Comments for BOB Blog http://bob.charlessutherland.com The Band of Brothers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Achmadinejad or Mousavi? by The Chuck http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/06/21/achmadinejad-or-mousavi/#comment-8742 The Chuck Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:32:34 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/06/21/achmadinejad-or-mousavi/#comment-8742 All the video links, which go to YouTube, have been made "private". Which means you can't see them anymore. We can assume the oppressive central government, the same one beating, gassing and killing its citizens are responsible for this. All the video links, which go to YouTube, have been made “private”. Which means you can’t see them anymore. We can assume the oppressive central government, the same one beating, gassing and killing its citizens are responsible for this.

]]> Comment on 11 Feb 2010 Ponch’s side of the story by The Chuck http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2010/02/11/11-feb-2010-ponchs-side-of-the-story/#comment-8525 The Chuck Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:35:01 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2010/02/11/11-feb-2010-ponchs-side-of-the-story/#comment-8525 Great stuff! I could've warned you about the knee, my knee doesn't let me do much either. Dang the age, better than dying though. Great network you're building. Great stuff! I could’ve warned you about the knee, my knee doesn’t let me do much either. Dang the age, better than dying though.

Great network you’re building.

]]> Comment on I’m way cool now!…the FAA says so by Bob http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2010/01/26/im-way-cool-nowthe-faa-says-so/#comment-8227 Bob Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:11:54 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2010/01/26/im-way-cool-nowthe-faa-says-so/#comment-8227 Way to go, I am proud of you. Bob Way to go, I am proud of you. Bob

]]> Comment on I’m way cool now!…the FAA says so by The Chuck http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2010/01/26/im-way-cool-nowthe-faa-says-so/#comment-8224 The Chuck Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:35:30 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2010/01/26/im-way-cool-nowthe-faa-says-so/#comment-8224 Great job. Can limping, artificial heart-valve guys take the test and get the ratings too? Even if they don't plan on flying anytime during this life? Great job. Can limping, artificial heart-valve guys take the test and get the ratings too? Even if they don’t plan on flying anytime during this life?

]]> Comment on If Reed can break ranks… by The Chuck http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/17/if-reed-can-break-ranks/#comment-7744 The Chuck Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:33:46 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/17/if-reed-can-break-ranks/#comment-7744 Good hearing from you. Congrats to Heather. Good hearing from you. Congrats to Heather.

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas by The Chuck http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7742 The Chuck Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:16:39 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7742 Reed is a legend among legends. I don't think he will even fade away when it comes time. Oh, did you notice he didn't say anything mean about me? What about those no-flap landings, baby? All my memories of Elwood are top drawer. He was the perfect IP for my requal after 8 years on the Air Staff ... Reed is a legend among legends. I don’t think he will even fade away when it comes time. Oh, did you notice he didn’t say anything mean about me? What about those no-flap landings, baby?
All my memories of Elwood are top drawer. He was the perfect IP for my requal after 8 years on the Air Staff …

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas by Ponch http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7658 Ponch Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:29:44 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7658 Elwwod and all Yes I was cocky, but I learned cocky from a young flamer captain named James Blackwood the III. He taught me to "be good or die trying!". As well as being cocky I was also completely loyal to each and every one of you. We were brothers born of hard times and hardened in the crucible of SAC. It was us against the Al Perez’s, Eugene Habigers’s and Ron Marqautte’s of the world. I never went and wined to the SQ CC....ever..... even though Elwood flew way too low dragging our belly in the rocks in “you-know where-land”, Or tried to blow us up on alert starting the engines with the manifold temp sky high because the carts didn’t fire on three and four;-) I would have never dreamed of squeeling to the SQ CC!!! You did it because you were dedicated to the mission. I was in full learning mode because I recognized you knew more then me and had years more experience. I also recognized that we belonged to a family of aviators that lived long because we learned from the guys who came before us that had hammered out the truths that really mattered through bloody trial and error. If there is one eternal truth in aviation, it is that “He who has the most hours is the best!” As for Locoweed and his ilk…he is cocky and he is stupid. Maybe not all his fault… as he was brought up in a “new” air force that valued book learning over raw experience and saw merit in the cloth patch on a flight suit over the calluses on old hands and permanent crease in old faces from oxygen masks worn too long. His kind made fun of Andy Bloom and called him “Free Bird” because Andy insisted that they learn alter system bombing. Not a single one of these asswhacks knew what Andy knew and had experience with the OAS over years of low and high level bombing and navigation. They were all about inventing “new tactics” at the weapons school. Even though Andy and I had to “make up “these same tactics and much more during our first few real life combat sorties. We didn’t write weapons school papers… we wrote contrails over enemy territory. We did it and survived because we learned to fly and fight from the beginning from old warriors. As a result I can run into any one of you around the world and feel a warm bond of friendship and respect. Not the cold uncomfortable meeting I had with Locoweed. Cheers Ponch PS Yesterday I ran into Bob Yahn in the SQ halls here at the 452'nd. He is the current vice wing CC at Beale AFB. We exchanged a warm hand shake and friendly greeting because of all I said above. Elwwod and all
Yes I was cocky, but I learned cocky from a young flamer captain named James Blackwood the III. He taught me to “be good or die trying!”. As well as being cocky I was also completely loyal to each and every one of you. We were brothers born of hard times and hardened in the crucible of SAC. It was us against the Al Perez’s, Eugene Habigers’s and Ron Marqautte’s of the world. I never went and wined to the SQ CC….ever….. even though Elwood flew way too low dragging our belly in the rocks in “you-know where-land”, Or tried to blow us up on alert starting the engines with the manifold temp sky high because the carts didn’t fire on three and four;-) I would have never dreamed of squeeling to the SQ CC!!! You did it because you were dedicated to the mission. I was in full learning mode because I recognized you knew more then me and had years more experience. I also recognized that we belonged to a family of aviators that lived long because we learned from the guys who came before us that had hammered out the truths that really mattered through bloody trial and error. If there is one eternal truth in aviation, it is that “He who has the most hours is the best!” As for Locoweed and his ilk…he is cocky and he is stupid. Maybe not all his fault… as he was brought up in a “new” air force that valued book learning over raw experience and saw merit in the cloth patch on a flight suit over the calluses on old hands and permanent crease in old faces from oxygen masks worn too long. His kind made fun of Andy Bloom and called him “Free Bird” because Andy insisted that they learn alter system bombing. Not a single one of these asswhacks knew what Andy knew and had experience with the OAS over years of low and high level bombing and navigation. They were all about inventing “new tactics” at the weapons school. Even though Andy and I had to “make up “these same tactics and much more during our first few real life combat sorties. We didn’t write weapons school papers… we wrote contrails over enemy territory. We did it and survived because we learned to fly and fight from the beginning from old warriors. As a result I can run into any one of you around the world and feel a warm bond of friendship and respect. Not the cold uncomfortable meeting I had with Locoweed.

Cheers
Ponch

PS Yesterday I ran into Bob Yahn in the SQ halls here at the 452′nd. He is the current vice wing CC at Beale AFB. We exchanged a warm hand shake and friendly greeting because of all I said above.

]]> Comment on A Pleasure Serving with You! by The Chuck http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/11/11/a-pleasure-serving-with-you/#comment-7649 The Chuck Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:14:04 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/11/11/a-pleasure-serving-with-you/#comment-7649 Thank you too, Andy. Thank you too, Andy.

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas by The Chuck http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7648 The Chuck Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:13:18 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7648 Ponch, excellent post! My experience with Luke was the same as Elwood's. But you're right about the best revenge. Great news about Chris. I've been task-saturated lately, got a new job and still trying to keep my fiction writing moving. I'll post later on. The Chuck Ponch, excellent post! My experience with Luke was the same as Elwood’s. But you’re right about the best revenge. Great news about Chris.

I’ve been task-saturated lately, got a new job and still trying to keep my fiction writing moving.

I’ll post later on.

The Chuck

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas by Elwood http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7634 Elwood Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:14:04 +0000 http://bob.charlessutherland.com/2009/12/15/merry-christmas/#comment-7634 Ponch, good stuff! As far as Luke, I was suppose to be his IP until stuff happened and I was pulled from the student crew. Guess its the fighter pilot in me, but I liked the guy; cocky, yeah, but so were you. I think perhaps two hard heads just collided. That telescope sounds too cool for school, mind if I send you an email on the side for more info? Cheers, Jim Ponch, good stuff! As far as Luke, I was suppose to be his IP until stuff happened and I was pulled from the student crew. Guess its the fighter pilot in me, but I liked the guy; cocky, yeah, but so were you. I think perhaps two hard heads just collided.

That telescope sounds too cool for school, mind if I send you an email on the side for more info?

Cheers,
Jim

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