Tonight's blog post by Heavenly Heidi really took me back. I was at George Air Force Base by Victorville, CA from 1974 to 1980. It was a loud place, because we had 110 F4 Phantoms and a couple dozen F105 Thunderchiefs ("Thuds".) But sometimes Shaynie and I would drive over to the end of the flight line with the kids whether they were asleep or not, and watch the F4s take off in tandem, using their ABs (afterburners) which produced a blue tail of flame of about 12 feet. I didn't get to work with the Aircraft. I just worked in the Procurement Division. But I never tired of watching them and listening to them.
The kids were very happy and very young back then. The two of us were also very happy and very young. That's what I hope for Kevin, Heidi and their incredibly cute kids.
Seeing Heidi's pictures of Kevin sleeping while his baby daughter tries to entertain him was very tender to me. Let me see what I have from the distant past to go along with that.
