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  • Tex929rr

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    I was thinking about this one today. We have adhesive backed stickers with our fire department logo on them and occasionally slap them inside equipment locker doors on other fire department trucks. They come off easily so it’s harmless. I was reminded on back in the 80’s my wife was a T38 instructor pilot at Columbus AFB, MD (I was a civil engineer). The T38’s would make stops for fuel at Little Rock. The guys who fueled the aircraft (I think they were civilian contractors) would take a stencil and spray paint a red Arkansas Razorback on the two speed brake panels. This was back in the days of the all white T38 paint job. The panels were a little bit aft of the rondel on the bottom of the aircraft. It was something everyone sort of snickered about until half the aircraft had Razorbacks and the wing commander called Little Rock and they finally stopped it. Share your harmless pranks.
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    Tex929rr

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    You could always tell when a boot showed up to the motor pool because theyd be carrying around a plastic bag on a string that was their “exhaust sample” they had to bring to the motor t chief
    When I worked on radar you would send the noobs to get a bucket of raw video. Aircraft maintenance sent them to supply for 50 feet of flight line.
     

    Younggun

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    Being in the motor pool, just about every fake maintenance issue was brought up at some point. Blinker fluid, muffler bearings, etc. often the problem was a loose nut behind the wheel. OHS being listed as the official problem on paperwork could get you in trouble from time to time though.


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    Aus_Schwaben

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    Send them around to the sections for the "Blue-69" (EMHO - early morning hard on report) stats. Or out to the hangar - especially in the middle of the night - for a bucket of prop wash.
     

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    When I was in the Navy, we would send a newbie Seaman to the tool room for a left hand stiltson (Pipe Wrench). When they arrived with it in hand, we told them it was a right hand and to go back to the tool room and get the correct one. When they handed it back to the Tool Room Seaman, he flipped it over and gave it back to him. Some of them realized they had been pranked and some had no idea.
     

    mad88minute

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    Ive seen privates crawling under tanks with a ball peen hammer and chalk to check for soft spots In the armor

    One jumping on the tank and another with a tape measure to measure the suspension bounce

    We actually got an LT to get an exhaust sample on the turbine engine of the M1 Abrams.

    I seen a private yelling BOOM down the barrel of the Abrams 120mm cannon. The rest of the crew was inside giggling. It was a boom check.

    The worst one. Out on a training exercises i watched a tiny little E5 that ran the DFAC have his private ( gigantic young man, think of mice and men) tear thru their truck and trailer looking for the dehydrated water packets. When the private finally realized what had happened he grabbed a spatula.....i thought the E5 was getting his as whooped. The private commenced to slapping HIMSELF in the forehead with it yelling about how stupid he was.

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    We sent new airmen to the crew chiefs to get a foot of flight-line.

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    We use to get airmens BDU tops and soak them in water and place them in the freezer.

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    Our main one (jet engine shop) was telling new guys that the cut safety wire needed to be taken to supply to get recycled.

    The best one was sending the new guy to NDI to make sure his steel toe boots didn't have cracks. They actually X-rayed his boots and sent him back to the shop with the X-rays.
    We use to do that too. Fun times.

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