Summer of 94 I was back packing in the Pecos Wilderness. While on top of a mountain I heard a noise looked down, and two F111s were flying beneath us in the valley! Very unusual to look down and see planes flying!
Worked 27 SUPS and 522 AMU COSO, from July 1981- Jan 1986…Met my wife of nearly 39 years, dragging’ Main in Clovis, Feb 4, 1984….when I was an Amn, had to go up to Wagon Mound to recover a Yellow tail that went down…
I did a TDY at Cannon AFB 74 and 75. I can't I enjoyed it...I was stationed at Bergstrom AFB..Austin TX...at the time. I think now I would enjoy Cannon
We were stationed at Pease, Heyford & Cannon. My dad was an avionics guy, he was with the 428th at Cannon. 11 years later I helped Cannon transition from a TFW to AFSOC from 2008-2016. Great memories!
I was at McClellan AFB and spoke with a Colonel about the retirement of the F-111. Aircraft coming right out of depot maintenance and being flown directly to Davis Monthan.
I was the 524th Maintenance Superintendent from Dec. 92 thru Nov. 93. Lt. Col Ehrlich was the squadron CC. A superb group of people! Tough jet to work, and was an absolute beast. I ended up retiring out of the 524th, and made a trip to the DM boneyard in late 1996. There were all 28 of the yellow tails lined up, wings swept, wing tip to wing tip. Brought back some great memories, even though I was only in the 524th for a short while. Bittersweet for certain.....
Wow this is so cool! Can’t believe this came up on my video feed, I was literally at the ceremony that was shown at the end when they were retired, and I worked in base supply, I used to deliver parts to the flight line, all tool rooms, the 522; 523; 524; and I had a friend who was a crew scheduler for the 522. Boy this sure was a Long time ago. I enjoyed my time at Cannon. I was there 1994-1997,I did 2 deployments with the EF-111 Ravens, we worked the supply points for them in Dhahran. I probably saw most of these airman around base and the chow hall. Some faces looked familiar, and of course there is Col. Koehner, I remember he named the 27th fighter squadron the “Go To wing” boy did that get made fun of, LOL. If only memes were a thing back then 😅 can you imagine 😂
Got stationed to Cannon from 86 to 90 then Upper Heyford from 90 to 93 then back to Cannon from 93 to 97. I was at Khobar during the bomb and had to stay over with the next EF-111 group. It was certainly a moment in history.
I was an avionics instrument and autopilot tech at Cannon from 1971 to 1974. None of fell out of the sky during those years. Some did not return due to pilot error. Not many if any crashed due to bad design or manufacturing error. It had by far the best non crash record than any of its predicessors.
I started in the air force at mountain home in early 1972. I maintained these F111Fs (straight from the factory, even had the new Aircraft smell )till 1978. After 22 years I retired. Always loved the jet
My brother was at Mt home air Force Base back in the day working and maintaining these F-111s. Amazing aircraft from what he would share. And what I learn these days.... Best all🤠🤠
Fat tails provide comfort! Almost felt like I was there a few minutes ago. My dad, Hudson, was stationed there most of the 90s flying the F, E, and I think 1 more. Been on that flightline many times. Thank you for posting this.
I was stationed at cannon. With the f111's . The memories will not fade . I would like to go back to cannon. I dont miss the horns blowing off on the dash 60s when they were out of fuel!. Nothing like the smell of hot burnt j p 4 in the morning. Good day.
Wow! This is a blast from the past! I was stationed at Holloman AFB in southern NM at the time, working the F117 for the 415thFS/ 9thFS. My supervisor was named Kent Kleffner, and he worked the F-111s at Mountain Home and talked about them all the time.
There were "111" likes before I hit the like button to make it 112! Kinda hated to change it! I was stationed at Cannon when the base transitioned from the F100 to the F-111 in 1971. I worked at the bomb dump on the far side of the runway. Good memories. Ended up finishing my college degree at Eastern New Mexico University about 20 miles south of the base after my discharge.
Very sad for me to watch. The F-111 were brand new aircraft when I was stationed at Mountain Home AFB home of the 366th TFW Gunfighters Squadron. I guess I am old, both the F-111 and I am retired. After Mountain Home I was transferred to U-Tapao Thailand, then Grand Forks AFB. The B-52 were new when I was born and old when I worked on them. I must have done a good job as BUFF's are still flying.
I was at Mt Home from 73 - 76 assigned to 366 MSS. I still remember receiving brand new F-111f from Tx. from 77- 82 I worked on the D models in 524 & 522 Fighter sq. at Cannon AFB. Good Birds , but a lot of work to keep'm flying.
@@rlh7210 I was at Mtn Home and rmember some pretty scary mishaps like loosing the vertical stab entirely and a couple of crashes. Used to photograph and document the reconstruction in the hanger. Not an aircraft I was impressed with but a great test bed for some innovations.
Nice hearing from those of you stationed with the 366 TFW. I was stationed at MHAFB from 77 to 83 and 86 to 89 with F, A, EF. Wife was an AGE mechanic with F and deployed to Taegu with F during Operation Paul Bunyan in ‘76…
I was stationed at Cannon AFB (Clovis NM 30 miles from water, 3 feet from Hell) 1977 - 1980 working on the F11-D. This video brought back some great memories. Thank you for posting.
