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After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police, BUFDRVR
blurted out: You are an anomaly...deviation from the common rule ...something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified. I suppose.... but out of my UPT class, I'm the only one who has ever applied his trade in combat... Dude...did you read that last sentence before you hit "send?" You think any of your UPT buds in C-130s hauling bullets and beans would buy that self-serving BS? Think KC-135/-10 guys passing gas would nod their head in agreement? How about the EWOs or DSOs in your jet? How many SAM or AI radars have they battled since 1995? ....And if it's true that your F-16/F-15E classmates have not dropped live in Iraq or Afghanistan...the system is ****ed up 'cause every swinging dick ANG air-to-mud guy/gal has over the course of several deployments since 1991. I guess its just a case of why you wanted to be an Air Force pilot. Hey easy for me...I wanted to be the commander of USAFE, or TAC, say "Two, Bingo, Mayday...Lead you're on fire." I wanted to eat jager schnitzel mit pomme frites in the german village where I lived for three year; I didn't want to spend all my career PCS'd to CONUS; I wanted to fly fast and low and hear BRASSMONKEY on Guard; Ivan and Kim Il-Sung were the enemy. I didn't ask myself, "Self...which aerial platform will most likely provide the greatest benefit in terms of standoff weapons employement with the concomitant minimum sorties." I wanted to have fun while running around in a green and brown mottled Phantoms with my fangs out, hair on fire. A few of them do, but most also realize that, at least since 1995, B-52s have made a tremendous impact on the National Security of the U.S. and its the platform to be in if that's your goal. Flying around the flag pole at Mach 2 may be pretty cool, but it pales in comparison to dropping a JDAM on a Taliban mortor team in regards to defending the country. A noble jesture on your part, you had the prescience to select the B-52...every UPT grad I ever asked says they wanted to fly fighters, but they busted a check-ride, the wife/girlfriend rejected the notion, etc. NOBODY ever said they wanted to fly BUFFS or tankers. Bottom line...I respect you as an air warrior. I don't know you but your claim that BUFFs (not even BONEs) were your first choice is interesting. Juvat |
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