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They remind me of the Soviet Hormone
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I grew up on or near AFBs also Dan.
If you were anywhere, you certainly saw those little Huskies on the flight line. I bet I built a couple dozen of the old Monogram model of them, quarter inch scale ( or 1/48th for you guys not in the know. ). I know I did one that was on a display at the Smithsonian, when I volunteered there when I was in high school.
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That SOB is a couple tons over weight just in ugly alone! I wouldn't have believed it could get off the ground carrying that much ugly.
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Yup. They had them at Laredo AFB in 1970 when I was in flight training. They had crews on alert whenever any flight activity was going on, as part of the Fire Dept Crash unit. If anybody declared any kind of emergency, they'd fire up and hoist the fire bottle (a red sphere about a yard in diameter) and fly near the runway, just in case. I always pitied the poor firefighter in back who had to don his full silver fire suit every time - even when it was 110 degrees on the ramp. If I remember right they were called Pedro . They showed up when there was a possible crash landing incoming! I think I have pictures of one responding to fire call on the flightline This was taken at Naha AB Okinawa ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/ZKyTzy5j/wallpaper.jpg)
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We had these at Phan Rang AB Viet Nam. I think about late '68-early'69 one was lifting off at night with it's fire bottle underneath and fell right back down. I believe it killed all on board. I happened to be up on a hill overlooking the flight line, didn't see the crash but saw the fire.
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