To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Cc: "Mitch Haley"
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT- Wrenches Jammed in B-47 flight controls
To stick them there is bad, to walk away from them like that, just once,
should
be a firing offense in the private world, ma
To stick them there is bad, to walk away from them like that, just once, should
be a firing offense in the private world, maybe reduction of rank in the
military.
What happens to an enlisted mechanic if two wrenches are missing from his
toolkit?
Mitch.
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." (See the movie, "The Long Grey Line," for good examples.
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From: "archer75--- via Mercedes"
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Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT- Wrenches Jammed in B-47 flight c
Good story!
Didn't the senior enlisted men such as yourself "chew out" lower ranking airmen
who did foolish things, or is that no longer done in the Air Force?
Gerry
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WILTON via Mercedes wrote:
> WRENCHES IN FLIGHT CONTROLS
>
> I
WRENCHES IN FLIGHT CONTROLS
I was an A/2C (E-3) B-47E maintenance crew chief in the 98th Bomb Wing
at Lincoln AFB, NE, from Oct '57 to Mar '60, when I left to attend Officer
Candidate School (OCS).
In late '59, my aircraft was in the periodic inspection hanger for
several days for certa
