Buzz Patterson
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BUZZ’s BEDTIME STORIES: “Goats, Blood, and War.”
Part Three of Three.
When we landed back at our home base, the U.S. Customs & Agriculture guys met us as they always did for international flights. They walked to the back of the aircraft. We had goat blood, flour, and Zairean Army urine all over our aircraft. They looked at me with dropped jaws. I shrugged my shoulders. “Hey man, we just flew home from a war in Chad.”
They impounded the plane and called for the fire trucks to come hose the jet out. There was no other way.
I walked to my car in the squadron parking lot and I drove home. Wasn’t my deal. Just another day flying the line and living the dream! 🇺🇸