Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Yeah, but we insist (for good reasons) to fly around in that big sky very close together. I’m guessing this wasn’t just a random “#^&+*, WHERE’D HE COME FROM?” swapping of paint. More likely ACM or formating evolution gone bad?
You’re probably right. If we clack two of them together and nobody gets hurt, it’s almost always because they were going in (almost) the same direction.
Off topic,(a bit) but did y’all know that somebody has posted some trash talk aginst fighter pilots over at The Donovan’s? By a Hercules driver, no less!
I mind the photos my Mom kept of the fighter pilots she had dated, when young. I think she kept them to torture my Dad if he got out of line. I think that she, being a prudent woman, opted for stability, and a husband more likely to produce normal kids. She got the first part right.
Was one of the a WSO? Sounds like NFOs get no love.
Dang Navy acronyms. Never could keep ‘em all straight…
NFO? hmm…
No Future Outside?
Blackeagle… what are you saying? C’mon… CICO says “Flight, shutup and drive.”
Hey I’m a Herk driver… Actually someone sent me something saying may Iran shot at them. I can’t believe that though b/c we’d dump a couple of nukes on them ASAP.
I’ll be happy when I hear that they (F-18 pilots) are all safe and sound in sick bay getting their shot of Rum.
s/f
Taco
Taco! Good to “see” you!
With regard to the story – I heard a brief bit but lost track of it until now. Thank God they got out safely.
Chunks,
I’m elated they got out.
That being said- Is anyone keeping track of all this? I’ve never seen so many midairs (anecdotal o’course) over the last several years. This is like the 3rd or fourth with SuperHornets alone….
It’s not like the sky is black with ‘em or the flight deck flush with $65 million dollar F/A/KC aircraft.
b2
Re F/A/KC,
Yeah, my first thought (after “glad everybody got out”) was “I bet they were tanking.”