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R-32

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:22:34 AM EDT

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Joe was a great guy.

He stopped by my work one day, and broke the news of his cancer.

We used to do a lot of jokes back and forth.

My kid joined the Air Force, and became a B52 mechanic...

Joe gave him so much shit 😁

I have a letter on my desk right now that he send a couple months back.. Envelope is not COC compliant, and there are quite a few gals at the post office chuckle Everytime I walk in to empty my PO Box.

I'm going to miss that dude

davidb1982

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:24:09 AM EDT

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Rest in peace

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Keekleberrys

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:24:18 AM EDT

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That's so sudden. Didn't even know he was sick.

RIP.

DK-Prof

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:24:53 AM EDT

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Fuck cancer.

“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto

JMclane1204

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:25:00 AM EDT

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RIP

Chance favors the prepared mind.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:25:49 AM EDT

[#6]

Rest in peace, guy.

myitinaw

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:26:03 AM EDT

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A socialist may indeed be academically superior.
And yet, they are most certainly emotionally retarded.

Public education is the opiate of the masses.

macman37

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:26:25 AM EDT

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May he rest easy.

Let's Go Red Wings!

Beautifying the world one logo at a time since 1993.

Soli Deo Gloria

Mauser556

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:26:34 AM EDT

[#9]

RIP.

Given is user name, Silent Key?

JVD

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:27:31 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:27:55 AM EDT

[#11]

He seemed like a cool guy.

CasualObserver

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:32:44 AM EDT

[#12]

RIP brother.

And fuck cancer.

McGuy

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:34:57 AM EDT

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No matter how much you hate the media, it's never enough.

Kharn

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:36:56 AM EDT

[#14]

He was certainly one of our better members.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:36:58 AM EDT

[#15]

RIP

grok

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:38:24 AM EDT

[#16]

Fetchez la vache!

Wobblin-Goblin

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:40:50 AM EDT

[#17]

Well that sucks. Off to google.

Grandfathering weapons only puts off until tomorrow what tyranny cannot accomplish today.

The only people made safer by gun control are criminals and tyrants.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:41:19 AM EDT

[#18]

He was an established member of the community even back when I joined. RIP.

50cal

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:44:47 AM EDT

[#19]

Wow. A very knowledgeable poster here.
RIP.

I hated going to weddings. All the grandmas would poke me and say "You're next". They stopped that when I started doing it to them at funerals.

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis

Lord_Grey_Boots

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:47:27 AM EDT

[#20]

Damn it!

CO2 is 0.04% of the atmosphere and human beings are responsible for 3% of that 0.04%. CO2 is only 4-5% of the greenhouse effect. The total human contribution to greenhouse effect is 0.16% to 0.20%. CO2's climate effects are not discernible.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:50:22 AM EDT

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Bklyn_Irish

As serious as dick cancer...

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:55:01 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By mudflap757:
Always enjoyed his posts… fair winds and following seas Sir.

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Originally Posted By mudflap757:
Always enjoyed his posts… fair winds and following seas Sir.

"Whisky for the gentlemen that like it. And for the gentlemen that don't like it - Whisky!" -Alec Guinness as MAJ (acting Colonel) Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. "Tunes of Glory"

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:55:10 AM EDT

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I knew him well. We met at WAC, maybe 2003 or 4. He was the curmudgeon's curmudgeon. Godspeed, young man.

Arfcom's own STD

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Posted: 12/1/2025 12:59:07 AM EDT

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NachoDip

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:04:30 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Lord_Grey_Boots:
Damn it!

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The old guard from the WAHTF is falling.

DaBunny
Tumbleweed
CascadeDude
KA3B
PCR00
R32 (his soul is dead, he’s still just among the living for now)
I know there is at least 3 more that are missing in the above list.

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DrMark

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:05:29 AM EDT

[#26]

Well, crap.

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Southernman077

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:06:37 AM EDT

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FUCK CANCER!! RIP.
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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:07:25 AM EDT

[#28]

Oh shit.

He always had something to say about motorcycles and the PNW.

Being a rider from the PNW myself, he was usually on my radar.

I hate to hear this. RIP.

Goodn

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:16:42 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Mauser556:
RIP.

Given is user name, Silent Key?

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In the picture in the OP.
He is in front of a KA3B Sky Warrior .

inGobwetrust

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:17:16 AM EDT

[#30]

Damn, terrible news.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:24:55 AM EDT

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Damn shame, he was one of the posters whom I enjoyed on this forum. God rest his soul.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:29:07 AM EDT

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Damn

I always laughed at his “read the article” comments

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Or berating those who refused to use Google

He could be abrasive but damned if he wasn’t amusing.

Sorry to hear he left us.

raider00

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:29:42 AM EDT

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"Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners" - George Carlin

LittlePony

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:32:01 AM EDT

[#34]

How unfortunate :<

Twitter ID: @GattoSeh

Papposilenus

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:32:03 AM EDT

[#35]

Ayada

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:39:53 AM EDT

[#36]

Nothing called him into a thread faster than putting the words drive and motorcycle in the same sentence, and it just won’t be the same without him here for it.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:41:13 AM EDT

[#37]

Dang, that's so sad to hear. I always enjoyed his aviation news updates and insights.

Rest in peace and may God keep him and his family.

dupemaster

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:41:23 AM EDT

[#38]

Damn. RIP

I don't have anything more to say. Unless, I do.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:42:59 AM EDT

[#39]

What a solid guy here and everywhere he went.

Sad we all found out so late.

DavidY

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:48:30 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Goodn:

In the picture in the OP.
He is in front of a KA3B Sky Warrior .

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Originally Posted By Mauser556:
RIP.

Given is user name, Silent Key?

In the picture in the OP.
He is in front of a KA3B Sky Warrior .

Not being an airplane person, I always assumed he was a ham with an Extra Class ticket.

Strela

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:51:23 AM EDT

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"An age of glory passed like a lightning flash. The mandate of heaven passed from you but you didn't see. Times change and power passes. It is the pity of the world."

Song dynasty poet

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:51:52 AM EDT

[#42]

Prayers for his family !!!!!!

RikWriter

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:54:03 AM EDT

[#43]

Oh man, that sucks. He was a good guy.

Author of Contact Front, Glory Boy, Wholesale Slaughter and other military science fiction.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:54:17 AM EDT

[#44]

DnPRK

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:54:43 AM EDT

[#45]

Escape_from_NY

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:55:45 AM EDT

[#46]

Sad news.

Kingdead

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:55:59 AM EDT

[#47]

Rest in peace.

migradog

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:56:07 AM EDT

[#48]

Fair Winds and Following Seas my Friend.
Joe was a good guy and we’re diminished with his loss.

He showed a lot of patience while guiding me through my first AR build.
Definitely one of a kind.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:56:15 AM EDT

[#49]

Fuck! An old timer whose posts I always looked forward to reading, especially his knowledge of naval aircraft. Awful news. May he RIP and his family find peace.

This fucking sucks.

Scott_S

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Posted: 12/1/2025 1:57:33 AM EDT

[#50]

Prayers to his family.

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