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cpwm17

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8. I spent over ten years at Charleston AFB, SC

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 01:01 AM

Mar 2015

and I worked flight-line maintenance on the C-17. We kept busy. It was my favorite job I had in the Air Force. They already had some C-17's when I got there, but the C-141's were still operational.

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Catch-22 Octafish Feb 2015 #1

Husband and I were stationed at Charleston AFB when they got the first C-17 TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #2

Don't talk like that, I flew the C-124. Downwinder Feb 2015 #3

You win. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #4

Flew in the C-124 that delivered our Huey's to Nam. GGJohn Feb 2015 #6

I spent over ten years at Charleston AFB, SC cpwm17 Mar 2015 #8

The C-141's had a distinctive, loud, rattle-y, jangly engine sound-- TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #9

I felt fortunate to work on the much quieter C-17 cpwm17 Mar 2015 #10

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The last C-119 I saw had been re-configured HubertHeaver Mar 2015 #7