Comments on: Waste, fraud and abuse http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-92485 badbob Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:59:39 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/#comment-92485 Nose, I've earned my cynicism stripes da hard way but I'm still a team player we all are. However, sometimes I'm dismayed when the "victors" in this zero-sum game try to re-write history... b2 Nose,

I’ve earned my cynicism stripes da hard way but I’m still a team player we all are.

However, sometimes I’m dismayed when the “victors” in this zero-sum game try to re-write history…

b2

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-92472 Justthisguy Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:00:49 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/#comment-92472 What Nose said, about what B^2 said! I remember when that happened, and how annoyed I was. Hmm, I wonder how deep they are?... P.s. Yah, any swing-wing airplane leads a hard life. Hey it coulda been worse, with the TFX, and all. And Robert Strange McNamara is still alive. I'll not write what I think about him, ladies or USAF Websense might be reading What Nose said, about what B^2 said! I remember when that happened, and how annoyed I was. Hmm, I wonder how deep they are?…

P.s. Yah, any swing-wing airplane leads a hard life. Hey it coulda been worse, with the TFX, and all.

And Robert Strange McNamara is still alive. I’ll not write what I think about him, ladies or USAF Websense might be reading

]]> By: Nose http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-410493 Nose Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:22:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/#comment-410493 Bob, "All the usable Intruders were made into a reef to hide the evidence" That is about the greatest thing I've ever heard you say - and i think you say some pretty great things. N Bob,

“All the usable Intruders were made into a reef to hide the evidence”

That is about the greatest thing I’ve ever heard you say – and i think you say some pretty great things.

N

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-92345 badbob Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:24:32 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/#comment-92345 Nose- No Tomcat will ever fly again for us or any other nation except maybe as a stunt or a legacy airshow circuit. Their fatigue life is used up. Especially the ones with DFCS, LANTIRN and all the bells and whistles. They were rode hard since 2001 and put up wet. We used 'em up and the taxpayers should be pleased..War reserve at AMARC is only good for a few years.. All the usable Intruders were made into a reef to hide the evidence and the Viking has been going to the desert these past years with another, unused service life on the airframe. No justice thar- sort of like Scooters travesy IMO... H-3 is the hottest legacy for FMS right now. F-18 and P-3 FMS are just bidnesses.. BTW, the Greeks flew A-7's for a while but I think they have moved on.. (Hornets mebbe?) Zane, re- "never had much love for the aluminum cloud." I'm sure it had to do with the new kid on the block syndrome..versus those who would be the Kings of Miramar. Of course Lex finally made it to SanDog via Lee-More, sorta like the Joad's roadtrip! LOL. He stands atop that ash-heap surveying all the vanquished. Long live Hornet-Sharia! b2 Nose-

No Tomcat will ever fly again for us or any other nation except maybe as a stunt or a legacy airshow circuit. Their fatigue life is used up. Especially the ones with DFCS, LANTIRN and all the bells and whistles. They were rode hard since 2001 and put up wet. We used ‘em up and the taxpayers should be pleased..War reserve at AMARC is only good for a few years..

All the usable Intruders were made into a reef to hide the evidence and the Viking has been going to the desert these past years with another, unused service life on the airframe. No justice thar- sort of like Scooters travesy IMO… H-3 is the hottest legacy for FMS right now. F-18 and P-3 FMS are just bidnesses..

BTW, the Greeks flew A-7′s for a while but I think they have moved on.. (Hornets mebbe?)

Zane,

re- “never had much love for the aluminum cloud.”

I’m sure it had to do with the new kid on the block syndrome..versus those who would be the Kings of Miramar. Of course Lex finally made it to SanDog via Lee-More, sorta like the Joad’s roadtrip! LOL. He stands atop that ash-heap surveying all the vanquished. Long live Hornet-Sharia!

b2

]]> By: Zane http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-92280 Zane Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:12:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/#comment-92280 Way back in these pages, I recounted finding Lex in a briefing room following a 1v1 hop with a Tomcat (Lex drove a lawndart). Lex had been picking on the RAG students, and was waiting for them to arrive before he began the further humiliation known as debriefing. In his HUD tape, filling the whole screen, was a Tomcat out of airspeed and ideas. The pipper and that squiggly line moved perfectly in synch, back and forth from the pilot's head to the RIO's head, back and forth, back and forth, and Lex could be heard musing, "Which do I kill first?" No, Lex never had much love for the aluminum cloud. Way back in these pages, I recounted finding Lex in a briefing room following a 1v1 hop with a Tomcat (Lex drove a lawndart). Lex had been picking on the RAG students, and was waiting for them to arrive before he began the further humiliation known as debriefing. In his HUD tape, filling the whole screen, was a Tomcat out of airspeed and ideas. The pipper and that squiggly line moved perfectly in synch, back and forth from the pilot’s head to the RIO’s head, back and forth, back and forth, and Lex could be heard musing, “Which do I kill first?”

No, Lex never had much love for the aluminum cloud.

]]> By: Rick http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-410491 Rick Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:40:47 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/02/waste-fraud-and-abuse/#comment-410491 SeniorD, I've been reading our good host's musings for quite some time now an I'm well aware he is not a Tomcat fan. I would expect nothing less from a Hornet driver. I have no doubt that he would be first in line to fly a GBU strike on a worth-while target. Even if it is in the Boneyard! :-) SeniorD,
I’ve been reading our good host’s musings for quite some time now an I’m well aware he is not a Tomcat fan. I would expect nothing less from a Hornet driver. I have no doubt that he would be first in line to fly a GBU strike on a worth-while target. Even if it is in the Boneyard! :-)

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