Ed Rasimus wrote:

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Nah, I'd rather just go out hunting for civilians to run into
willy-nilly. I'll smash a couple of Cessnas before lunch, then bail
out by the golf course before taking the rest of the day off.


Ed, you are showing your age - the days of willy-nilly are long gone.
Nowadays everything is done by the book (or T.O). If you do it the way
it's supposed to be done you can plan for downing two Cessnas in the
morning, punch out in time to get a nooner with one of the ladies from
your fighter pilot harem, get in 18 holes of golf, get yourself another
airplane for the afternoon, take in a low-level MTR or two and down two
or more GA aircraft (add three in the afternoon to your morning score
and you're an ace in one day), and punch out again just in time for
happy hour at the O club.

Ah, the life of a USAF aviator....;-)

John Hairell )