It’s a Phantom.

It’s not.

Not necessarily. There’s a large FBO on the south side of LAX - you’ll be hard pressed to land anything larger than a 737 at Van Nuys. Lots of private traffic at LAX.

 When I get the chance, yeah. Haven’t been in a few months, though - haven’t found the time.

That doesn’t sound like an experience I’d like to recreate.

Yeah, there’s a reason I avoid Decker like the plague.

I don’t think the USAF Security Forces were guard - the guys that showed up in the Chinook were.

Thanks!

Makes sense - figured as much.

I’m not saying they need to be driving around in a soft top Jeep, but that thing doesn’t seem to be the best option for that type of terrain.

So my question is, why do it in an HMMWV? The hell are they afraid of springing up from behind a bush in Montana?

I’m fairly sure you’re supposed to in CA. The clerk at AAA made us promise we would “destroy them” because we “forgot them at home” or somesuch thing.

Right? That damn url makes me apoplectic.

This is an entirely preventable occurrence, and there is no operational reason to allow vaping onboard vessels.

A gentleman and a scholar.

Was the guy an American stationed in Germany or a local that imported the thing?

I don’t know where you live, but I see them all over town here in LA.

Blue came about with the bicentennial in 1976.

Seconded. Pocket proof of U.S. citizenship is never a bad thing.

You sound like you’ve got an interesting job.