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Yes, indeed, if you possess one of the skills the Air Force needs, you may be qualified for the United States Air Force and in a grade that will be a real pleasant surprise. You see, right now the Air Force needs men skilled in many important fields, so put your service-earned experience towards your best advantage as a member of the Air Force team. Make the credit you've earned toward a comfortable retirement pay off. For complete details, you ride or visit your Air Force recruiter. Ask them for the special prior-serviceman folding. Now remember that's called the special prior-serviceman folding. See what a return to the service as an airman can mean to you. Remember, fellas, today and tomorrow you're better off in the United States Air Force. And now your Air Force presents the proudly-we-held production, Rence Jaffe. Los Angeles, Albuquerque, and Kent, O'Oliver, or St. Louis, and Chicago, O'Oliver. Vanita! Vanita! Tech! Oh, I miss you. That was my favorite Airman first class. Oh, fine. Hey, look at that new rocker thing. Yeah, I told it on myself. You look wonderful. So can. Well, I did get to the beach a couple of times in between work and classes. Is that all the baggage you got? Oh, no, I've got another big one checked through. Oh, well, come on. I'll get my car and we'll pick it up at the stand. It's great to be back. It seems as though you've been gone for years. California, Max, it's our deal. It was great. Not just getting a promotion at the end, either. You deserved it. Every bit of it. The promotion and getting to go to the course. Oh, thank you. But now that you outrank me by over two days, maybe you won't fit to me anymore. Uh-huh. Well, what about the course? Oh, it's a terrific experience. I've been working on F-86 Sabres for three years now, but getting to go back to the North American factory for this course has really been a break. I never thought there was so much stuff I didn't know. You know, tricks and stuff that they figured out with. With what I've learned the whole house, it's going to take a maintenance-coated jump that'll knock their eyes out. Max, is that how you're going to be busy? Well, after all, that's basically the reason you sent a guy like me to one of those courses. When you get back, you can spread your knowledge around, and that way, only one guy has to go instead of a whole bunch. I was just lucky they picked me. I know. The way I felt last year when I went down to the School of Aviation Medicine. Terrific, you know, to think of the wonderful education you can go. Well, it's bad, but there's something else about being an airport. Most important thing to me, really, is feeling that you're doing something that you can't do. I guess it sounds kind of corny that's the way I see it. Oh, I go along with that. Actually, I hate to admit it, but I can't wait to get on the job Monday and start trying out some of the new stuff. No wonder they gave you that rocker. You're a real eager beaver. No, everyone has worked around the bent wings. How's the old hangar rat, by the way? Dave? Bye. You seen him lately? Awesome. I'm going to show him some of the stuff I learned back at the plant. He's gotten to be a regular old head around here, and I was going to have to sit down and start learning from me. You better not start cleaning your way around. You know how it is when people start telling you stuff you think you already know it. Oh, gee, honey, give me credit for a little fan. He'll be as glad to hear it as I would. It was just the breaks, like I said, that I went instead of him. Now, let's talk about it. How about it? When are we going to get the date, huh? At the risk of being coy, say it's up to you. We said before you went until you watched the course, but we'd do it as soon as you came back. And? Good. I'll ask the cat when I can get some leaves. I'll have to do the same. And the first 10 days we can get all together, that'll be it. That's wonderful. Say it. Isn't that Joe's place up ahead there? How about stopping in and having a coke or something to celebrate? You know what you're saying? He's trying to celebrate once more my girl saying yes. Okay. I don't have to get back. I'm sure we're commended. Here's to the best girl in the world. And the best guy. What's this about the best guy? How about me? Dave, you are so into how you've been. Very good, yo. Oh, wait'll I tell you all about it. Now, this guy's gonna be hard to get along with. He knows everything now. Sure, sure. Too bad you couldn't take the course, fella, but you know they always send the most outstanding man in the outfit. It was the other way around. They send the guy that needs it the most. Listen, wait'll I tell you about the new deal they've got on the brain box? I can't wait, but I'll bet I need it. I guess the shop's off and waiting. What are you even doing with yourself while I was gone, huh? Oh, nothing much. It's been hot. You've got a nice time there, boy. And that ain't a big thing. What's it like? You need to get there often. You got any movie stars? Yes, tell me about that. You have dates with Marilyn Monroe and everything. Hey, call all our movie stars in the world. Don't hold a candle to my girl. That's saying it. Pretty tax-ful, I'd say. But of course I don't believe you've been worried, have you? Well, about the only thing you missed around here was the picnics that he was out there last week. Oh, yeah? The pay-eration, the baseball game, the watermelon, hot dogs. It's all the fixin'. Yes, I'm fine. That's the rest of the newsroom. Saturday dancing with the NCO crew. I'm all right. Sam Warner, you know, he's a wireman. I know. Charles Lawton, Johnny Ray. Oh, Chris. I want you to come see David. Yeah, I'm Liberace. Dull around here, huh? Oh, well, you know how it is. We always have a lot of fun. How come you were at the med picnic days to go with one of Anita's girlfriends? Well, sure, you know, you told me to keep an eye on her while you were gone. I couldn't think of an easier way than to take her to some of the cities. Oh, fine. I suppose you enjoyed yourselves. Sure, we had a fine time. Of course, it wasn't much fun as if you'd been here. Sure. Well, it's something I turned out to be. I go on a C-G-Y, knocking my brains out, trying to get ahead of my best friend, winds up stealing my girl while I'm gone. That's not true. You sure didn't waste any time. Well, wait a minute. Don't hit the panic button. Go on, go on. Tell me more about what you, too, did. Well, you're one of my best friends. I'd be tempted to. To what? You stop that kick, Johnson. Stop it, isn't it? You stay out of it. I won't stay out of it. What is much my business as it is said? All we did all the time was talk about you and what you were doing and everything. Yeah, I'll bet. I don't know what you're trying to make out of this. I do. And I know what's going to remain out of it. You can just forget about everything we said in the car on the way back. I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on Earth. Listen, you got it all wrong, kid. I think the world of Anita, but I wouldn't. You wouldn't. I suppose you had nothing to do with what just happened. She was just looking for an opening. Well, I gave it to her, and as far as I'm concerned, it's just as well. Listen, don't get so excited. I'm excited. There's nothing more to tell. I got the whole picture just perfectly. Well, I don't think you do. So I'll just spell it out. There's nothing between Anita and me, and there never has been. Come on, Tex. We've been friends too long for this to happen. Yeah, that's what I thought. All right. Have it your own way. You always were a stubborn guy. I'd hate to lose a friend over a misunderstanding. What if you can't see? I can't. Then maybe we'd better just drop the whole thing. Yeah. And you and me too. You're a knucklehead, and you'll never be anything else. And I'm sorry for you. Well, it suits me just fine. It suits me fine. Every hour I spell it... Hey, hey, Gentsy. Your friends go off and leave you? Yeah. Yeah, you know what I got a boy in the air for? You're down in Florida. He's gonna make a career of it too. Do you think that's the right thing to do? Sure, sure. It's fine. Well, it's pretty good life, I guess. They know if there's a bus comes by here to the base. Yeah, about once now. It won't just left. What's that you got? They'll leave me by you. Huh? It's coke and no thanks. Huh? I guess I'll just have to go out and wait. Yeah, you got a long way to go again. Oh, come on. Have another one with me. No thanks. I'd rather be alone. Yeah? Okay. Have it your own way. Hey, you guys. It's the man himself. Hi there, Frank. Good to see you. Thank you, Frank. I bet you can really give us a lot of new scoops. Sure can. What do you see there, Dave? I bet this guy's been bending your rear over the weekend. Yeah, sure. You're good to have him back, huh? Yeah, hello, Tech. How are you, Frank? Hey, you've got a new bike, Chucky Tech. Have you met him yet? No, I heard that Lieutenant Anderson had left when I was gone. Well, I got stuff to do. See you around, Cliff. Yeah. Hey, what's with you two? Something wrong? No, forget it. Hey, good morning, Lieutenant. Morning, Sergeant. You haven't met your crew chief, Lieutenant. What's the best around here? Lieutenant Baxter, this is Sergeant Tech. Sergeant, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Same here, sir. You've been on P.D. White and North American. I guess that makes you just about the most headman around here. Well, I hope so, sir. Now, between us, I guess we'll manage to keep the ship in the air. Sure will, sir. Attention, please. Attention, please. There will be a special mission briefing for all pilots and crew chiefs in room 116, building 847. Attention, please. Well, that's us, Sergeant. Well, what's up, sir? That's right. You just got back. You don't know about Operation Stinger. You haven't heard anything. This is my telling you. You'll hear it all over again and better in the briefing. Come on. We'll walk down together. Yes, sir. Specific story. Now a few general remarks to summarize. The official starting time will be 04.30 hours. That's tomorrow morning. Continuing for three full days. Remember now, combat conditions will be simulated exactly. And everything you've learned in the past is now going to come. For the rules, the umpire's bought. So if he tells you that your or any given piece of equipment is knocked out, that'll be it. Now, the same is true of injury. The umpire will determine the extent and the nature of the injury and send you to the nearest aid station until the end of the exercise. Well, naturally, we hope it won't happen at all. We need every man and every aircraft in order to win. We are, of course, the defenders. The aggressive forces will be intercepted before they get into our area. But, of course, there's always a few who will get through. When they do, they'll be bombing and strafing attack. I can't emphasize too strongly the need for adhering to safety precautions against these. Losing an aircraft because it hasn't been properly parked or losing a man because he hasn't taken cover during a raid can lose the exercise force. Well, I guess that's about it. Needless to say, good luck. We're all hoping for a winning team. Well, see what I mean? Yes, sir, I do. Sounds like it's going to be quite a deal, Roger. Whenever you want to ground me in the air, we'll clobber him up good. Sure thing, system. You are listening to the proudly-we-hailed production of Renk Gacchi. And we will return to our second act in just one moment. First, when you make an investment, you want it to pay off, right? Well, men, how about those years? You invested in the service, learning skills, gaining experience valuable to yourself and your country. You can make those years pay off in big dividends today by becoming a member of the United States Air Force. Yes, indeed. If you've been in any of the armed forces, you may be eligible to enlist in the Air Force in a grade that'll be a real pleasant surprise. You see, right now, the Air Force needs men skilled in certain important fields and you may be just such a man. If so, the Air Force offers you an opportunity to put your previous service experience to work and to collect on those credits you've earned toward a comfortable retirement. Your Air Force recruiter has a folder full of details, so you ride or visit him right away. Ask for the prior service man folder. Now remember, that's the prior service man's folder. Today and tomorrow, you're better off in the United States Air Force. You are listening to proudly-we-hailed. And now we present the second act of rent jocling. Buckshot flight, scramble, vector 310, Robies, 30, all sugar on bickered. I say you don't have an extra M27 oscillator around here. If I have to work clear back, I'll let you. That's me. Oh, never mind. What was it you said you needed? Nothing. Nothing at all from you. Listen, duty hours and off-duty hours are two different things. The next scramble may be jake flight. You'd be down to the supply room and they'd scramble late. Now, what do you want? An M27 oscillator, sir. I've got one. Thank you. Scramble, vector 310, bandits, 30, all sugar on easy. Scramble, jake flight, scramble, vector 310. Yes, sir. All ready to roll. All right. Last scramble was for bogies. I guess they were the real thing, sir. It's time they said bandits. I hope so. We'll turn them back and watch that. We'll fly rings around them. Okay, sir. I think you're all set. Looks like... ...the Chief has a safety pin. Check. Okay, let's go. Right, sir. Ready to start engine. Ready to start. Fuel pipe temperature rising. Automatic flow on. Is this trench occupied or can anyone come in? You might guess. Oh, hell of a little brag. Well, come on. Get in for a few seconds. I can't help it. Listen. I was... I can't see him yet to tell. Looks like 84s. Less than. Some of them must have gotten through after all. Yeah. Hey, look at the markings on them. Yeah, a white triangle with a green circle and wings around it. They're the aggressors, all right? Just like a briefing officer described them. Here they come. Wow. It was almost a hit on the ops building. Yeah. Lucky for those sandbags. Step down. Wow. Another close one right between the bunkers. Watch that one coming in over the runway. I think those were misses. Oh, sir. We need that one with the wind today. Too bad if I had to use the crosswind strip. There's another. Yeah. I'd have to get that one all right. Those weren't misses. Yeah. The pair of crews will be busy. Yeah. Of course. I hate to see those guys loafing while we work. Are they leaving already? Coming around for another go this time strafing, I guess. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Watch out. Here they come. This is how it really sounds. You know, I just don't like it. Me either. That's the empire. I guess he thought it was still living. Lucky we ducked. We'd have had it. I can't say I'm not glad this isn't the real thing. Real enough, Mr. Sufi. Hey, look. Yeah, those are ours. They must have chased off the mass gaggle and now they're coming back for the rest. Yeah. Those guys are in for it now. Look, dog fight. Yeah, there's another one. They're all in it now. Watch it. A hawk it, man. Crank it. Close. I don't think I've just saved them. They're breaking off. They're leaving. Oh, I think it's all over. Yeah, for the time being, they're high tailing it for home. Yep. That's it. Well, we've got to get back to work. Our flight's going to be going bingo soon. Yeah. Well, so long. See ya. Yeah. I'll leave that juice wagon out there in the open. I'd soon be in the bunker, but all is out of service. All that crap, they need me. They come in. Yeah, but why did the others come back in the meantime? Well, I got it. That's the idea. Got to refuel them high after so they can get off the ground. Look, this was the real thing. You'd be riding a hot seat there. You're telling me? Hey, I must be them now. Look over there. I'll put it off for you, huh? Yeah. What's the idea? Hey! Oh, it's the lady's forest. They sneaked in under the radar. If they did pick them up, they probably thought it was the bent wings coming back. Got to get this juice bucket out of here. We lose it and we've had it. Hurry it up, fellas! Yeah! Hope he made it all right. I don't see any umpires coming. I guess he did. And the truck's safe in the bunker. Listen, if they don't break this party up in a hurry, there's got to be some flameouts. Those first two flights only have about five minutes' juice left. First go around was just a diversion. This is a main attack. Yeah, pretty sneaky. Too close. Here comes the truck driver. I could get the cracks for real if this happened every day. Same here. Oh, it isn't dummy bombs. They're little sacks of white stuff. A piece of the paper. A secret weapon, maybe. Oh, wait. Someone would drop and torture us. Maybe we shouldn't touch them. Maybe they're supposed to be radiators. No! I got one! Well, look! Meatless! How about that? Hey, look! Men of the Defender Forces, mechanics, ground crews, lay down your tools. Hey, what a laugh. You're liaived if you continue to work near the airfield. Bring one of these with you and surrender. You will be treated with the utmost courage. Yeah. Join the fight for world peace. It's pretty good. That's funny. You wonder who'd believe that stuff. Yeah. Look. What? Over there. That bulldozer. It's in its regular place. I know. It should be in a bunker. This wasn't used this morning and no one thought about moving it. It's too bad. There's umpires out of it. It's a dead duck. Man, they're going to need it when they start to repair that runway. These things don't go on free. Well, it's not our problem. We've got a whole ass up on this one. I'm going to make a run for it. That's crazy, man. You can't make it. Is that one of those things? Yeah, and I can just make it if I wait until one of those guys comes over. Here comes another. He's almost there. I think he'll make it. He's getting in. What's the matter? Can't get the bulldozer started. There he goes. There's an umpire. It's a bunker when that guy started to strain. I'm sorry, fella. That's a give me a leg injury. Oh, gee. Well, what about the dozer? Okay. We'll give you credit for saving it. Oh, thanks, sir. Hey, you just wait here now. After the medics, fix me up. I can get back for her. Oh, no. I'm afraid you're out for the balance of fingers. Gee, we have wonderful medics. They can fix me up and get me back this afternoon. With a broken leg? Oh, hey. Now you'll have to go to the aid station. Just like quiet, sir. You'll be all right. Zack, you all right? Yeah, darling. Well, don't worry about it. I guess I can take care of your plane, okay? Well, thanks. Okay, sir. Sergeant, how do we go on? Yeah, sure. I'll put the empty finger and get some blood. Hey, Vanita, it's me, Tex. Just an exercise? I know. Listen, I've got something to tell you. It seems to me the last time it was me trying to tell you something. I know. Vanita, what I want to tell you is... I'm sorry. Oh? Honest, I don't know what came over me. Vanita, do I? Look, couldn't you... Couldn't you forget it? That's asking an awful lot. It hurts when someone you care about shows they don't trust you. Gee, honey, I know how it is. I've been thinking about it ever since. Trying to figure out how to make it up with you. Well... Please? I... If you'll say the same thing today. Say what today? Oh, Jim, I'm glad to see you. You can get up, you lazy stiff. It's all over. What? That's right. Look at your watch. Coops got it. We wanted a walk. No kidding. And confidentially. I hate to tell you, but the captain got it from the Colonel. We never would have done it if we hadn't been able to get that strip prepared. What are you talking about? Oh, that's how our hero here got tagged. He rescued a bulldozer. If we'd lost it, we'd have had to operate without a runway they needed. Well, listen, will you please quit talking both of you? That's something to say today. Why don't you skip the whole thing, huh? No, no, I want you to know... I do not. Just let me finish. I hear the captain's waiting for you. He kind of wants to see to it you got to leave right quick. I mentioned you might be wanting one. You did? I asked for money next week. What? Oh, I even went that dumb and all. Gee, I feel like it. And Saturday's the day to do it. I'm so happy I can't think. Me too. Just so you don't get any ideas about anyone else the best man. Well, don't you worry about that. You are it. Here's me, honey. Well, let's see. Opportunity. Opportunity is a word that's been used in proclamations, campaigns, and slogans since the dawn of American independence. And believe me, there's no hollow sound to its usage either. So this land of ours is truly blessed with more opportunities for success than, well, any other nation on Earth. Today your Air Force is offering ambitious young men greater opportunities for success than ever before. As an Airman, you'll receive free specialized training in one of the hundreds of Air Force career assignments. And there are careers to suit every interest, such as communications, radar, air traffic control, and many, many others. And as an Airman, you'll wear that smart, handsome blue Air Force uniform. And you'll serve in fascinating assignments at home and abroad. And you'll be a member of a wonderful organization that has won the respect and admiration of people everywhere. Yes, indeed, your United States Air Force is made up of outstanding young men who are going places in highly skilled, good-paying careers. Find out soon about your opportunities as an Airman. You visit your nearest Air Force recruiting station at your earliest opportunity. And speaking of opportunity, you gentlemen that have already served your tour of duty, will you fall into the category of what we call service veterans? Well, all you service veterans, be careful because this message is just for you. You know, you may be qualified when you're in the United States Air Force in a grade that'll be a real pleasant surprise to you. If you possess one of the critical skills needed to keep America's air defense strong, then the Air Force offers you an opportunity to put your skill to work and at a higher grade and with higher pay than you may realize. The Air Force needs experience and know-how gained in the armed forces. And now, thanks to the New Career Incentive Act, you can put your service gain skills to work to your best advantage by returning to the armed forces as a member of the Air Force team. You'll ride or visit your Air Force recruiter for the special prior service man's folder. It's full of important details. You'll leave through this little folder, fellas, and you'll see why I keep saying over and over again, today and tomorrow. You're better off in the United States Air Force. This has been another program on proudly behaved, presented, transcribed in cooperation with this radio station. proudly behaved is produced by the Recruiting Publicity Center in New York for the United States Air Force. And this is Dick Herbert speaking and inviting you to tune in the same station next week for another interesting story on proudly behaved.