Ramstein (Germany)

Woke up around 1000 and manned up aircraft. Kurt and I completed all functional checkflight procedures and practiced some approaches until 1400. Got some more cash and then drove over to a nearby town on the Belgian border (should have crossed it...). Weather was awesome and we didn't leave until 1800, when the maintainers where expected to arrive. Spent several hours at Ramstein trying to fix it. It didn't look good, but I suddenly noticed that one of the antennas was the same as the IFF antenna - it was one we really didn't need in Europe, so I suggested we swap it. Sure enough, that worked! Funny, we tried boxes, wires and other troubleshooting for days and an antenna fixed it... Finished work around 2330, so we planned for a mid-morning takeoff tomorrow. It will take some time in the morning to get all the diplomatic clearance issues worked out...