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To: Karl Spooner

Oh no! It had to make the dreaded 7 engine approach!


17 posted on 01/11/2017 7:24:01 PM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: AFreeBird

I went to the NCO Academy at Charleston AFB in 1985. Charleston was a MAC base and at that time had C-141s, and we also had a bunch of guys from Dover AFB, flying C-5s. There were a lot of loadmasters and flight engineers in the class.

Everyone had at least one Air Medal, several had several, one guy (my room mate—an FE) had a silver oak leaf cluster on his (5 awards). He said he got 3 of these just because they had an engine go out, but were still able to land it.

I ask him “Why was that such an accomplishment, considering the alternatives?” He didn’t know, but the extra points for promotion made him happy.


45 posted on 01/12/2017 5:19:51 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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