A Follow-up to the Fighter Pilots…

Posted on by March 6, 2013
This one came through the porthole not once but twice, once from an old fart, and once from an active duty type…

Military aviation has ALWAYS been know for non-PC patches, probably going back to the original aviators, and it’s always been a battle between the ‘brass’ and the rest of the aviators. The ones that come to mind are the fun meter, SEA 2nd place, the mushroom, the JOPA patch and others that are even less polite.

BUT… This is a new one, it’s not being worn openly, and it’s being passed around via the net, with no attribution.

The patch shows a coffin holding a carrier jet’s landing tailhook with the inscription: “Naval Aviation 1911-2011: It was a good ride.” The patch says, “No cursing. No call signs. No tradition.”…

It has gotten a lot of play on the Big “E”, and has passed from squadron, to squadron, to wing, to staffs…

It’s all about the PCism that is taking over, even in the wardrooms and flight crews world-wide. And in my opinion, just one more nail in the coffin (sorry) of individuality; and one more reason for those individuals to leave the service, rather than buck the system…

So…. To Rat, Duke, Puke, Avon, Snap, Flake, Kilo, Frito, Shadow, Krank, Bube, Fang, Pres, Fox, Tortoise, JP, Frenchy, Dog, Spider, and all the others I met and flew with; I will only say this…

Falcon 119… Cajun out.

Edit- And now THIS, an IG investigation over a call sign… YGTBSM!!!

Comments

A Follow-up to the Fighter Pilots… — 15 Comments

  1. A sad commentary indeed NFO. I really don’t know what has made me madder today than this!

  4. Keads- It is… It TRULY is…

    drjim- That is a close second

    Ev- Maybe, but I’d blame it MORE on the PC admirals now in charge.

  6. No cursing and no callsigns? What do they expect young men and women who are entrusted with extraordinarily expensive and dangerous equipment for the express purpose of shooting those who want to shoot us to do, hold hands and have a tea party while affirming that no one should be best, as they’re all equal?

    Idiots and fools, and I hope we survive them.

  7. I was not an aviator (darn it!) but was around them, in my Navy days. The “new” military is, well, dumbed down. The best & brightest gravitate to other venues when told they mustn’t excel – and that leaves only the mundane.

    Not exactly who I hoped would be defending our skies, these days.

  9. Getting his panties in a bunch over a call sign? Getting Time magazine involved? He needs the Gunny to clear up his thinking.

    Lucky for him he is an officer. Enlisted don’t have any inhibitions or sense of decorum.

  10. Crowston needs to put on his flight jammies and shut the F up.

    Gerry

  11. WSF- The problem is this turkey IS an ex-enlisted… sigh…

    Gerry- true, except he is an admin puke and not a flyer…

  12. It’s not only the Navy. The old Officer’s Club at Fort Polk is a watered down derelict, a shell of its former self.

    I once had a Squadron Commander (Cavalry) who would call his officers together on a Friday afternoon, load us all in a Duece-and-a-Half and motor us himself to an off-post bar. He’d park right in front of the bar, let down the tail gate and we’d descend on the place. After Officer’s Call, he’d load us back in the truck and take us back to post.

    Those were the days my friend.

  13. This is what you get when you have a bunch of pansy-asses running the Pentagon.

    Two types of military personnel: Operators and bureaucrats. The operators try very hard to stay out of the Pentagon; the Bureaucrats try very hard to never leave.

    And that is the problem.

    My vote is to flush the Pentagon–every last one of them, and use them as fodder in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those that survive may end up realizing that “call signs and cursing” are the least of our issues in the military.

    But until then, this USAF veteran no longer encourages young people to consider the military–not with this commander-in-chief we have.

    –AOA