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Does anyone know why they use ZZ for their tail markings? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.207.2 ( talk) 02:07, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Yeah. What happened was, in South Korea, they were flying F-86 Sabres, and they turned and ran. So their tail letters are "ZZ"; Dead Last. My dad flew MC-130 Combat Shadows at Kadena, so he would know. Interesting bit of trivia. Jak474 ( talk) 18:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
I added text that User:Looper5920 deleted from the Kadena AB page, it is better here. But as noted there, it still needs work. It is not as easy to cite a prevalent rumor. I heard it last night from a helicopter pilot whilst sitting at a bar in Nairobi ... it is pretty well known, but that is just one more random anecdote. It is too bad the quote at the end is from an internal site.
This is the most notable thing about the 18th (for good or bad ;-). Definitely needs some description. I'll try to get back and copyedit soon. Robert Ullmann 11:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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Does anyone know why they use ZZ for their tail markings? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.207.2 ( talk) 02:07, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
Yeah. What happened was, in South Korea, they were flying F-86 Sabres, and they turned and ran. So their tail letters are "ZZ"; Dead Last. My dad flew MC-130 Combat Shadows at Kadena, so he would know. Interesting bit of trivia. Jak474 ( talk) 18:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
I added text that User:Looper5920 deleted from the Kadena AB page, it is better here. But as noted there, it still needs work. It is not as easy to cite a prevalent rumor. I heard it last night from a helicopter pilot whilst sitting at a bar in Nairobi ... it is pretty well known, but that is just one more random anecdote. It is too bad the quote at the end is from an internal site.
This is the most notable thing about the 18th (for good or bad ;-). Definitely needs some description. I'll try to get back and copyedit soon. Robert Ullmann 11:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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