On 8 Jun 2004 11:53:49 -0700, (Prowlus) wrote:

Can't they say "ATTACK" Pilots anymore? if those "fighter" pilots are
pounding grounmd targets there are no longer defined as true "Fighter
Pukes"

If they were in the USN, they would abide by Navy convention. In the
USAF, aviators in high-performance tactical aircraft fly fighters.
F-designated aircraft in the USAF do quite nicely in both roles, and
with the shortage of air threats, they are economically re-roled as
well.

And, we have "Recce Pukes, Bomber Pukes, Trash-hauler Pukes and
Training Command Pukes". We don't have Fighter Pukes. We have fighter
pilots and pilots who fly fighters.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8