

JB

Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!

Bacon Bits: 985 is back flying...got her back abot 16-18 months ago if I recall correctly. Lot of gremlins at first, but she straightened up at/after Bagram.

--Raven

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