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I think this will be pretty funny.
I all ready mentioned my fellow airman that enjoyed charging capacitors and replacing them in stock.
Our squadron,like most in the 80's,would say good bye to PCSing and retiring members by giving them a swim in the dunk tank. Man or Woman. I was at Williams AFB AZ when a not well loved SMgt came up for retirement. He was branch chief of the engine shop and on his near last day his branch put together a big party for him,during the duty day,things got well out of hand by lunch time as about 100 people had drained 4 Kegs before lunch. As all departers the SMgt was going in the dunk tank like it or not. He did not like it. They,about 50,started running through the engine shop,jet engines,J85's,through and around the rebuild docks. Well as was bound to happen the SMsgt snagged his shirt on an engine stand and he was caught,oh caught AFTER they lifted said stand and half engine off of him. They then using about 20 rolls of duct tape tied him to 2 broom sticks and carried him to the tank,he was going in .
I have to tell you about the tank,its a stock tank aout 8ft in dia and could be 24-30" deep of water. Except he was not well liked so it only had about 10" of water in it.
The mob carried him out then started swinging him long ways like a skip rope. On 3 they let him fly......OVER the tank and on the ground on the other side! They threw him 10'! Remember his arms and legs are bound! They then went around to the other side and did the 1-2-3 and dropped him in the water FACE DOWN! and laughing started walking away high fiving all the way,(more likely back slapping it was the 80's). Then somebody yelled OH !@#$ and jumped in and flipped him over,bloody nosed, dirty, wet and PISSED! Somebody cut him out but he was MFing everybody that came near him,he wanted heads,the comander must have just laughed it off because nothing happened.
Our Paint Shop guys had bomb "Jammers" little tractors with a lift on the front to load weapons under aircraft wings. They are only about 2ft tall and 12ft long,some of the older ones had 25hp(!) Brigs and Stratten twins,governed. Well at least 2 of them had the linkage "misadjusted" on the governer and flat halled butt so of course they got raced. First it was just 4 barrels in the hanger next thing they are running them out the doors and under aircraft.They are painters and they did spray Imron without resperators at times. Well its all fun and games until......you crash into the Wing Cammanders Jet and rip both main landing gear doors off and gash your arm almost off! Weekend duty has almost no supervision,just 2 Ssgt's each running a crew of about 30 to service 200 T37 and T38's. Some how they got sheet metal and Aero Repair to work all night on Sunday to replace the doors as the Wing Commander was shceduled to fly out at 0800 Monday. As for the jammer driver,he was torn up good ,many stiches later he had to tell the story of how he slipped off the wing of an aircraft and got cut up by some hangers and scrap in the trash can.....
I all ready mentioned my fellow airman that enjoyed charging capacitors and replacing them in stock.
Our squadron,like most in the 80's,would say good bye to PCSing and retiring members by giving them a swim in the dunk tank. Man or Woman. I was at Williams AFB AZ when a not well loved SMgt came up for retirement. He was branch chief of the engine shop and on his near last day his branch put together a big party for him,during the duty day,things got well out of hand by lunch time as about 100 people had drained 4 Kegs before lunch. As all departers the SMgt was going in the dunk tank like it or not. He did not like it. They,about 50,started running through the engine shop,jet engines,J85's,through and around the rebuild docks. Well as was bound to happen the SMsgt snagged his shirt on an engine stand and he was caught,oh caught AFTER they lifted said stand and half engine off of him. They then using about 20 rolls of duct tape tied him to 2 broom sticks and carried him to the tank,he was going in .
I have to tell you about the tank,its a stock tank aout 8ft in dia and could be 24-30" deep of water. Except he was not well liked so it only had about 10" of water in it.
The mob carried him out then started swinging him long ways like a skip rope. On 3 they let him fly......OVER the tank and on the ground on the other side! They threw him 10'! Remember his arms and legs are bound! They then went around to the other side and did the 1-2-3 and dropped him in the water FACE DOWN! and laughing started walking away high fiving all the way,(more likely back slapping it was the 80's). Then somebody yelled OH !@#$ and jumped in and flipped him over,bloody nosed, dirty, wet and PISSED! Somebody cut him out but he was MFing everybody that came near him,he wanted heads,the comander must have just laughed it off because nothing happened.
Our Paint Shop guys had bomb "Jammers" little tractors with a lift on the front to load weapons under aircraft wings. They are only about 2ft tall and 12ft long,some of the older ones had 25hp(!) Brigs and Stratten twins,governed. Well at least 2 of them had the linkage "misadjusted" on the governer and flat halled butt so of course they got raced. First it was just 4 barrels in the hanger next thing they are running them out the doors and under aircraft.They are painters and they did spray Imron without resperators at times. Well its all fun and games until......you crash into the Wing Cammanders Jet and rip both main landing gear doors off and gash your arm almost off! Weekend duty has almost no supervision,just 2 Ssgt's each running a crew of about 30 to service 200 T37 and T38's. Some how they got sheet metal and Aero Repair to work all night on Sunday to replace the doors as the Wing Commander was shceduled to fly out at 0800 Monday. As for the jammer driver,he was torn up good ,many stiches later he had to tell the story of how he slipped off the wing of an aircraft and got cut up by some hangers and scrap in the trash can.....
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