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Digger
03-25-2004, 04:58 AM
On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian
aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the
middle.

One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is
it? The tower responded, "Who is calling ?" The aircraft replied, "What
difference does it make ?" The tower replied, "It makes a lot of
difference........ If it is an American Airlines flight, it is 3 o'clock.
If it is an Air Force plane, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft,
it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and
the little hand is on the 3. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's
Thursday afternoon and 120 minutes to "Happy Hour."

:beer:
:flag-mari

boldts
03-25-2004, 08:41 AM
Digger, you Marines have your thoughts in order all the time don't ya? I was expecting to read: It matters because if your the American Airline sitting in the middle of the runway, your about to be run over by an Air Force B-52!!! :biggrin:

ToonaFish
03-25-2004, 09:35 AM
Heee, Thursday afternoon...

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