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I know, I was there when they put it on display. A year after it was put up they held a rememberence at the memorial. The 60 BS stood in formation if front of the aircraft that day, for the B-52 crewman that did not come back. I was part of that formation. Anderson was my last duty station.

The warts you refer to that are part of the G & H models are part of what was refered to as a phase vi modification. That happened about 1975. They installed a new generation ECM and warning receivers during that modification. They also cut the fusalage just behind the tail and added an extra 40" so all the new equipment could be fitted. By 1975 the alt 6b ecm jammers that we were using were becoming dated. We couldn't keep up with the ECM and radars on the new airframes coming in. F-15's & 16's they were eating our lunch in training exercises. The phase vi mods brought us back to parity. The two dimples underneath the nose are a low light TV and IR for low level navigation.  

I am a geezer, first child of two WWII vets, both involved in the Pacific War. Many of my childhood friends were also descendents of war vets and it was always a topic of interest to us in games and conversation.

I have forgotten the circumstances, but one of my friends made up a song about me which included

"He thought he was the Tiger of the Pacific,
But he was the Chicken of the Sea."

For the non-Americans in the forum "Chicken of the Sea" is a brand of canned tuna. The vicious chicken in my avatar came from an article about the role of the Polynesians in the domestication of the chicken. I also think it looks a bit like an 18th century British Admiral.

ORIGINAL: ChickenOfTheSea

I am a geezer, first child of two WWII vets, both involved in the Pacific War. Many of my childhood friends were also descendents of war vets and it was always a topic of interest to us in games and conversation.

I have forgotten the circumstances, but one of my friends made up a song about me which included

"He thought he was the Tiger of the Pacific,
But he was the Chicken of the Sea."

For the non-Americans in the forum "Chicken of the Sea" is a brand of canned tuna. The vicious chicken in my avatar came from an article about the role of the Polynesians in the domestication of the chicken. I also think it looks a bit like an 18th century British Admiral.

What part of Virginia do you hail from?

Richmond. Been here since 1995. Also government nomad. As adult Nebraska - Florida - North Carolina - Oklahoma - Nebraska - Louisiana - Nebraska - Virginia.

Oh , so your only about an hour south of me. One of these days we need to arange a Northern Virginia WitP sumit! [:)]

Sounds good, but I would say an hour between Richmond and Alexandria is optimistic these days. For a kid that grew up in Nebraska the traffic in northern Virginia is like a trip to the dentist. For us Nebraskans, if you are driving and you can see another car, its just too crowded. I do travel to DC at least a couple of times a year, though.

Well my name comes from

STL stand for St. Louis where I live St. Louis , Missouri United States

and diver

comes from I scuba dive and have done some sky diving, pretty much used it as general login everywhere else.

I could tell you what mine is about.....but i'd have to kill u afterwards......

[8D]

Self explanatory [:'(]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

I could tell you what mine is about.....but i'd have to kill u afterwards......

[8D]

How about you don't , then you only have to kill yourself! [:D]

but then who would taunt the Threadians?

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

but then who would taunt the Threadians?

We'd find someone. [:D]

Blackhorse = Nickname of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in which I served during the Cold War days.

Avatar = same regiment

Quote = from Donald Sutherland's character in the movie Kellys Heros -- the tank commander Sgt. Oddball, who was my inspiration to become a tanker myself.

tc = my initials; 464 is the old USAF specialty code for EOD

The avatar is the actual badge.

It goes back to 1989 on the internet. I went to a conference at Xerox PARC, people were exchanging e-mail addresses, and I was asked mine. When I got back, I addressed the obvious deficiency. Here's my sig from 1990.

proline: pro-novapple!herwin
gnh-starport!herwin
uucp: crash!pro-novapple!herwin
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!herwin
arpa: crash!pro-novapple!her...@nosc.mil
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!her...@nosc.mil
Internet: her...@pro-novapple.cts.com
Telenet: herwin/trw
Applelink: herwin

ORIGINAL: herwin

It goes back to 1989 on the internet. I went to a conference at Xerox PARC, people were exchanging e-mail addresses, and I was asked mine. When I got back, I addressed the obvious deficiency. Here's my sig from 1990.

proline: pro-novapple!herwin
gnh-starport!herwin
uucp: crash!pro-novapple!herwin
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!herwin
arpa: crash!pro-novapple!her...@nosc.mil
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!her...@nosc.mil
Internet: her...@pro-novapple.cts.com
Telenet: herwin/trw
Applelink: herwin

I don't get it.

Whipple

ORIGINAL: Whipple

ORIGINAL: herwin

It goes back to 1989 on the internet. I went to a conference at Xerox PARC, people were exchanging e-mail addresses, and I was asked mine. When I got back, I addressed the obvious deficiency. Here's my sig from 1990.

proline: pro-novapple!herwin
gnh-starport!herwin
uucp: crash!pro-novapple!herwin
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!herwin
arpa: crash!pro-novapple!her...@nosc.mil
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!her...@nosc.mil
Internet: her...@pro-novapple.cts.com
Telenet: herwin/trw
Applelink: herwin

I don't get it.

Whipple

Uh Whipple? You want the next thread over (the Geezer thread).[:D]

I've always been a strategy game nut! [:)]

ORIGINAL: Whipple

ORIGINAL: herwin

It goes back to 1989 on the internet. I went to a conference at Xerox PARC, people were exchanging e-mail addresses, and I was asked mine. When I got back, I addressed the obvious deficiency. Here's my sig from 1990.

proline: pro-novapple!herwin
gnh-starport!herwin
uucp: crash!pro-novapple!herwin
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!herwin
arpa: crash!pro-novapple!herwin@nosc.mil
crash!pnet01!gnh-starport!herwin@nosc.mil
Internet: herwin@pro-novapple.cts.com
Telenet: herwin/trw
Applelink: herwin

I don't get it.

Whipple

A ten-line sig is well over the top today--it reflects the complexity of e-mail at the time. Having an e-mail address was also a status symbol in the industry.