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 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:30:06 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Every so often, something kicks me in the memory in a *good* way -- usually, it's the sight of a desert cammy patch or an in-print reference to a current unit with a callsign originating in My War. Outlaw. Tiger. Blue Max. Ghostrider. Warrior. 'Way-cool callsigns. Neat patches with vampiric skulls or heraldic beasties designed to instill combat fervor in the heart of the wearer and great trepidation in the heart of the foe. Now, the 162d didn't have 'way-cool callsigns, and our patches were stark, but to the point. "This is who we are. Period" Of course, Gunnies will... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html Thu, 22 May 2008 01:54:07 -0600 Vultures ruled the Delta! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73343 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73343 Thu, 22 May 2008 20:43:58 -0600 cool. Very cool, Bill. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73320 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73320 Thu, 22 May 2008 13:13:55 -0600 Kat, If you clicked on my "keg of beer" pic above, there's several of us who did the Ripcord thing as well with The Phoenix, most notably Ken Mayberry, one of the pilots Marshall quotes. Ken is the one in the wheelchair. Black Widows....We're in the process this spring of doing a cosmetic restoration back to her VN get-up of a Black Widow UH-1 68-16504......She's a Ripcord survivor as well, and is on static display in Fairmount, In. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73312 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73312 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:58:50 -0600 Particularly if you throw in a keg of beer. Sometimes though, our old callsigns of the 60's had to be discarded due to Political Correctness. Thanks for the post.......clear right.......]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73309 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73309 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:16:11 -0600 Black Widows carry on the tradition. Followed by a second tour. Somebody should have made a good movie about a place like FSB Ripcord. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73308 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/the_inheritors.html#comment-73308 Thu, 22 May 2008 08:13:28 -0600