Posted on 01/15/2024 6:18:03 AM PST by Cecily
beats sitting on the bridge, blocking traffic for earth's sake.
Regards what if she gets captured and gets the expected treatment, the possibility of getting testicles cut off and stuffed into the mouth did not discourage a large number of male enlistees.
She’s a pilot. She’s not an Air Force pilot
What’s an actual heterosexual doing in Brandon’s military?
Some go into combat
They train, teach , down team
Some women have gone into combat since 1993
She hails from my home town: Fort Smith, Arkansas.
“who wears a gown that has so much dragging the ground that it could be made into an 8-man tent?”
Someone who wins a beauty pageant
About two decades too early for me.
Rotary is not known for nice looking women.
“3rd a Navy Top Gun trainee,”
Click-bait. It doesn’t appear that she has ever piloted a jet.
her and that cute number behind the px register were the only two females I saw for a few months.
A few months later, I was posted to the Wing CP during a NATO tac eval. As I was showing the Wing Cdr where our gun and missile systems were deployed, an NBC input was dropped. An AF Captain, the base Disaster Preparedness Officer went overboard on his Alarm Red recommendation.
I jumped in and said, “Colonel, May I make a recommendation?” The silence was deafening. LOL, here was an Army 2nd LT speaking to 5 full bird colonels. I made the right call, Alarm Yellow, which meant no protective gear was necessary. I could see the NATO Team Chief nodding his head in approval.
It wasn’t that difficult, NBC Officer was one of my extra duties.
I want to see the tiara mounted on her flight helmet!
**Tall fighter pilots are the exception rather than rule. 5” heels are OK with me - except in the cockpit of an F-16.**
About 19 years ago I was fueling my semi at a truckstop in Indy. A Kenworth T600 pulled up to the pump next to me. And no sooner had the brakes been set, and out hopped a woman driver wearing at least 4” stilletto heel boots. She had to have already been wearing them.
If you are familiar with the brake pedal on a truck like hers, you would cringe at the thought of having to fully extend your right ankle when applying brakes.
“Girls can fly fighter jets.”
Yes, but not as well as men. Sorry, but I did 25 years in fighters. Men handle the G-forces better and are much more likely to stay in for the long term. Men are also almost always more aggressive in flying, which is good in fighters (not so good in other types of flying).
I remember the Iraqis quickly gave Shoshana Johnson back … probably for the same reason you’d immediately return a pet lion to its owner, while you might keep a puppy or kitten for a while.
My wife’s family of 6 went on out-of-the-way camping trips, and had an 8 man tent, hence the comment. She remembers as a kid trying to hold it up over her head here and there while her dad and brothers set it up.
“But well being able to take and extra quarter G can come in handy.”
Disagree. A fighter is NOT a centrifuge. Upper body strength becomes a factor and women don’t have as much. Writing as someone who has pulled neck and back muscles while moving under Gs. And who has been around women fighter pilots.
“What is her major at Harvard?”
Plagiarism?
Top Gun is Navy. Air Force Pilots do not attend Top Gun. I believe they train at Red Flag. We used to fly as Aggressors against them. Just saying, great accomplishment.
Upper body strength matters in modern fly-by-wire fighters? Uh huh. And Gs don’t matter in a dogfight? Guess we wasted millions on actual centrifuges for training and G suits.
We will just have to agree to disagree.
My first suspicion is that this is pandering to white males since the military can't get white recruits. Why would they pick an actual female with brains and skills when just up until now they were looking for trannies and "diverse" people who "identified" as women?
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Woke Military Can’t Get White Recruits but Won’t Blame DEI, Sex Perverts in the Foxhole
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