Airborne

[handejector]

Airborne!
Congrats to the boy.
Thank him for his service.
When I went through, we jumped C-119's!

Yes they used the T-11, they also used the c130, he liked the t11 hands down, the 130 he said vibrated a lot. Thanks for the positive comments, we are very proud.

I'm not sure what that plane is- probably a C-5??, but it sure ain't a 130.

 

[nawilson]

I'm not sure what that plane is- probably a C-5??, but it sure ain't a 130.

C-17 maybe? You're right, it ain't a C-130 with those engines.

 

[handejector]

C-17 maybe? You're right, it ain't a C-130 with those engines.

I feel so dated. Didn't even know of the C-17!
Looks like you nailed it-
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Muley Gil]

"Airborne!
Congrats to the boy.
Thank him for his service.
When I went through, we jumped C-119's!"

You sure it wasn't a Curtiss Jenny???

I was slated to go to jump school at Benning in the summer of 1974. However, problems with allergies and bronchitis keep me from going and later getting my commision in the Corps.

 

[Herknav]

Yup. It's a C-17. You can tell by the winglets (the little turned-up portion on the end of the wing).

 

[AirForceShooter]

Congratulations to him.

I did it in 1964. Took lot's of grief because my stripes were upside down.

AFS

 

[Straightshooter2]

Tell your son thank you for his service!

As an airline employee before I went in the Navy, I always felt that jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft was a silly thing to do. Then my brother proved that by being involved in a chute entanglement on his graduation jump at Benning.

Do they still play "Blood Upon the Risers" for them?

CW

 

[CQB27]

Tell your son thank you for his service!

As an airline employee before I went in the Navy, I always felt that jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft was a silly thing to do. Then my brother proved that by being involved in a chute entanglement on his graduation jump at Benning.

Do they still play "Blood Upon the Risers" for them?

CW

As a former Army Aviator (both fixed wing and rotorcraft), I can tell you there is no such thing as a perfectly good aircraft

 

[guy22]

Tell your son thank you for his service!

As an airline employee before I went in the Navy, I always felt that jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft was a silly thing to do. Then my brother proved that by being involved in a chute entanglement on his graduation jump at Benning.

Do they still play "Blood Upon the Risers" for them?

CW

Blood Upon the Risers(Gory Gory What a Hell of a Way to Die) - YouTube
Yup!!!

 

[guy22]

Band Of Brothers Blood On The Risers - YouTube

Guy22

 

[guy22]

U.S Army Cadences: Pick Up Your Weapon! - YouTube

Guy22

 

[ChuckS1]

Two things I remember about jump school in August of 1976 (besides the humidity...).

First was a Black Hat E-5 who, I swear, made it his mission to make all the ROTC cadets' lives miserable. We didn't have to have the shaved heads like the enlisted soldiers, but his words were "Cadet, I can't make you get a haircut, but I can make you wish you did". Got mine buzzed that afternoon.

The second was the boot polish concession at the barbershop. No matter how beautifully I spitshined my combat boots (no Corcorans for us, since we didn't have wings) I always failed uniform inspection in the morning. It wasn't until I turned my boots over to the boot polish concession with the liquid Glo-Coat polish that I passed every morning. I swear the black hats got kickbacks from them.

Oh, yeah, and the I Bar in the basement of the Officers' Club...

 

[CQB27]

Boot Black and the I-Bar.............brings back memories.

 

[Armyphotog]

Why would anybody want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

 

[H Richard]

When I was in the USAF we tried to NOT have to jump from a plane. Came close once flying over the Alps and the DC3 (Gooney Bird) we were in iced up and couldn't get enough altitude. Pilot "wove" his way between the peaks.

 

[AirCommando]

Yeah, I jumped out of Gooney Birds a lot. Good airplane, though, at the right altitude!

 

[feralmerril]

They were training smoke jumpers and before the first jump the instructor said ya got nothing to worry about. Your chute dont open, ya got your spare. A truck will be waiting to haul you to lunch. This guy jumped and the first nor the secound chute opened. He went down through the group and was last heard complaining, "It will be just my luck that the truck wont be there either!"

 

[rusty37874]

Congrats to your son. I can assure you it is an experience neither of you will ever forget. I remember getting my Wings, & that was almost 45 Years ago.It was one of my proudest moments of Military Life.

 

[Rule 303]

Airborne is as much an Attitude as anything else.
I have yet to see a private E-Nothin' on up who doesn't think he can run an Airborne Division if something happens to the CG.

When the SHTF in Combat, you find out real quick that all you have to count on is the men with you and those who provide you support.

I was fortunate to serve in SF, the 101st and the 82nd in my time in the US Army. Always felt that the men I went into combat with were "Above Average" in intelligence, ability and motivation.
It was a matter of Attitude.

CURRAHEE, Gentlemen.

Rule 303

 

[Dragon88]

He got to jump T-11s out of a C-17? Man that's the ticket right there! Not too long ago when I went it was T-10s out of a C-130. I like the T-10 but man those C-130s suck, especially with combat equipment.

Congrats to your son and your family! One day a long time from now when I'm old and crusty, I won't say I was a soldier, I'll say I was a paratrooper.

All The Way!

Dan