I am retired AF too, 23 years. All of it in Space Command. I have seen a B-26. On a visit to Tuscon several years ago I finally got to see an A-10 up close. No wait, the first one I saw for real was in the Azores. I miss serving.

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From: AzRockhound

Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:23 PM

Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching]Vacationgeocaching-cachesinTucsonarearecommendationsplease

lol, yep old fogey, actually winding down work and sliding slooooooowly into retirement... Retired AF.... I will really show the age ..... the first unit I was with still had a B-26. Later ran the F-105's out of Korat and Takhli into pack 5 and 6. Still havent reached 60 yet.....

Talking about F105s is giving away your age, just a wee bit!

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From: AzRockhound

Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:01 PM

Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Vacationgeocaching-cachesinTucsonarearecommendations please

I would guess the A-whatevers were originally A-7's and later (almost simultaneously) the A-10's. We had a training unit for A-7's in Tucson, then the Myrtle Beach AFB closing moved the A-10's there. Oh, and dont forget those F-105's.

Lived on several Air Force bases. Family would come to visit and occasionally one would ask if we get tired of the noise. I'd respond, "no I never get tired of the sound of freedom."

Apryl, you did a wonderful job of recalling the airplanes. The A-whatevers are one of my favorite airplanes to watch along with all the Fing airplanes; F15, F16, F5, F4, F111, F117. However, KC-10s don't lumber. C5s lumber.

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From: Apryl Clark

Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 2:00 PM

Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Vacation geocaching -cachesinTucsonarearecommendations please

Where we used to live was right north of Luke AFB so we always had the planes zipping by overhead. My fav is the big old DC-10 (don't kill me if that's the wrong number/name) lumbering over the house. Always felt like the roof was gonna come down on top of us.

I like watching the A-whatever's down when I went to UofA fly around as well. Navy brat here and married to the Army...sigh...2 WAY different worlds. Hmm actually I've dated a person in each of the branches...just thought about that. LOL!!! Sigh...

Apryl

>From: Jim Scotti <jscotti@pirl.lpl.Arizona.EDU>

>Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com

>To: listserv@azgeocaching.com

>Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Vacation geocaching - cachesinTucsonarearecommendations please

>Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:52:11 -0700 (MST)

>Hey, I was a Coast Guard brat & used to get on base as a dependent even after

>I moved to Tucson to go to the UofA. I did the AAMARC tour about a decade

>ago when my Uncle was visiting. Pretty cool. And of course, I'm always

>gawking at the old birds while driving down Kolb or Irvington east of

>Kolb..... We had a mini airshow this past weekend when the Heritage Flight

>were practicing out of Davis-Monthan. Wonderful combinations of new and old

>planes (well, not that new - an F-15, F-16 or A-10 are getting pretty long in

>the tooth...) flying around town in formation. P-38's, P-51's, F-86's and so

>on. The Air show at DM will be on the weekend of April 2 this year and the

>Thunderbirds will be making a racket overhead too.

>Jim.

>On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Apryl Clark wrote:

> >

> > If only I was into caching back then...this was like 15 years ago. The

> > boneyard is AWESOME!!!! One of the benefits of coming from a military

> > family!

> >

> > Apryl

> >

>Jim Scotti

>Lunar & Planetary Laboratory

>University of Arizona

>Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/

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