tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459870751232627910.post2147254153440990459..comments2024-03-01T02:14:04.983-05:00Comments on Exploring Western Massachusetts: Photo: A-10s Over SpringfieldMark T. Alamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07244483426665656300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459870751232627910.post-55692133381836315272007-05-28T12:48:00.000-04:002007-05-28T12:48:00.000-04:00Yep.Every time I see them overhead, I think to mys...Yep.<BR/><BR/>Every time I see them overhead, I think to myself "I'm glad they're on our side."<BR/><BR/>I'm going to miss seeing and hearing them here in Westfield. I'm looking forward to the F-15s coming, though. And I live very close to the airport. I like planes, what can I say?Mark T. Alamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07244483426665656300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459870751232627910.post-79611181739045405592007-05-28T10:55:00.000-04:002007-05-28T10:55:00.000-04:00Mark -A little personal reminiscing: back in '83, ...Mark -<BR/><BR/>A little personal reminiscing: back in '83, while in the Army serving over in Germany, we were out in the hinterlands of The Fatherland during a training operation for NBC warfare (nuclear, biological, chemical). We had our masks and protective suits on - it was hotter than hell all suited up! Anyway, we were walking along on patrol in some heavily-wooded, hilly terrain (much like the Berkshires, actually), when from out of nowhere - we didn't even hear them coming - two A-10s swooped in low right over us and flew on by. <BR/><BR/>If we were the bad guys, we've been dead! Our healthy respect for those planes increased greatly due to that fly-over ;-)<BR/><BR/>Hoowaa!Bill Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673867141492129022noreply@blogger.com