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    At The Front M43 for sale

    http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/Monsoon65/media/Mobile%20Uploads/securedownload-2_zps61bcb95e.jpeg.html?sort=3&o=0 http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/Monsoon65/media/Mobile%20Uploads/securedownload-1_zpsd5ccf9d8.jpeg.html?sort=3&o=1 Asking $40 shipped CONUS. This is a size 58. Thanks!!!
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    Skyline MA-1 Flight Jacket for sale - Size Large

    http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/Monsoon65/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps49fad080.jpg.html?sort=3&o=5 http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/Monsoon65/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps49fad080.jpg.html?sort=3&o=5...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Sound City is a very well made documentary. And the music rocks!
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    "Suckerpunch". I've always enjoyed that movie.
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    When my dad enlisted in 1952, his flight received dress blues with standard AF insignia, but he was a PFC.
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Great find, Stearmen. I was talking with friends a few days ago and we'd brought up the fact that Gen Stewart flew at least one combat mission over North Vietnam.
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    Buzz Rickson L2A Superior Togs Version (Transitional lining)

    Glad you like the jacket, the sale of which helped fund my daughters second year of preschool. It fits you better than it fit me. :)
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    Anyone else stuck on WWII soldiers?

    The Blue Angels were at the party, but didn't stay long. Their maintenance guys did. We outdrank the AWACS children and the Marines were trying to pick a fight with them because they got caught cheating (digging empty beer cups out of the trash. Losers). I was told by my AC no fighting at the...
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    A2s in the Jet Age

    My dad had a chance to fly as a B29 gunner but came down with the flu and a friend flew instead. He was pretty shook up when he got back. Dad asked him why and he said something flew past real fast and scared the crap out of him.
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    A2s in the Jet Age

    Man, you should hear my dad talk about flying in the old days. He flew as a flight engineer on helicopters off Okinawa during Korea. His first mission was picking up some guys that ditched off the coast while they were doing local flying. The pilots were in khakis and low quarter shoes and he...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Last movie I saw was "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" with Ben Stiller. Wasn't really wanting to see it, but it was a decent flick. Very well filmed!
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Heretic! "Bubba Ho-Tep" is a great movie. And Ozzie Davis as a black JFK is outstanding. "I'm thinking with sand here!"
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    A2s in the Jet Age

    My experience with jackets, survival equipment, and whatnot. Of course, this is AFSOC ANG, so YMMV. 1. Leather jackets. We wore them for home station flying but not combat. No sure what the regs said, but that's how we rolled. The leather jacket wasn't that warm to wear, so I'd rather wear...
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    Military Surplus fashion in the 1940s and 1950s

    I remember my father telling me about giving a B-9 or B-11 flight jacket to his younger brother to wear while he delivered newspapers in a snow storm back in the mid-1950's.
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    Anyone else stuck on WWII soldiers?

    Airshow chicks. I ran into those at the aircrew party at the Dayton Airshow in 2012. I was waayy drunk, but not that drunk. I didn't want to make too big of an ass out of myself, especially since I retired from the military the next day!
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    A2s in the Jet Age

    OK, I think I posted this info in anothe thread, so bear with me if I'm repeating myself. When I retired from the Air National Guard two years ago, I went to supply and asked what they needed me to turn in. Dude thought about it and said I had to turn in my gas mask and APECs Jacket...
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    A2s in the Jet Age

    OK, quick A-4 story. Guy I work with said he was on carriers during the Vietnam War. They'd fully load an A4 and fire it from what they called the "Big Cat (catapult)". One day, some VIP arrives on a COD and when he leaves, he wants to be fired from "The Big Cat". Yeah, that wasn't a good...
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    WWII Jacket Makers addresses

    I've driven past the Roughwear factory many times. It's an apartment complex now.
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    German FLAK Unit Photo Album in Holland - RAF Funeral

    Wow, thanks for posting that. Pretty nice pics.
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    Obama's A2 ?

    When the topic of art on jackets comes up, I always remember a scene from the book, "Fields of Fire" by James Webb. A platoon sergeant is busting on a Lance Coolie for having "art" on the back of his flak jacket: "That's a piece of military equipment, not a letter to a f**king friend!"

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