Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

First All-female Crew Flies Combat Mission
Defend America News ^ | Sep 27, 2005 | Air Force Capt. Michael G. Johnson

Posted on 09/27/2005 6:43:52 PM PDT by SandRat

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 last
To: SandRat

BTTT!!!!!!


61 posted on 09/28/2005 3:03:46 AM PDT by E.G.C.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SandRat

airpersons? airwomen?


62 posted on 09/28/2005 3:07:49 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Robert A. Cook, PE
All of the on-deck (cargo handling) crew were wearing pistols on their hips. Strapped down, holstered and ready. The flight deck crew were carrying pistols over their shoulder, casually like purses..

Captain Mack, the Navigator is also wearing a hip/thigh holster. She'd flight deck crew too. Only the two pilots have shoulder holsters.

63 posted on 09/28/2005 10:02:28 AM PDT by El Gato
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: El Gato
but I ran into an all female crew 20 years ago

And that's exactly the point. As Republicans, we aren't about recognizing which "group" or "gender" did what. We're all Americans. I respect the women serving as well as the men. It's what seperates us from the islamofascists.

64 posted on 09/28/2005 5:17:26 PM PDT by somemoreequalthanothers (All for the betterment of "the state", comrade)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Actually, only HALF of the flight deck crew were wearing 'shoulder purses'. The flight engineer and navigator were strapped at the hip. And believe me, ALL six of those Crew Dawgs were ready to rock, from the shoulder OR from the hip.


65 posted on 12/08/2005 4:16:52 PM PST by Proud2Srv
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: El Gato
Thank you! :) They didn't claim to be anything, they just flew together. Public affairs wrote the article and put it on the wire, not the crew. The crew only thought they were the first all-female TACTICAL AIRLIFT crew to fly into combat. It's difficult on the C-130 because of the 5 crew positions required to fly the mission. Some squadrons don't even have ONE female in certain positions, let alone enough to make up a crew. The real focus is the MISSION, and those Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, and supplies going uprange...on something other than the dreaded convoy.
66 posted on 12/08/2005 4:34:15 PM PST by Proud2Srv
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: higgmeister

or puke bag, gatorade bottle, 'Lady J'...whatever :) We adapt and overcome!


67 posted on 12/08/2005 4:37:59 PM PST by Proud2Srv
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: Proud2Srv
We adapt and overcome!

We're proud you overcome!

Are you back home now?

68 posted on 12/08/2005 5:06:07 PM PST by higgmeister (In the shadow of the Big Chicken)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: HiTech RedNeck
airpersons? airwomen?

Nah, just Airmen. In pre-PC English, the male gender is inclusive.

69 posted on 12/08/2005 8:01:45 PM PST by El Gato
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: Ax
Have they been retrofitted lately to accomodate Co-Ed crews/Pax?

Yes, with a device called a honey-pot...a bucket with a "low privacy" curtain around it. ;)

70 posted on 12/08/2005 8:09:21 PM PST by TankerKC (Done with the NFL..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: quietolong
Leave it to the AirFarce for PCBS!

⌂!⌂

71 posted on 12/08/2005 8:17:37 PM PST by TankerKC (Done with the NFL..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson