(October 21, 2018 at 11:02 pm)Fireball Wrote:(October 21, 2018 at 9:11 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: USAF 1985 -1995. I worked mostly on air traffic control communications. Spent 3 months in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Also served in Arizona, South Korea, Florida and Guam.
Combat Controller? Those guys are fucking hands-down heroes with balls of steel.
Oh no, no. I was an electronics technician who maintained and repaired the equipment.
Yeah, the combat controllers are the little-known hard-core bad-asses of the Air Force. As a military service, we were most known for pushing buttons which make things go bang at a distance outside the range where our opponents could attack us. The combat controllers are ground-pounders who go into enemy territory and direct strikes. Most people don't even know they exist.
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