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[sherpa]

2 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Very TOPGUN-ish!

 

 

Graduated from there in '81.

My squadron mate and best bud, Kurt Watson, wanted to fly for the Blue Angels.

He got picked up by the team and was the one who flew Tom Cruise when Cruise was deciding whether or not to do the movie.

All documented here:

https://avgeekery.com/how-the-blue-angels-convinced-tom-cruise-to-do-top-gun/

[Gugny]

4 hours ago, Johnnycage46 said:

Rack Monster?

I was too young to have man boobs back then!

[Johnnycage46]

16 minutes ago, Gugny said:

I was too young to have man boobs back then!

Ha!

 

When I was in the Coast Guard we had a quartermaster (QM1) that guys called RM1 for rack monster because he basically slept non-stop when we were underway.

[DD4Bills]

USAF 1986-1991

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