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BarnBuster

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The Battle of Rorke’s Drift took place in South Africa on this day in 1879 and is remembered as one of the world’s most remarkable military engagements. Eleven Victoria Cross' (Britain’s MOH) were awarded to the defenders of Rorke's Drift – the most ever received in a single action by one regiment.

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The Battle of Rorke’s Drift (and for those who need coffee)
 
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curious2garden

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FYI Missileers.

If you start looking at base closures in the 1990s you'll find many closures were at facilities that were also toxic waste sites. Unfortunately the groundwater at many bases is/was contaminated and can cause many illnesses, Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, many other cancers and other issues, such as dental loss, hearing loss and mental illness.
 
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injinji

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If you start looking at base closures in the 1990s you'll find many closures were at facilities that were also toxic waste sites. Unfortunately the groundwater at many bases is/was contaminated and can cause many illnesses, Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, many other cancers and other issues, such as dental loss, hearing loss and mental illness.
JP5 was cool to drink though, right? It is in no way connected to my crazy. Whenever the Saipan had been out to sea for a while, the drinking water always tasted like jet fuel. We drank the milk as long as it lasted, but in the end you had to drink water. (anyway, the engine rooms ran on coffee, and I'm pretty sure it had water in it)
 

raratt

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The SR-71's leaked like a sieve once they cooled down. When they launched one out the fire department would hose out the hangar into the dirt behind the hangars. It was JP-7 so it wasn't really flammable unless it was in the engines. Flash point was really high. After awhile they figured out that was probably not a good idea and put up a curb and drains to catch it, don't know where the drains went to. They had been hosing them out for decades by then though.
 

curious2garden

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JP5 was cool to drink though, right? It is in no way connected to my crazy. Whenever the Saipan had been out to sea for a while, the drinking water always tasted like jet fuel. We drank the milk as long as it lasted, but in the end you had to drink water. (anyway, the engine rooms ran on coffee, and I'm pretty sure it had water in it)
Exactly my husband was fueled by coffee and worked at the source of the groundwater plume. He kept denying any exposure to the doctors. I finally asked, in front of a doctor, what he made his coffee with........

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fatboyOGOF

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The SR-71's leaked like a sieve once they cooled down. When they launched one out the fire department would hose out the hangar into the dirt behind the hangars. It was JP-7 so it wasn't really flammable unless it was in the engines. Flash point was really high. After awhile they figured out that was probably not a good idea and put up a curb and drains to catch it, don't know where the drains went to. They had been hosing them out for decades by then though.
i was stationed at beale, a SAC base. i got to see the SRs take off once in awhile. i can still see them, nose up and gunning it.
 

fatboyOGOF

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1972 to 74 when i finally got stationed at udorn thani, thailand. i was working in the engine shop just across the street from the SR hanger. i got orders one month after my commanding officer found me in his house, drinking his beer and smoking one of his cigars. i had no idea it was his house. that's a whole nother story. :)
 

raratt

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1972 to 74 when i finally got stationed at udorn thani, thailand. i was working in the engine shop just across the street from the SR hanger. i got orders one month after my commanding officer found me in his house, drinking his beer and smoking one of his cigars. i had no idea it was his house. that's a whole nother story. :)
Hope his wife wasn't on your lap at the time. :shock:
 

fatboyOGOF

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I worked on the SR-71 from 86 till they retired them in 90, worked on the U-2 for 15 years. I still live near Beale.
that sounds like a great career. those things were a sight to behold.

i used to love wandering off into the surrounding countryside on that huge base. i'd start right behind the movie theater and wander. bring a couple of joints, find a meadow surrounded by trees or a big pond. loved it there.

one day i was walking out to my favorite spot and BOOM! a fucking pheasant broke out of hiding about a foot from me. my high was gone in a nanosecond. the next day i learned that the officers had a pheasant raising and hunting club. by the way, i hate officers but i love that we sent our officers to die instead of the backbone of the force! the enlisted!
 

doublejj

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that sounds like a great career. those things were a sight to behold.

i used to love wandering off into the surrounding countryside on that huge base. i'd start right behind the movie theater and wander. bring a couple of joints, find a meadow surrounded by trees or a big pond. loved it there.

one day i was walking out to my favorite spot and BOOM! a fucking pheasant broke out of hiding about a foot from me. my high was gone in a nanosecond. the next day i learned that the officers had a pheasant raising and hunting club. by the way, i hate officers but i love that we sent our officers to die instead of the backbone of the force! the enlisted!
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