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Rainman, We get it, really, we do, you hate ever having to say your tail #. And yes the tail # on that particular Hog is clearly visable and unambiguous, (82-000656) and yes, any boom worth two squirts of piss should not ask for this tail number. However, the numbers are not always clearly read-able and not always painted in the same last year digit/tail format. How about cutting us some ######ing slack. JP8

Fixed it for ya.

They were both devoloped from the same Boeing 367-80 prototype but the 707 airframe is wider and longer than the KC-135. Humps

Here you go boys....submit your budget cutting ideas. My link

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Were way past that don't you think? HUMPS

Thats a sucker bet.....oh, btw...you suck. HUMPS

Dude, First off...it is not our "bullshit requirement", every piece of iron in the inventory (AF, Army, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard) has a number that the fuel gets charged to. Do you think when your crew chief fuels your jet on your ramp that he doesn't have to account for the fuel just as we do? We could personally give a fat rats ass which tail number you are flying, but we are held accountable to make sure the paperwork gets done. In fact, when the Boom who gives you (and maybe a dozen other guys)gas over Azcrackistan finally gets back to the Deid after his 10 hour sortie, processes back through customs, turns in the secrets and all the other crap, he has to look your tail number up in a giant spreadsheet to get the FP number, unit, base and state and then type all that shit into what could be the most idotic and frustrating computer program ever. How about you just shut up and color and pass your tail number like every other guy since the beginning of air refueling? HUMPS

Seriously....6 pages....this thread = full retard! HUMPS

My fav was the sea-dye markers in the puddles over on the CC side....made me smile every time. Humps

Now is your chance boys and girls, we need some intelligent, well written entries in the Air Force times blog! We need to keep this critical mass rolling to have any hope of change. Humps

No kidding! Talk about "going viral"! 4000 members and picking up speed! Humps

Coming from an active duty A-10 mx backround, albiet years ago, I can tell you that mx shortcuts are (or at least were) the norm and that as he aledges, making the sorties happen took precedence over good mx practices. I had a similar experience in my day and when I refused to sign off a legitimate red x write up that I could not repair (long story) I was summarily stuck in the snack bar for two months when they figured out they could not force me to sign off the red X. I left AD shortly after and always regretted not taking it to the IG. Prior to the incident I was considered a "good troop" but when I would not sign off on a fraudulent corrective action my leadership shit on me. I'm not saying that this guy handled the situation correctly, I am hovever saying that mx shortcuts are taken and jets are being flown with known grounding write ups every day in the name of making the all important sortie count. Humps

I have heard the following around our ops (tankers): VFR direct = going outside your chain of command or normal channels container = box lead turn = get the jump on something or someone Howdy = I farted... however this only works once or maybe twice during a flight and does not give you licesne to repeatedly stink up the cockpit. Over usage generally results in swift retribution. Humps

Sh!t, I've seen that movie a 100 times, didn't know about the 36th FS though...thanks for the clarification! And to SSgt. Rhyner