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  1. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Would it help the HMMWV crowd to know that in my recent discussions, the CHIEF OF TITLING with the TxDMV (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles) is now VERY INTERESTED in personally owning a HMMWV for himself and his family to use on a ranch near Sanderson, Texas. Seems he recently got his newly...
  2. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Thread: What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately For the record: Please refer to the OP's selected Thread Topic shown above. HIJACK TERMINATED. We now return this thread to it's originally intended purpose. Thank you. :derailed:
  3. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Sir: A brief history of this website might help you and your understanding of the RULE(s). This site, from its inception, began as a discussion of ONE type of MV. Over time it has evolved include a broad spectrum of MILITARY VEHICLES. Yes, there is a close relation between Military Vehicles...
  4. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    Me-262

    S C H V E E T - (with a German Accent)
  5. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    Deuce in Gulf War pic

    WOW ! Is that a RED BEACON on top of the centerline of the cab? Red would mean it's "emergency response"..... Doesn't seem to be a fire truck.
  6. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    Best laid plans...

    "It's not an adventure until something goes wrong." - My Wife, circa 2016
  7. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    R.I.P.--DECODEME2--Devon McLean

    Who might be planning to attend the Memorial Service? Anybody nearby and able to represent the rest of us SS Members there? Thank you.
  8. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    R.I.P.--DECODEME2--Devon McLean

    Thank you, gentlemen for coming together on this and sharing it all with us. Surely these prayers are being heard by our Lord. Heavenly Father, You know our heavy hearts as we learn of Cevon's tragic and sudden death to this life. Thanks to his professed faith, we trust he has already been...
  9. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    My item is in a secret location! NOT HAPPY

    Somehow i am reminded of the closing scene of the first INDIANNA JONES movie where the ARK OF THE COVENANT is crated, marked with a series of numbers and then without ceremony or apparent notice is stored in a huge warehouse full of other random yet similar crates marked with seemingly...
  10. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    another MV threatened by code enforcement

    Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper-Rock-Scissors-Paper..... Seems a vicious circle to me.
  11. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    another MV threatened by code enforcement

    Nothing upsets a bully more than the TRUTH.
  12. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    B-29 "Doc" Awarded New Airworthiness Certificate

    Well stated, Sir. I was part of the Engineering Team (on the US side) of Mitsubishi Aircraft International (MAI) when we first built and certified the MU-30 "Diamond Jet" (now better known as the Beechjet or USAF T-1A "Jayhawk"). It was the first jet certified under the newer tougher standards...
  13. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    B-29 "Doc" Awarded New Airworthiness Certificate

    This video was shot inside FIFI, but it gives you an idea of EVERY part and piece that had to be inspected in order for these planes to earn they "new wings" of airworthiness. My SALUTE to all those who keep these birds flying...
  14. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    Saying goodbye to Hemtt

    Somehow, I'm choked up over this thread. I have a song! These lyrics seem so profoundly fitting.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMUsC8ppU0 Anybody got a KLEENEX ?!?!?
  15. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    B-17: "HUMAN BOMBS AWAY!!!" Para Jumping from a Flying Fortress

    Yup. But to have the privilege to reenact it is a rare opportunity. I once stood at the threshold of open bomb bay doors but never considered taking that last step. I was aboard a more modern aircraft as an observer of sorts. Wore a harness, tehter, and as I recall I left claw marks in the...
  16. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    B-17: "HUMAN BOMBS AWAY!!!" Para Jumping from a Flying Fortress

    Found this awesome video of a B-17 Parachute Jump mission.... Dropping right out through the Bomb Bay Doors !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-uZoTDFs4M Here's a link to the article that got me to the video...
  17. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    Modern Russian Army in the photos.

    WOW ! That's a lot of hardware!
  18. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    5 ton recovery

    Congratz! Salute ! ! ! APPPLAUSE !
  19. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    Thanks to NDT

    Applause.
  20. USAFSS-ColdWarrior

    The Awesome B-54 Ultrafortress

    Flight crews are happiest when they are in the air. They are most apprehensive with the goobermint (via the engineers, designers, builders and technicians) fail to give them reliable, safe, airworthy ships in which to venture above terra firma (solid ground)
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