tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post5340897269246008789..comments2023-12-27T22:36:01.407-06:00Comments on Anna's Clue Tank: Misty One FliesAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-17986252077267529182011-04-17T14:17:41.503-05:002011-04-17T14:17:41.503-05:00Okay, stick to the email campaign then. Why antago...Okay, stick to the email campaign then. Why antagonise for no good reason. Read you Lima Charlie.<br /><br />I really do need to go visit Wright-Patt. One of these days.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-66155003754521404042011-04-17T14:07:52.083-05:002011-04-17T14:07:52.083-05:00It would be the ultimate in ingratitude to picket ...It would be the ultimate in ingratitude to picket the NMUSAF. In the last five years they have devoted considerable effort to updating and developing the Vietnam/Cold War hall. They've built a very complete display focusing on the 100 Missions North participants including some remarkable restorations of both an F-105D and an F-105G Weasel along with Robin's F-4D "Scat XXVIII". They've also built a beautiful section about the Wild Weasels and really been great hosts for the Rats, Weasels and NamPOWs.<br /><br />I'm very honored to have my two-tour "S***-Hot" hat with two rows of mission count hash marks on display along with a couple of nice photos. Having it right next to Robin Olds memorabilia makes the honor even greater. <br /><br />Nah, they aren't bad folks. They just are operating as they see best to preserve what we've got left.Ed Rasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667325554289268659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-58481985467056748162011-04-17T11:13:33.067-05:002011-04-17T11:13:33.067-05:00Ed, I am glad Bud Day is still going strong. It w...Ed, I am glad Bud Day is still going strong. It would be awesome to somehow attend one of these gatherings of such warriors, rock stars and their groupies pale in comparison.<br /><br />I hope all this effort to secure an F-105 pays off. I wonder how the NMUSAF would react to protestors outside the USAF Museum with signs saying "Free the F-105!" :) Until then, contact the Congresspeople to show support for a flying F-105.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-18212810034124419452011-04-17T10:38:57.135-05:002011-04-17T10:38:57.135-05:00Talking to Christina Olds yesterday as she recover...Talking to Christina Olds yesterday as she recovers from a Super Sabre Society reunion in Las Vegas. She sat with Bud Day (and Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover) at the formal dinner. Says Col. Day is in fine fettle and doesn't seem to have slowed down much at all. Hand salute! And God bless him. <br /><br />Meanwhile the River Rats and the Collings Foundation are hard at work on leveraging the F-105 problem. House Armed Services Committee was supposed to have a vote on this either last Friday or early this week. <br /><br />Apparently all existing airframes of F-105s, whether on sticks or gate guards or in museums, are the property of Nat'l Museum of the USAF in Dayton and only out "on loan". Some disagreements about whether or not NMUSAF is obstructing, but we will be sitting with former director, MGen Metcalf and current director LtGen Hoover in three weeks at the River Rat reunion to twist some arms. A couple of hundred former F-105 drivers can command a bit of publicity!Ed Rasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667325554289268659noreply@blogger.com