JIM,
     In a message dated 07-12-97 you wrote ...
> night with some friends.  One thing for sure I would have hated to spend
> the time that you all did during Wah Wah II in Deming.  Boy that is
> somewhat desolate.
   What about in WW II.  My class was split. The upper half of the
 Alphabet went to Alguquerque.  We had been a Kingman, AZ for
 9 weeks of gunnery prior to advanced.
> Some of my group went to James Connally AFB, TX.  I remember many guys
> weaseled out and took the T-29 assignment as it was a cushioney job and
> they only flew about 3 days a week and had the rest of the time off.
> Don't know if it got any worse but was that way in l956.
  I don't remember what type of training James Connally had then.
  Radar Intercept. It was also FlyTAF headquarters with Gen.
  Disoway commanding..
> Used to go into Lowry in T-33 and that was a kick flying it out of
> there.  Went in there after it was closed to Jets in a T-38 and flew a
> Kiwanis Kiddy Day Airshow.  Upon departure the turbine in the
> Airconditioning/Pressurization went biserk and had to do an
> Precautionary into Buckley ANG, CO.  They brought a T-33 to pick us up
> and I was in the back seat and thought we were going to run off the end
> of the runway on TO.  Quite a feeling at that altitude.
>
> We had several good ones on base also but there were some that shouldn't
> have been flying in anything.
 Agreed!
>  Old Fighter Pilots never die, just run outta Ammo
 I wish we could get Frank Walters back on.. I have not heard from
 him in over 2 years.
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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