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| I always had a soft spot for Gary after we deployed to
Panama one year. We were the advance team and I was senior.
Just as I took the Alert Kit from Mulch, we got scrambled.
Mongo was nice enough to offer to take the lead. We ID'd the bad guy
and got recalled due to weather at home base. Weather was below
minimums with about 3" of standing water on the runway. We both got
down OK, just barely not using the departure end hook. If you get a chance
have Mongo tell you the story - it was a real bonding experience :) Especially with the engine RPMs doing +/- 2% due to the rain |
Al Heers (Howdy) wrote a very nice tribute to Gary for his retirement ceremony. Gary was kind enough to send the video that Catherine put together for his retirement. The sound track for the video is really cool, but unfortunately, the songs are copyrighted material. In order to get it up on YouTube I had to remove the music. I think it's still a cool video |
Mongo's Enlistment with LtCol Paul Carroll March 7, 1982 |
Mongo's Enlistment with LtCol Paul Carroll March 7, 1982 |
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| What can you say to this but - WOW!!! This is why we loved the Viper! |
Thanks to Jadly for this great find | Scotty Keller, Ray Linott, Gary Taylor and Mark Crump | A bunch of the boys |
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| Gary - in his natural habitat! | |||
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