We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:59:43 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification And it will do so at the worst possible time, even if you've done everything to insure it wouldn't. This one's for you folks who pop in on weekends. Remember Fuzzybear Lioness agonizing over her Excellent Gate-Crashing Exploit? Wonder what she'd have had to say if she'd been along on this particular magic carpet ride... Every year, every Army Aviator gets a birthday present from Fort (aka "Mother") Rucker -- his (okay, okay, or *her*) very own Flight Physical. However, just to insure that unwrapping this particular present isn't all beer and skittles, Mother also sees to it that some... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:07:13 -0600 There, there SugarButtons! I wouldn't like it if you turned into a flour sifter...not at all! Those meanies! Picking on a harmless Scrupl' Whisperer like our BillT! The NERVE. OTOH, had you given me the withering gaze, I might been trying hard not to giggle. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61472 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61472 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:40:20 -0600 Trying valiently to hold in my snickers. The OTHER former zoomie in this office is out on maternity leave and there's nobody to share the joke with! [Fine thing. I nearly get turned into a walking flour sifter and all the chicks think it's a hoot. *sniffle*] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61448 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61448 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:08:21 -0600 Must resist snark... There. Good helk. What I don't unnerstand is after you go through all the rigmarole of filing a flight plan and confirming your Permitted Arrival to the Base Of Bliss, that it happened anyway. And yeah, I woulda been cautious too. You didn't land on them anyway? [Nope. They were still locked and loaded. I just fixed them in place with my withering gaze...] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61428 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61428 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:35:57 -0600 Well, if it makes you feel better we did the same thing to Air Force security outside of Ali Al Salem air base a couple years ago. We were taking a convoy out and noticed an SUV up on a hill observing, so we sent a couple of gun trucks up to check them out. Nobody told us they were doing perimeter patrols in SUVs. We did get their attention. Oh, and Army MP's are way more armed that Air Force MPs.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61422 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61422 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:05:11 -0600 Hahaha...yeah, that's funny. I bet there is a piece missing. Did you buzz anyone on your way over? Presidential motorcade or something? LOL http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61421 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61421 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:01:07 -0600 Hmmm - maybe the flight surgeon set you up just to see what your BP would be? Nah - that would've required work ;-) Gee, you just can't take a simple helo trip anymore, can you?! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61419 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61419 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:37:04 -0600 Bill - If it makes you feel any better, AF cops treat us (those who work on/fly AF assets) the same way. They are taught to trust nobody, ever. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61417 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61417 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:40:57 -0600 A hover button on a helo.... sounds like a job for BCR Labs! Good to see that you've still got "it", Bill- and "it" is the ability to take a somewhat normal situation and turn it into a TINS through a comedy of errors (or in this case, assumptions). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61416 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/tins_whatever_c.html#comment-61416 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:38:12 -0600