Lynn Coffelt wrote:
.
I served my time hammering on several F-4 models, but I just never
heard
of "F-4 tape", so I had to Google it up, and I'm not sure I ever used
any on
F-4's
but I recognized the "Googled" description and think it was the stuff we
used
a lot around the T-38's at Edwards.
Old Chief Lynn




F-4 tape is the silicone tape that only adheres to itself. It comes
in red or black. It's been called that since at least the mid 1970s in
all the circles I was in including the years I was on F-4Es. I don't
recall the correct nomenclature.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Mid 1970's? My gosh, Dan, you're just a kid! That's when I retired! F-4
tape name maybe came after I left the struggle!
Old Chief Lynn


I know I am not getting older, the GIs are getting younger When I
go out to the base the active duty types look unbelievably young. Then
again my father has a picture of me when I got out of the Army in 1973.
I look like a child in it which shocks me when I see it since I aged so
much in Viet Nam.

I had to retire when I used the terms "auto lean" and "recip" and no
one around me knew what I was talking about. Anyway, back in the brown
shoe days......

In actuality I am neither maturing nor aging, I am fermenting.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired