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Lurks Often

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10. If you aren't a pilot, you are at best a second class citizen in the Air Force

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2013, 09:55 AM

Nov 2013

and are treated as such. Increasingly I believe it was a mistake to allow the Air Force to become an independent branch of service. The institutional arrogance of the Air Force becomes worse every year.

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No nukes..... DeSwiss Nov 2013 #2

$50+ billion in taxpayer money saved as well. Crowman1979 Nov 2013 #3

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Bored they haven't gotten to unleash Armageddon yet? NickB79 Nov 2013 #6

i think it`s time to get rid of 1950`s ideas of protection madrchsod Nov 2013 #8

If you aren't a pilot, you are at best a second class citizen in the Air Force Lurks Often Nov 2013 #10

I have always thought the US Air Force was .. MicaelS Nov 2013 #14

It goes back further then that, it goes back to Mitchell after WWI. happyslug Nov 2013 #15

I would kill the F-35 in a second.. MicaelS Nov 2013 #16

So would I, thus the A=10 must go happyslug Nov 2013 #19

According to Teabag logic, the USAF is unconstitutional. Crowman1979 Nov 2013 #18

Never heard that one. How so? n/t MicaelS Nov 2013 #21

Because it's not mentioned in the Constitution. Crowman1979 Nov 2013 #23

And it's controlled by fundies KamaAina Nov 2013 #20

I'm burned out just knowing this deadly technology is around wordpix Nov 2013 #22