A REAL military force would demand silence from the crowd at the air show as a sign of respect for the fallen warriors and their escorts. My experience at air shows in the past is that, the crowd would gladly comply.Who is at War and Who Is Not?
By Townie 76
I don’t have all the facts, nor do I have all the names, but I have it on good authority, that an Army Official who is the designated Army Representative to meet the remains at Dover Air Force Base was told, by the Operations Wing Commander, that instead of landing his helicopter at Dover he would have to land at the Regional Airport about twenty miles away and then drive to Dover to meet an Air Force C17 carrying the remains of two Army Soldiers. Why was this request made? Because Dover Air Force Base is having an Air Show this weekend, and the arrival of the Helicopter would disrupt the events at the Air Show. Earlier the same Operations Wing Commander attempted to have the C17 diverted to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey because it would interfere with the Air Show; apparently someone thought maybe there was something wrong with this.
I realize Air Shows are important to the Air Force. The Air Crews can strut around in their Flight Suits and pretend they are real warriors, and the non-rated types can strut around in their Tiger Stripe Camo Uniforms and pretend they are real warriors. The public will believe all of the hype as they see the latest in the Air Force Hardware and the Air Force pretends they are winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The real shame is the real warriors won’t be notice, the two flag draped coffins of two soldiers “who gave the last full measure of their devotion,” so some in this nation can believe the bull shit the USAF feeds them at the Air Show at Dover Air Force Base.I have to believe, that the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, if he was aware of the decisions by the Operations Group Commander, he would terminate his career and send him into a not so well earned retirement. Unfortunately, the CSAF does not know that the proper return of the remains of two warriors, who die for our nation, is a hindrance to the leadership at Dover Air Force Base as it interferes with their Air Show.
By the way if you haven’t figured it out, the best thing we can do with USAF is make it the Army Air Corps.
June 19, 2009 04:58 PM Air Force
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Why I Ding On The Air Farce
Well, part of the reason. Courtesy OpFor:
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There are morons of every rank in every branch of service. It is obvious that the wing CC in this situation should have been fired for cause. However, I am sick and tired of people, regardless of branch of service, playing this "Our "warriors" are better than your "warriors"" game. It's pathetic. My fellow Airmen fight the good fight just like anyone else. We're not supposed to be fighting in the trenches. We do the stuff that the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps are not equipped to do. That includes taking them to the fight, covering their asses while they're in it, and bringing them home when they've fallen, and we consider it an honor.
Please remind the author of this piece that we're all fighting on the same side, and spare us Airmen HIS BS.
Link's in the first line.
I considered toning it down--after all, it is quite possible that the C17 had some Tactical Control Party, Combat Controllers, PJs, or Security Forces among the fallen warriors.
Usually when I ding on the Air Force it's in fun--teasing them for saying "We don't need a combat uniform"--when Tactical Control Party, Combat Controllers, PJs, or Security Forces clearly do--and then cooking up a tiger stripe camo "barracks uniform." (At least they dropped the blue from the pattern, although the sage green "they're not combat" boots look silly...)
And you're right, I can easily see idiots in any service losing sight of the reason for being because they had something like an air show going on. Currently, the Air Force is having a bit of an identity crises, because the really cool stuff--interceptors, heavy bombers--aren't getting much of a workout, but the guys who work for the Army--A10s, lifters--are.
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