Monday, March 23, 2015

Close air support


Real close.  Bet those guys couldn't hear for days.

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  1. they're running fn fal's w/out hearing protection. bet they didn't even hear the jet, lol.

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  2. In 1969, at Spangdahlem Air Force Base in Germany, my left eardrum was broken when an F-4 "Phantom" flew directly overhead at low altitude with its afterburners on.

    My ear was surgically repaired three (03) years later at the 121st Evac in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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