Those sneaky Marines...

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My AC-130 Spectre Gunship boys hung with the standard art we were wearing on the Puffs and Spookies back in the WW-'Nam...

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.....but no one who faces this lives to complain about their art being dated. :D


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Even our newest NATO Allies do their part to save the art......

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As does my old CAF unit in Waco, Texas.

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The Ruskies have their own PC versions.

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And old warriors come back in new paint schemes....

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Some go to extremes.....

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...but the Shorts "Sherpa" was an ugly airplane to start with. :D


Nose art is classified as folk art and is disappearing as fast as the calendar pinups that inspired it. It showcased the bravado, fears, and character of the grand old men who flew these aircraft in the gravest of our days. May their art and the memory of what they accomplished and continue to accomplish to this day never fade - political correctness be damned!






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java wrote:You're dead on on your dark side discography..... :cool:

Al-back number 2 is from the UK release of Relics

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better looking than the original US release


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I believe it has been remastered and reissued with the "improved" cover






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thanx for the Pink Floyd edgucation Java.... ;)
If u don't already have it, this dvd comes Highly recommended... :cool:
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not sure why but the sound of puff and the wart hog was a real comferting sound to here
tanks in the air they are and great at what they do
got to see many night fires as i was marking most the targets for them :D
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java wrote:My AC-130 Spectre Gunship boys hung with the standard art we were wearing on the Puffs and Spookies back in the WW-'Nam...


Great pics! I have seen some awsome video of what the AC-130 does to enemy combatants on the ground...pretty impressive stuff.
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[quote="jaislandboy"]thanx for the Pink Floyd edgucation Java.... ]

Brian, If you really want a Floyd feast, find some of the videos they did at Knebworth with the extended version of Dark Side of the Moon (circa 1975) or Run Like **** shot in the drizzling rain (about 1990 or so). The lasers were all refracted and reflected for one heck of an interesting show. I love the Pulse DVD as well.......




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Gun control is an accurate targeting system and the howitzer to make others listen.

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I LOVE the Herkeys in all forms. What a workhorse she has been!!!!



Sorry if I got carried away here.... :o





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When I said that mercy stood
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And bloody swift dispatching jaws.

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That Sneaky Marine is me!

You can read the full story at http://www.bleedingonion.com titled ‘Sneaky Marine’!

I painted those pictures in the camouflaged (with a few others that liked what I was doing) during the first gulf war in Saudi Arabia. Why? I was bored. Those pics were taken at the Port of Al-Jubayal. Although I do not think you can see it in the pictures, there is one helicopter that has a silhouette of me holding up fingers in the peace sign. The top photo was the first helicopter I painted. I started on the head and breast, everybody else joined in. I painted the middle finger on the bottom of a helicopter. Others have Elvis, and a rooster (crew-chief's nick name was Rooster).

I have the pictures and my journal in storage to prove it!

And feel free to contact me.

-Craig
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That Sneaky Marine is me!

You can read the full story at http://www.bleedingonion.com titled ‘Sneaky Marine’!

I painted those pictures in the camouflaged (with a few others that liked what I was doing) during the first gulf war in Saudi Arabia. Why? I was bored. Those pics were taken at the Port of Al-Jubayal. Although I do not think you can see it in the pictures, there is one helicopter that has a silhouette of me holding up fingers in the peace sign. The top photo was the first helicopter I painted. I started on the head and breast, everybody else joined in. I painted the middle finger on the bottom of a helicopter. Others have Elvis, and a rooster (crew-chief's nick name was Rooster).

I have the pictures and my journal in storage to prove it!

And feel free to contact me.

-Craig
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For those still inerested in the helicopter pictures, I have finally added three new images which include myself and the paint crew to http://www.bleedingonion.com
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