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SeattleVet

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6. Exactly. The pilots need to fly a certain number of hours to maintain proficiency.

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 02:07 PM

Apr 2020

And the ground crews and maintenance people will also have some real work to do, instead of getting put on shit time-wating details like painting the fence (again) or edging the grass (again) or stripping and waxing the shop floors. I know how bad 'busy work' can be - when I was in the Air Force we actually had to go out and (after a warm dry spell that had turned it brown) PAINT THE GRASS green so that it would look nice when President Ford landed a mile away and went to see off the US Team for the Montreal Olympics.

There are a whole lot of people that need to actually perform their jobs to remain proficient.

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B2 Flyover [View all] rustysgurl Apr 2020 OP

Precisely malaise Apr 2020 #1

Good grief jimfields33 Apr 2020 #8

Just... Baked Potato Apr 2020 #10

They have to fly anyway for training hours, so Baked Potato Apr 2020 #2

Exactly. The pilots need to fly a certain number of hours to maintain proficiency. SeattleVet Apr 2020 #6

Over here in NE Kansas we used to get them MuseRider Apr 2020 #3

I'm on the east side of KC also.... lastlib Apr 2020 #4

I'm up in Liberty so we didn't get to see it, but yeah we had that feeling also... cbdo2007 Apr 2020 #7

It was already scheduled training hours. xmas74 Apr 2020 #17

The Italian Air Force did this in March HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #5

Thanks for posting this. I love the inspirational message it provides. Baked Potato Apr 2020 #9

I was that also, and that was my first thought as well, but then FoxNewsSucks Apr 2020 #11

You know he will n/t rustysgurl Apr 2020 #12

Maybe I am just jaded because as an Air Force brat I saw them at so many air shows tblue37 Apr 2020 #13

But that's a stealth bomber. How can you see it? Trump said stealth airplanes are invisible. tclambert Apr 2020 #14

I'm in NYC and we had the flyover yesterday. dhol82 Apr 2020 #15

I live next to WAFB. xmas74 Apr 2020 #16