John T wrote:

Then you must be upset about that Yak 52 (or chinese C-6 or whatever it
was) that was done up in FW-190 markings. Didn't notice if it had a
swastika or not.

John


Actually one would have to be fairly close to an aircraft and
looking at it to see the markings. The siren's sound would be heard by
people indoors or out.

When the 33rd TFW came back from the Gulf War with 16 MiG kills some
unthinking people hung out a banner saying "welcome home storm
troopers." As a Jew who has no maternal family thanks to the Nazis I
could have taken offense, but I knew they intended no offense. As an
aside the 33rd also put 16 green stars (representing the 16 MiGs downed)
and a sign saying "biggest MiG parts distributor in South West Asia"
at each end of the TAC area of Eglin AFB.

One can't avoid offending everyone, but I think an attempt should be
made to offend as few as possible.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired