Bronze Star v. Combat Infantry Badge

On 27 Jul 2003 03:02:31 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

My greatest fear was that the war would end before I got there. It didn't.

That happened to a friend of mine. He stayed in the USAAF/USAF as a
bomber pilot, became a test pilot (B-57, XB-70), retired as a Colonel,
came to Dryden as a research test pilot (XB-70, NB-52B, 747 SCA,
YF-12), retired from Dryden, flew a little longer as a private test
pilot, and finally retired. Never dropped a bomb in anger while he
was in the military.

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

"A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all."
Anonymous US fighter pilot

Walter Luffman ) wrote:
: On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 04:30:01 -0700, "Leadfoot"
: wrote:

: You know I never liked the slogan "Army of One". I always thought of
: military service as a "Team Effort".

: Same here. When I hear "any Army of One", I think of Rambo-type
: vigilantes. Warriors almost never fight solo; even pilots in
: single-seat fighters generally have wingmen. Not to mention all the
: non-warriors who provide necessary support back a the post/base/camp.

When I hear "Army of One", I think of "E Pluribus Unum."
Many people, one army. But maybe I'm just weird.


--
David Benjamin

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 13:41:24 -0700, Mary Shafer
wrote:

On 27 Jul 2003 03:02:31 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

My greatest fear was that the war would end before I got there. It didn't.

That happened to a friend of mine. He stayed in the USAAF/USAF as a
bomber pilot, became a test pilot (B-57, XB-70), retired as a Colonel,
came to Dryden as a research test pilot (XB-70, NB-52B, 747 SCA,
YF-12), retired from Dryden, flew a little longer as a private test
pilot, and finally retired. Never dropped a bomb in anger while he
was in the military.

Mary

Sounds like a good way to do it. Ready to drop ordnance and the enemy
knew it ... so he never had to. In the meantime he got to have a lot
of fun!

We should all be so lucky. Unfortunately, Saddam and other tinpot
dictators are seldom as intelligent as the Soviet leadership was when
it comes to backing away from the brink. So now and then we have to
really do what we're trained to do.

___
Walter Luffman Medina, TN USA
Amateur curmudgeon, equal-opportunity annoyer