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Showing posts with label George AFB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George AFB. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

BREWERIANA (NOT): George AFB, CA Suggestion Program Coffee Cup

Okay, I know this is NOT breweriana, it's a coffee cup for crying out loud! Oh wait, I forgot about Irish coffee! Hmmm, well maybe we can still lump it under that very broad category LOL Sometime from 1979-82 I placed a suggestion into the George AFB Suggestion Program and heck if I know what it was but I got this coffee cup for my efforts! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Saturday, September 2, 2023

BREWERIANA: George AFB, 35th Supply Squadron Beer Stein

A little souvenir beer stein from my first air base: George AFB, Victorville, California. This would date from 1980 and is lettered for the 35th Supply Squadron. The unit's slogan was "Let's Make SNO Together" which was short for "Let's Make Supply Number One Together" and the stein itself was an award from when I had won the unit's Airman of The Month Award for August 1980, then later the Base Airman of The Month. A year or so later the unit was redesignated the 831st Supply Squadron but I have no mugs or anything with that logo. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Accepting the unit award from my Commander, Maj. Handrahan






Monday, August 9, 2021

Ed's Travelogue: George AFB Air Show 14 October 1979 - Pt 9 Parting Shots

Well, we finally reached the end of the George AFB air show posts with this last roll of film. I hope you enjoyed this look back at some classic airplanes! Enjoy! Opa Fritz












Couple of squadron buds I saw while taking photos :-)



Sunday, August 8, 2021

Ed's Travelogue: George AFB Air Show 14 October 1979 - Pt 8 George AFB Drill Time

Towards the end of the Thunderbirds demonstartion, the George AFB Honor Gaurd (and drill team) put on a demonstration so I was twisting from side-to-side and up-&down trying to capture as much of the action as I could LOL Enjoy! Opa Fritz















Saturday, August 7, 2021

Ed's Travelogue: George AFB Air Show 14 October 1979 - Pt 7 Last Post For The USAF Thunderbirds

These are the last Thunderbird photos I have from the George AFB air show in 1979. There'll be a couple more posts of the show after this. Enjoy! Opa Fritz












Friday, August 6, 2021

Ed's Travelogue: George AFB Air Show 14 October 1979 - Pt 6 More USAF Thunderbirds

This meet-&-greet was going on at the same time the parachutists were doing their thing so I was panning back-&-forth getting shots of both activities. I took a gazillion photos of the T-Birds so will present them here in a couple of few installments. Enjoy! Opa Fritz






This was the Thunderbirds pre-flight ground show - it's hard to explain unless you actually see it in person, but entry into the jets is a carefully coreographed display between the crew chiefs and pilots.

Sadly, most (if not all) of these pilots would be killed about a year later in a tragic training mishap over Indian Springs Air Field (now Creech Air Force Base)













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