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| Author: | a-10friend [ 02 May 2005, 21:48 ] |
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Our web site is not up and (mostly) rnning http://www.teamwarthog.org/ Constructive criticism is welcome either in this forum site or by email from the site. There years less 2 days means $137.37 per day. I think I said $150,000 wound not be a problem. |
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| Author: | Lil Hitler [ 03 May 2005, 04:16 ] |
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A-10Friend, That's one NICE looking site, Whoever did the graphics work should be commended..... capche-capche da - we go forward together Faugh ah Ballaugh -Clear The Way- |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 03 May 2005, 05:12 ] |
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Yup, well done! "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig |
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| Author: | Dutchy [ 03 May 2005, 05:52 ] |
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Hello a-10friend, I shall put your site under mine favourites. Than I never forget toe see and follow you and the team. One thing, you give last other sites (also a museum). Why is that not under your links at teamwarthog.org? Salute and make the A-10 Dutchy Termites do it in the dark! (47FS Barksdale afb) |
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| Author: | Hawg166 [ 03 May 2005, 17:37 ] |
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No no no the picture in the left hand corner is supposed to be 80-166. <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle> I mean otherwise its an awesome front page. "No thats Goose with 2 O's" By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
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| Author: | a-10friend [ 03 May 2005, 21:23 ] |
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Thanks for the comments. We will be working on the links in the next couple of weeks. Hawg166, I again need clarification on terms. Why should it be 80-166? Is that a unit designation? If we make it 80-166 will it mean more donors?  Where do I order a "jargon dictionary" or do I have to spend several years in the service to pick up what I need to know?
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 04 May 2005, 05:25 ] |
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Just hang out around here, dutchy, ask questions like you do, and you'll catch on in no time! "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig |
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| Author: | Hawg166 [ 04 May 2005, 19:27 ] |
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Nothing, it was a joke that foundered. The page looks great. By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
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| Author: | Dice-man [ 05 May 2005, 05:17 ] |
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Very nice looking page. I would change this line on the intro page... <b> "We want to showcase the part it played in aviation history and pay tribute to those who flew this beautiful aircraft, especially those who flew the A-10 in combat in Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq." </b> You should also include the people who maintained her through-out her history. Ugly But Well Hung |
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| Author: | a-10friend [ 05 May 2005, 20:42 ] |
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Dice-man, We are planning on making several changes to the page. I like what you wrote and we want to include all members of the "team" in our stories and at the museum display. When I look at aircraft I don't often think about the people who spend hundreds of hours doing the hard work that keep it in the air. I bet the checklist you go through to prepare an A-10 includes hundreds of pages and details on what must be done to let the pilots do their jobs. I worked for a company that made a type of artifical heart about 15 years ago. We spent a lot of time talking to physicians about how to use the pump. Most of the training (my job)was with the technicians and nurses who had to set the device up and keep it running. Most of the time we took the docs to dinner. The techs and nurses were too busy keeping things running. Does anyone have a few good pictures of a crew working on an A-10? I bet the stories of the guys on the ground are great and we would like to include some of them on our site. |
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| Author: | Hawg166 [ 05 May 2005, 20:58 ] |
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Dice you must have a bunch of crew photos around your museum. Or he can always paruse the photo section of the WT. By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
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| Author: | Lil Hitler [ 06 May 2005, 05:21 ] |
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A-10 Friend, since copyright infringement is a big issue you might want to look for those pictures at http://www.af.mil/photos/ or http://www2.acc.af.mil/gallery/images.shtml for offical Air Force photos which may be distributed or copied. I'm sure you'll be able to find what your looking for there. capche-capche da - we go forward together Faugh ah Ballaugh -Clear The Way- |
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| Author: | Dice-man [ 06 May 2005, 05:25 ] |
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I have a "bunch" of photos with ground activity and crews but, I would need to pick a few which show people I know (like from this site Hawg166) who can give the OK for their likeness to be used on the web. I will look through my stuff this weekend and pick a few of the best. There have been a few good stories posted here but, you would have to know what to search for to find them. Normaly people here are a little shy and don't like the public light but, if you ask nicley (in another thread) maybe someone will be nice enough to tell you a few stories for your site....come on Goose tell us about DS! Nice to hear you are going to include the maintainers in your tribute to the A-10!! <img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle> Ugly But Well Hung |
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| Author: | Hawg166 [ 06 May 2005, 15:17 ] |
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Yeah Santa we LOOOVVVVEEEEE to hear your stories ! <img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle> By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
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| Author: | a-10friend [ 07 May 2005, 00:48 ] |
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Regarding stories: The great thing about this site is the feedback and comments. When I quit getting new comments, I guess it’s time to shut up. I hope this post encourages some of you with real military experience to consider writing out your stories about the A-10. Selfishly, I’d like to see postings for our site. If not for the public, at least for your friends and families.. They are very important to us. My brother has a long career in the Army and he has much the same feeling about recounting what he has done. He was in Afghanistan much of last fall and winter returning home a few months ago. I kept asking him to tell me what was going on an he humored me by sending enough emails to let me know what was going on. Many years of giving reports and presentations have paid off because now I think he has become a very good storyteller. People like myself, who never served need to hear some of the stories. It helps us keep focused on what is really important and makes it a bit easier to sort the wheat from the chaff when watching the evening news. At my request he wrote the first story on the teamwarthog.com web site. When I read it , I thought he had captured just what we needed to show others how important the A-10 is to national defense. It is a weapon that takes care of the men on the ground who are doing the dangerous work of projecting power and supporting our national interest. The same can be said (at least in terms of what is intended) of every job in the military and every weapons system. I happen to be working on a project to raise money for the A-10 and so I need A-10 people to tell me what life is like with a Warthog. I want to hear from the ground crews and pilots. It would be great to hear from someone who had a part in the design of the aircraft. I can probably find out who the test pilots were, but what was it like to be on the engineering team? What was it like during DS? What is happening in Afghanistan and Iraq today? How does it feel to be in trouble on the ground, call for help and have it show up in the form of plane that is so ugly it is pretty? Don’t sell yourselves short. My guess is most of you who serve are a lot like my brother. You tell people like me that your just doing a job, nothing really special, and besides, who wants to listen to more stories. . . . . . I do! I would like to sneak in one more example of a story my brother sent me. I’ve used it before to help raise money for some orphans in Kabul. (Another thing our service men do in their spare time, when overseas, they take care of kids) September 25, 2005 I know you will get a kick out of this, it is about culture, history, religion, and philosophy all rolled up into one little story... I was at the bazaar on Friday, the usual shopping day. The stalls are run by different sorts- some small boys working for their fathers, others old men who look like they simply brought a bag of whatever thy could find in their huts and spread it out on a carpet-more like a yard sell, typical smells and high stepping over items tossed about. One small boy had an interesting set up with rocks and rings and other assorted bric-a-brac. In the back corner of his small table was a pile of pewter figures, sheep, cows, goats, men and women, even some very wise looking men prostrate with outstretched hands holding what appeared to be genie lamps. There was also a slightly out of place baby lying in what appeared to be a feed trough. I asked the boy about his pieces and he proceed to tell me about each one of them with the kind of emotion you would use when you describe a friend or family member (a rehearsed sales job I am sure...“this is the cow, this is the sheep, this is the goat…” when he got to the man and the women (who we all know as Joseph and Mary) he said, “and this is my favorite, he is the beggar and this is the beggars wife who need some food to eat…” He also talked about the Kings, but could not understand why it was so important that I buy three, and he had no idea how the baby got into the feed trough. I bought a complete set (he even found a third King) and I agreed to pay more then the pewter pieces were worth, I justified the money because the boy’s story was pure gold. END Just before he came home, my brother sent the set to me. It is one of my most prized possessions now not because of the pieces, but because of the story that goes with them. Even without the set, the story is ours forever. |
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| Author: | Dice-man [ 07 May 2005, 07:59 ] |
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GREAT story a-10friend, and you're right, this is the type of story which need to be told but in most cases are not! Did you find what you need (picture wise)on the AF/ACC site? The pictures I have were snt to me with premission for their use so, if you still need something let me know. Ugly But Well Hung |
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