When I got tapped for one of those unauthorized movements the cops showed up
with an M-60 aimed at my forehead. Made me want to do anything the young
two striper said.

Les


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Just the pre-requesites are daunting to say the least.
First, the pilot doing this would have to be good enough to actually fly
the
airplane, which not only requires specific skills but is aircraft
specific
also. That means the thief would have to know where everything is in the

A maintenance troop stole a C-130 off the ramp at RAF Mildenhall. Got all
four
started and managed to get ot off the ground. IIRC he was trying to get
back
to the US to see his wife or girlfriend wh was leaving him. He ended up
headed
the wrong direction and was shot down by fighters out of USAFE as the
story
goes. Supposedly he grashed but there were pieces found with what looked
to be
cannon hits.

We used to practice trying to steal F-4s from RAF Lakenheath. All it took
was
a gullible crew chief to help with the start and then taxi off. Usually
the
flightline chief realized there was a plane taxiing that wan't on the
schedule
and then the sky cops were launched. Their instructions were to try to
block
the plane with their vehicles and if that failed, to shoot the crew.

Unathorized people in the flightline got interesting treatment as well.
Full
spread eagle on the ramp with an M-16 barrel poked in the ear. Happened
once
to a doctor from the base hospital and his two yong daughters. I suspect
they
still talk about their experience with daddy.