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Old 07-27-2010, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm View Post
Yeah, the Anti-skid system, the servocylinders, and the AAS-38 FLIR all were POS.
Actually the servos never really gave us much trouble, it was the skid control box. It's analog when it needs to be digital, to do sampling and all that jazz. As for the FLIR- when it was up, it stayed that way all cruise. If it went down, you never saw it again.


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a VFA "up" status meant it could fly a minimal tanker sortie - "Really up" and they would actually fly ordnance!
Maybe for the Legacy jets, our Supers were rarely in that category. In fact on my last outing with 154, we flew more in country hours than all the others COMBINED. Even dropped a pair of 1000 pounders on our last run.
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