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.
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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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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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