"Were you in the Air Force?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	19 Jan 2019 7:08 p.m. PST
Did you serve in the Air Force?
myxemail	19 Jan 2019 7:11 p.m. PST
Nope
warwell	19 Jan 2019 7:25 p.m. PST
Washed out of pilot training
TheWhiteDog	19 Jan 2019 7:26 p.m. PST
Yep, OEF.
Dye4minis	19 Jan 2019 8:15 p.m. PST
Yes. 20 Years +
Grelber	19 Jan 2019 8:20 p.m. PST
Negative--just worked for them as a civil service type for 37 years. Grelber
FusilierDan	19 Jan 2019 8:30 p.m. PST
No.
79thPA	19 Jan 2019 8:31 p.m. PST
Nope
rmaker	19 Jan 2019 10:08 p.m. PST
No.
377CSG	19 Jan 2019 10:58 p.m. PST
Yes 20 years and 3 months.
privateer	20 Jan 2019 2:04 a.m. PST
No – Army all the way.
Vigilant	20 Jan 2019 2:31 a.m. PST
RAF officer training. Then reserves for 13 years, 6 years as flying instructor.
Katzbalger	20 Jan 2019 3:51 a.m. PST
No.
14Bore	20 Jan 2019 5:13 a.m. PST
Why yes I was. Armament mechanic 4 years.
Joes Shop	20 Jan 2019 5:14 a.m. PST
No
pzivh43	20 Jan 2019 5:40 a.m. PST
NO
robert piepenbrink	20 Jan 2019 5:53 a.m. PST
Air National Guard. Eleven years and change. Still have my ball cap and windbreaker.
ZULUPAUL	20 Jan 2019 5:55 a.m. PST
Nope but I'm a member of the Yankee Air Force/Museum now.
Cyrus the Great	20 Jan 2019 7:32 a.m. PST
No.
pmwalt	20 Jan 2019 7:47 a.m. PST
No, but they've transported me numerous times
BW1959	20 Jan 2019 7:52 a.m. PST
No, but my dad was (U.S. Army Air Force) and so was my son (U.S.Air Force)
peterx	20 Jan 2019 8:42 a.m. PST
No.
Bob Hume	20 Jan 2019 8:47 a.m. PST
Yes, 1976-80. Basic and tech school at Lackland, 6 of the coldest months of my life at Kinchlow in northern Michigan and 3 great years at Castle in California. I still wear a jacket with my patches often and people thank me for my service. I tell them "thanks, but I had no hardship. I chased blonds in California for most of it."
Londonplod	20 Jan 2019 9:11 a.m. PST
RAF Weapons Engineer for 12 years.
14Bore	20 Jan 2019 9:23 a.m. PST
Also thankfully because I still wear my cold weather helmet liner outside every winter 40 years running. Londonplod – suspect we might have done the same job, fixed gun systems, harpoints and loaded bombs and ammo
WarWizard	20 Jan 2019 9:38 a.m. PST
Yes
Martin Rapier	20 Jan 2019 10:18 a.m. PST
No, but my father was in the RAF. Bizarrely, I've still got his heliograph. My Uncle Stan was also in the RAF, but was invalided out after a 'bombing up incident'.
Legion 4	20 Jan 2019 10:22 a.m. PST
Nope … US ARMY, '79-'90. But was a Bn Air Op Officer in the 101, '82-'83. Worked a bit with the USAF … And a grad from their Air/Ground Ops School. I was transported and jumped from many of their aircraft too …
USAFpilot	20 Jan 2019 10:27 a.m. PST
Yes, flew C-141 Starlifter.
Razor78	20 Jan 2019 11:21 a.m. PST
Yep 23 years, now an Army civilian
John Switzer	20 Jan 2019 11:52 a.m. PST
No but my father was. Joined the Army Airy corp during the very end of WWII and stayed in for 30 years. He was a B52 pilot and retired as a Lt.Col,
Londonplod	20 Jan 2019 11:57 a.m. PST
14bore, correct, we were both members of St Barbara's special ones!
20thmaine	20 Jan 2019 2:30 p.m. PST
Nope
Howler	20 Jan 2019 2:43 p.m. PST
Yes 81 – 91. SAC, AFOTEC, SOS
Dukewilliam	20 Jan 2019 3:09 p.m. PST
No, but I've seen air planes.
ColCampbell	20 Jan 2019 3:58 p.m. PST
No, but my father was a WW2 8th Air Force vet. Jim
Wackmole9	20 Jan 2019 4:04 p.m. PST
No, But my Father was Navigator in b-24 during WW2 with the 15th US Air force in Italy.
Doug MSC	20 Jan 2019 5:00 p.m. PST
Yes, back in the 60's.
ScottS	20 Jan 2019 5:07 p.m. PST
No, USMC. When I was stationed on Okinawa – Camp Schwab – we would ride a bus for an hour and a half just to see the living conditions on Kadena Air Force Base. "They have lawns!" "No one is screaming at them!" "Their food doesn't turn their tongues green!"
Rudysnelson	20 Jan 2019 6:26 p.m. PST
No but I was assigned for four great months at Patrick AFB to study race relations to be an inspector.
Lascaris	20 Jan 2019 9:21 p.m. PST
No, USN was my service.
Ed Mohrmann	21 Jan 2019 6:00 a.m. PST
Yes, 1961-1966 (USAFSS, which command is no longer extant. I think today it is called USAF Electronic Systems Command but ain't sure). Intelligence billet.
Son of MOOG	21 Jan 2019 7:19 a.m. PST
No , but my brother retired from it. I was in the Army for three years.
brass1	21 Jan 2019 9:43 a.m. PST
Six years Army. I had an uncle who was in flight school in 1943 but his tendency to land planes when they hadn't touched down yet led to his spending the rest of the war as a paratrooper. LT
Roderick Robertson	21 Jan 2019 11:38 a.m. PST
No, but my dad was in the RCAF during WW II. Was up for the OBE, but decided he wanted to demob rather than hang around for another couple months, so ended up with MBE instead.