A tour of McChord AFB

We arrived here on Tuesday and wouldn't you know it, it was raining! "Surprise, Surprise" as Gomer Pyle might have said. Never to let rain deter us, Joe went golfing despite an off-and-on drizzle, and I went on a bus tour of McChord AFB. After getting a briefing on the day to day operations of the base, we were able to get on board a C-17, not as big as Joey's c-5, but none the less a big cargo airplane! The loadmasters answered all our questions concerning loading, flying military standby and I decided it probably wouldn't be a lot of fun in the jumpseats that line the aircraft. However, the loadmaster did say that they will let you take a sleeping bag aboard and you can lay down to sleep. It is cheap, but think I will stick with American Airlines for now!