OK, war story, so go get coffee...
Back during my days at Bentwaters, a bud and I caught a ride with an O-6 in his staff car to the ops side of base (we were waiting for the base shuttle, he told us to hop in the back. Kinda weird being driven around by an O-6!). As we passed that infamous point along the base perimeter where the fence was the closest to the runway, known as "Commie Corner" (wasn't there the remains of a small church nearby?!?), he growled some nasty comments about the several individuals standing outside the fence with cameras and high-powered telephoto lenses. OK, I thought, maybe they are just interested in A-10s like we are. My O-6 (the DCM) had a huge window facing the runway and whenever a a/c would take off he would always turn around and watch it. I asked him why once and he replied that I would be amazed at how many times he's spotted a 'Remove Before Flight' streamer or panel that had popped open. I am sure that those events were rare but they must have happened more than once.
Anyhow, I had a point before I went lollygagging down memory lane. Oh yeah, I remember. Dice, for one, I just just having a little fun with ya, didn't mean to stir anything up. But in Shuck's defense (is that spelled with a 's' or 'c'?? Just a little cross-Atlantic humor for our English friends! <img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>), he did provide some data on the thread <i>'DESERT STORM Warthog Squadrons'</i> (
http://forum.a-10.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6164) and <i>'What happened to this jet (80-258)?'(</i>
http://forum.a-10.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6194). However, to continue the attack (ATTACK!), based on his responses in those threads, he sure does <b>SOUND</b> like a planespooter (purposely misspelled for any Scots out there! <img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>) to me!
Nobody has to like anyone, it's a free world. Much like my bud BB, I must be mellowing in my old age (or my bunker job is frying my brain). I know we get a lot of trollers (re: Zebco's) on this forum, but Shuck at least has contributed a little (46 posts). And those nasty spotters up in The Netherlands have taken the hobby to a whole new level with their website Scramble, so I can't fault one man's efforts!
By the way Shuck, why search criteria did you use to find out that info? Just curious, I couldn't find it, but there might be some guys at the WR museum who would know if it is public record. 89 aircraft flew 533 sorties over a 14-hour period, eh? That's a hell of a lot of locals!!! <img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>
Cheers! M2
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