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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
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To: SandRat
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posted on
09/28/2005 3:03:46 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: SandRat
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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])
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.
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:02:28 AM PDT
by
El Gato
To: El Gato
but I ran into an all female crew 20 years agoAnd 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.
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.
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.
To: higgmeister
or puke bag, gatorade bottle, 'Lady J'...whatever :) We adapt and overcome!
To: Proud2Srv
We adapt and overcome!We're proud you overcome!
Are you back home now?
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posted on
12/08/2005 5:06:07 PM PST
by
higgmeister
(In the shadow of the Big Chicken)
To: HiTech RedNeck
airpersons? airwomen? Nah, just Airmen. In pre-PC English, the male gender is inclusive.
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posted on
12/08/2005 8:01:45 PM PST
by
El Gato
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. ;)
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posted on
12/08/2005 8:09:21 PM PST
by
TankerKC
(Done with the NFL..)
To: quietolong
Leave it to the AirFarce for PCBS!⌂!⌂
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posted on
12/08/2005 8:17:37 PM PST
by
TankerKC
(Done with the NFL..)
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