That would be a cool Idea if there was enough interest.

Cypher7{WP*} wrote: Sorry who is HB?

HB is HorribleBreast the leader of Gunner's Inc, and one of the great banner makers.

pmoon1{WP***} wrote: Hey everyone, check out my new banner! More of Doggnammits handiwork!! The picture is of my dad (center) and 2 buddies in front of one of the planes he flew on in Korea as a radio operator. The plane was part of the Psi-ops operations and was one of two planes outfitted with huge speakers, they would fly over enemy positions and a korean would speak to the soldiers below and try to convince them to surrender while they would drop propaganda leaflets from the plane. It was dangerous because they would have to fly slowly in an unarmed plane.
He passed on a long time ago so it'll be nice to have this reminder of him on my posts!

That's awesome! My dad was a radioman in a fighter, escorting B-29's out of Okinawa. I'll try to find the pics.

Apologies to the Pack. I haven't been able to fly much lately. Work got real busy and I've been too tasked out to do anything when I get home, but what needs to be done for the family.

Thought I'd get a reprieve this weekend.

Nope, not gonna happen....two call outs later and some well deserved comp. time and I can finally fly a little tonight.

I just wanted to drop a line and say hello to my brother and sister Wolves...

AAAAAAWWWWWWOOOOOOoooooo.....

It was a wolf party in the skies tonight. Rookie day just ended so some of us were in EIII's and some in top planes.. I was sportin' the N17.

Heroicz was the only non-wolf anywhere to be found. We were all like "how did HE get in here?"

oooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooooowwwww

ac3s+8s wrote: Apologies to the Pack. I haven't been able to fly much lately. Work got real busy and I've been too tasked out to do anything when I get home, but what needs to be done for the family.

Thought I'd get a reprieve this weekend.

Nope, not gonna happen....two call outs later and some well deserved comp. time and I can finally fly a little tonight.

I just wanted to drop a line and say hello to my brother and sister Wolves...

AAAAAAWWWWWWOOOOOOoooooo.....

Welcome to every one of my weekends, ac3s..... always stuff interrupts flight time.

No need to apologize. Fly when you can. Family comes first.

Hi all cant sleep

Hi all cant sleep uncomfortable , had a couple games yesterday could not hit much , but had a great fly with wolves filling my team I saw tx constable , snow ( love) wolf and for a short whole Dockless great game till I got left on my own

Wolf Pack
Chaplain Memo
16 Feburary

Troops
Let's start with Legionz, lol.. Brother were all truly pleased, Correction THRILLED!! That the operation went well, and I think most of us are smiling at some pain med induced comments.. This might be the turn around that we had Prayed for.. Sure hope so..

On this next one I don't want to get lost in the weeds about A/C identification and screw up the great story about Dads Psych ops super dangerous flights.. The CIA tried a similar tactic in VN.. Didn't work, and many of the same airframes that were used for the failed program were converted to the "snoopy" mini gun ships.. There's a bizarre sorta karma in that that scares the you know what out of me.. On the greatest generation.. my Dad was in the Navy in WWII, he trained troops (LST stuff) in San Diego., Gloria and I live in a seriously OLD neighborhood here in sun city, one of the first, if not the first senior retirement areas in the US, and we see members of TGG every time we go out.. It's one of the plus things about living here.. endangered species all..

On the C-47.. It might not be, how bout checking Pops records on this one, read on..There's another plane that is a near twin of the 47, it's the C-46.. It looks close to identical, but has more verticle windshields, that the one in the pic has, and not all C-47s have the port side cockpit door that's shown.. The 46 is also a taller bird by about 5 feet, and it looks taller than I remember the 47 to be.. You guys can google it if you want, I tried to get clarification and couldn't.. Again let's not get lost about ID stuff and lose Dads great history..

I'm a bit of a fanatic on both birds as my first flight was in 65, on a 47 (DC-3 version) and we had them all the time in and out of Cavite.. First time I saw one take off I thought something was wrong with the landing gear, turns out that's how it got its nickname (goony bird) the hydrolic's can only support lifting one gear at a time.. What I remember most about my first flight was how you had to sort of pull yourself along after you were onboard because of the angle of the fuselage.. The era of the tail draggers was still in effect.. Viper was talking about radial or reciprical gas engines, and turbo props, which is just a jet engine powering a prop.. My rate in the Navy was an ADJ or jet engine mechanic.. I can tell you jets are boring compared to radial engines.. One of the old planes I had the pleasure of flying on was a P2V that had both jets (to get airborn and on station) and the huge WWII radial gas engines that are more like a Swiss watch than an engine.. A Swiss watch that puts out 3500 hp, and has 18 unmuffled cylinders.. (Proll'y why I like Harley's) the first time I flew in one I thought the airframe was going to come apart on take off.. Noise beyond belief, shaking everywhere so everything's a blur.. Then after a LOT more runway than I was used to using we sorta limped into the air.. The old times (12 man air crew) were all laughing at the kid.. (me) to this day I've tried to figure out if I looked scared, or awed.. I also remember looking out and seeing the wings flapping around like they were made out of balsa wood (Our P3's were solid fuel filled wings that didn't move) I'm guessing I looked terrified..

Viper10{WP} wrote:

It was a wolf party in the skies tonight. Rookie day just ended so some of us were in EIII's and some in top planes.. I was sportin' the N17.

Heroicz was the only non-wolf anywhere to be found. We were all like "how did HE get in here?"

oooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooooowwwww

Fun game! I was pretty proud of those 5 kills against you guys! Can't wait to see if we get squad games in elite!

I am now just cracked into the top 800. I am today number 799 for my rank.As for everything else, well Legionz is hanging in there. I want to thank you all for prayers for all of us needing them.

I am here in Jacksonville Florida. My youngest step daughter has her dad at Memorial Hospital. He overdosed , apparently on purpose. Hins friend found him face down unresponsive with a gun in his hand, hammer back, one in the chamber.

Vietnam vet, First Air Cav leg (padre knows that term,but you guys use infantry), tunnel rat. My relationship was never good with him, but last year,he was sober. He had been for awhile. He told me stories nobody heard from him. Two people in his world know the stories,the fears he had.

I hated this guy , but right now,I sit beside his bed, asking God to comfort him as he passes. Jessica took him off the respirator yesterday. He isn't going to recover, expected to die in the next few days, or hours.

I don't know why, but I feel sadness ,but as DOC, I dont want him going alone.

Tough news. Nobody should be alone when passing. Good on you Nav

What a great night of game play. I dont remember having so many high quality games. Everything really started to click tonight. Dunc7 spent about a half hour with me in a DF game tonight. It was just the two of us. I was able to get a high level practice session in with one of the best. Opened up some new tactics for me to use and work on. Thanks Dunc for taking some time to develop my turn fighting ability,

Back on form shame some where newbies db.tt/lTOHamgd

Cypher7{WP*} wrote: What a great night of game play. I dont remember having so many high quality games. Everything really started to click tonight. Dunc7 spent about a half hour with me in a DF game tonight. It was just the two of us. I was able to get a high level practice session in with one of the best. Opened up some new tactics for me to use and work on. Thanks Dunc for taking some time to develop my turn fighting ability,

I'm a little jealous. I'd like some turn fight lessons too.

Chaplains memo
Tuesday 1330 hrs

Troops;

Please read NavMeds post one page back.. Doc, just so you know, your post has me in tears.. I feel sorry, and proud at the same time.. Proud of you for being there, I would bet the farm that regardless of your relationship with him he wouldn't want anyone else.. Of course you had a bad history there, you were mirror images of each other.. There's way to much there to comment on with out it sounding negative about someone scarred by war and what they've seen..I don't know how some cope, while others turn to drugs or alcohol..that's more your area than mine, but I do know what your stability had to represent to him.. Nuff said there.. Again just proud that you let him vent his visions, and are there for him now.. On a spiritual level I defer from some beliefs, in not seeing suicide as a sin.. Again this is only my take, but it seems to me that our good Lord understands when pain becomes more than what we can handle..

Dear Lord
Please forgive and receive the souls of all who suffer, please guide all of us to understand the pain of others who have seen things no young man should see, or faced danger that won't go away in their dreams.. Help us deal with the hurt that is inflicted on the family, and guide us to somehow always find your strength Lord.. Amen

KimberWolf {WP} wrote:

Cypher7{WP*} wrote: What a great night of game play. I dont remember having so many high quality games. Everything really started to click tonight. Dunc7 spent about a half hour with me in a DF game tonight. It was just the two of us. I was able to get a high level practice session in with one of the best. Opened up some new tactics for me to use and work on. Thanks Dunc for taking some time to develop my turn fighting ability,

I'm a little jealous. I'd like some turn fight lessons too.

Whenever youre ready

Padre, Specialist Jesse B. Jones, First Air Cavalry, United States Army, veteran, Vietnam, Purple Heart Recipient, passed this,afternoon to join his brothers in arms on the peacefull hills. No more pain,no more nightmares,no more estrangement from his siblings or daughter. Nothing but restored,healthy, young and free of all negativity.

Jessica has been up and down emotionally. Grandsons are being really upbeat for her. I talked with them, they were more clinically detached because they already came to peace. Jessica has always been a bit emotionally overstressed. She needs our prayers, but I told the oldest grandson to step in andmake some calls for her to assist.You know,family notifications,being with her through the funeral planning,offering to speak etc at memorial service.

Jessica, and Jesse.. Those names pretty much say it all, or what he wanted it to be at one time.. They will both be in my prayers.. I can not say it better than you did in that first paragraph.. Not sure anyone could say it any better.. But they will be in my prayers..

Wolf Pack..

Please see Doc's post, and please say a prayer for both the departed Jesse and his daughter Jessica..

Cypher7{WP*} wrote: What a great night of game play. I dont remember having so many high quality games. Everything really started to click tonight. Dunc7 spent about a half hour with me in a DF game tonight. It was just the two of us. I was able to get a high level practice session in with one of the best. Opened up some new tactics for me to use and work on. Thanks Dunc for taking some time to develop my turn fighting ability,

Glad to do it, Cypher! Seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up. You had a very respectable (and long) dogfight with Fly--who's no slouch, by the way! Viper helped me early on and he is certainly one of the best dogfighters up there. He hasn't shared all his tricks with me though, judging by our last dogfight, lol. I want a re-match! I am a glutton for punishment, I guess.

I am so wiped out from last night haha. Im seeing planes swooping all around me when I close my eyes lol. Might need to take a day off or two lol

At turnfighting im average but not that good and i will be returning to the pack very soon no one had better been in my spot outside and Tony u will never find my secret stash of food my friend and lil squad is growing faster than i expected last but not least cya soon my wolf brothers and sisters and wolf pups

Cypher face it buddy we are junkies. I think I will but never do.

Navmed,

Prayers of Peace that surpasses all understanding for you and the family. We all need to pray in agreement for this. Lord I agree with others here we know that you have the answers. You said In your Holy word to cast our cares on you. You said your burden is light and your yoke is easy. We pray this for this family that they will look to you for that peace and give you there sorrow for help and turn it over to you completely. Lord use our brother navmed as your willing vessel to help them through this.

Amen

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Usually, I spend most of my time flying the unfriendly skies of West Flanders over on Messines, so I want to thank you bunch of feral flyers for a truly fun tour through the Nord–Pas-de-Calais skies on Vimy Ridge last night.

Dunc, what have you been feeding Cypher?

He is becoming a truly dangerous individual.

I started a thread for all members to say what they think could improve DF , hope leadership don't mind . But with talk the game is dying may be we as players can turn things round

Sorry for my absence guys. I sustained a chemical burn to both eyes via poor judgment and pure ignorance.
It is a trait few carry, but I exorcise most usually. NO permanent damage was done, thank God. But lots of pain, all day, non stop. Im 95% better now. I was unable to watch TV, or use my phone, ipad, or pc for two days. I felt like my parents had grounded me back in grade school..LOL. I never was gone, but Im coming back slowly. No more rambling here. Just glad to be "Uncaged".

Well you little rascal I am glad your ok. I have seen stuff like this before. Initially it scares the Tar out of you. I could lose a limb or anything else but would hate to lose my eyesight..

Skeeter72{WP} wrote: Sorry for my absence guys. I sustained a chemical burn to both eyes via poor judgment and pure ignorance.
It is a trait few carry, but I exorcise most usually. NO permanent damage was done, thank God. But lots of pain, all day, non stop. Im 95% better now. I was unable to watch TV, or use my phone, ipad, or pc for two days. I felt like my parents had grounded me back in grade school..LOL. I never was gone, but Im coming back slowly. No more rambling here. Just glad to be "Uncaged".

Sweet Lord, Skeet! Glad you're going to be okay, my friend. Repeat to yourself, "I will not put acid in my eyes" until you've got it, lol. It's amazing what twists and turns Life throws at us, isn't it?

So squadron wars are coming to df elite soon . I actually look forward to it , we have 2 great allys ,should put us in good sted but ww2 planes , don't like the idea but hey we have to change as the game does
Anyone else like the idea of squadron wars