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patred
Digging through some old stuff, pictures from 2000 when I was in the Air Force and deployed to The Magic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ...




I did a story for the base newspaper on U2 landings ... a U2 pilot drove a Camaro behind a U2 during landings and communicated with the pilot so he didn't scrape the wings on the ground. smile.gif I got to ride shotgun in the Camaro during one landing.

I'm guessing since there are no Z28 emblems that it's a B4C? Would make sense since it was a government vehicle. The first two #s on the license plate is the year of the car (most GOVs are this way).

Pat
CrashTestDummy
Additionally, the body-color sail panel, IIRC, further substantiates it as a B4C. I think Z28s of that year all had black roofs. Cool pics!
AndyJ
No Z28 badging = B4C.

Pat,

Cool pics! Was it at Prince Sultan? My son was there for quite awhile.

Were you AFN?
patred
QUOTE (AndyJ @ Jun 9 2007, 02:44 PM) *
No Z28 badging = B4C.

Pat,

Cool pics! Was it at Prince Sultan? My son was there for quite awhile.

Were you AFN?


Yeah Prince Sultan AB. My career field was Public Affairs and we put together the base newspaper.

Pat
CamaroFS34
QUOTE (CrashTestDummy @ Jun 9 2007, 12:43 PM) *
Additionally, the body-color sail panel, IIRC, further substantiates it as a B4C. I think Z28s of that year all had black roofs. Cool pics!

Starting in '96, the body-color side mirrors and roof were an option on the Z28s as well as the base (V6) models. Since that car looks to be a '95, that must be another defining B4C characteristic.

I opted for the "normal looking" black side mirrors and roof on my '96. wink.gif

Karen
AndyJ
QUOTE (patred @ Jun 9 2007, 02:09 PM) *
QUOTE (AndyJ @ Jun 9 2007, 02:44 PM) *
No Z28 badging = B4C.

Pat,

Cool pics! Was it at Prince Sultan? My son was there for quite awhile.

Were you AFN?


Yeah Prince Sultan AB. My career field was Public Affairs and we put together the base newspaper.

Pat


Good deal Pat.

My daughter is AFN at Lajes right now.
DRD T-bone
QUOTE (AndyJ @ Jun 9 2007, 11:44 AM) *
Prince Sultan


Does anyone else find this name a little redundant?
patred
QUOTE (DRD T-bone @ Jun 13 2007, 10:42 AM) *
QUOTE (AndyJ @ Jun 9 2007, 11:44 AM) *
Prince Sultan


Does anyone else find this name a little redundant?


[Shrug] It rolls off the tongue a whole lot easier than Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. smile.gif

Pat
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