Making a Child’s Wish Come True.
I'll never forget setting off actual demolitions at a USMC family field day in Camp Lejeune a few years ago.
Just a little missile humor.
"Wham! Bam! There goes Iran!"
What a cutie! She could be a model for Cabbage Patch!
Wonderful story. Thanks for posting it. My husband was stationed at F.E. Warren in the early sixties. There are two missiles set up near the front gate to the base. He helped erect them. IIRC, Warren is the the only Air Force Base without a runway. (missles have no need for them)
I used to torment the Space Ops guys when at Peterson AFB about wearing a flight suit (being an old aviation guy it was great fun to knock them down a couple of pegs). I asked them if they had to throw themselves on their console if it caught on fire. It was great fun to watch them screw themselves into the ceiling and they never had the guts to try to get back at a guy wearing aircrew wings.
Not a big fan of “Lost” in Space Command (hard to get excited about a missile or a satellite), but they did a really cool thing, that those kids and their family will never forget. I loved showing my aircraft off at air shows to the public too (especially for the kids), something the “pocket rocket” guys don’t usually get to do. Way to go Air Force!