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Fossil and I exchanged many PMs over the years - something he initiated. We mostly exchanged war stories from our AF days - 10 or so years apart. But one interesting thing we had in common was we were both in Roswell, NM in 1962.
Fossil was a KC-135 navigator stationed at Walker AFB in Roswell. I was a sophomore at Roswell High School. My dad was stationed at Walker at that time as well, but my dad worked on nukes for B-52s and Atlas missiles - one of which blew up on the pad. It was an event Fossil vividly remembered - in fact he was the first to mention it in our PM exchanges.
I also had a few KC-135 stories of my own to share with Fossil from my own days as an AF weather officer.
Our conversations ended a year or so ago as his health declined. I was honored to have had an "internet relationship" with such a great Ag. I will miss him.
