tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7944060895293628148..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Grandaddy of Them AllGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-85568069022598252792008-01-05T00:37:00.000-05:002008-01-05T00:37:00.000-05:00Great Blog- I'm a current AD USAF intel officer, a...Great Blog- I'm a current AD USAF intel officer, and look forward to your posts.Fockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602888361352468060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-10166316325793818452008-01-01T14:47:00.001-05:002008-01-01T14:47:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-70319818337049320572008-01-01T14:47:00.000-05:002008-01-01T14:47:00.000-05:00Joe--As you may know, there's more than a little i...Joe--As you may know, there's more than a little irony in your selection of Ernie Ford's classic for your updated lyrics. The old "pea picker" was a bombardier on a B-29 crew, and flew combat missions over Japan during World War II. <BR/><BR/>Ford's pilot was a young lieutenant named Russell Dougherty who later became Commander of Strategic Air Command. Dougherty trusted his bombardier and asked him to assemble a crew among the replacements who were arriving at their base near Guam. Dougherty assumed that Ford would ask the crew members about their training and qualifications, but Ford had another idea. "Everyone from Tennessee, come over here." So, Dougherty wound up with a crew that was heavily weighted toward Ford's home state. Mr. Ford and General Dougherty remained life-long friends.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-50502569692049064952008-01-01T11:04:00.000-05:002008-01-01T11:04:00.000-05:00"...total weight of slightly less than 30,000 poun..."...total weight of slightly less than 30,000 pounds."<BR/><BR/>Holy kinetic strike! I think just the THUMP of this sucker hitting the ground would shake up the (recently, to be) dead. Makes me think of Tennessee Ernie Ford's "16 tons" (paraphrased.....)<BR/><BR/>"You load 15 tons and whatta you get? 72 virgins at 200ft depth. Oh Mohammad don't call me cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the Taliban ghoul...." or somesuch.<BR/><BR/>What I find strange is the practice with a full size mock-up that only weighs 2% of the real deal. Seems to me that's inviting some small complacency. The mass/momentum of 15 tons is a whole lot greater than 1/3 ton. (I was avionics not ordnance so y'all bomb bashers correct me on this)JoeChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14319588770631597756noreply@blogger.com