An airman finds a barber shop near the base and goes inside for a
haircut. After getting a nice, short flat-top, the airman asks how
much he should pay.
"No charge, son"
replies the barber,
"Your dedication and sacrifice in the service of our nation is
payment enough."
The next day, as he opens shop, the barber finds a squadron T-shirt
and a thank-you note left by his customer. Later that day, a staff
sergeant comes in, asking the barber to take a little bit off the
sides. When the haircut was complete and the NCO reaches for his
wallet, the barber again says:
"No charge, sergeant. Your dedication and sacrifice in the service of
our nation is payment enough."
The next day, as he opens shop, he is pleased to find an Air Force
hat and a squadron coin by the door, with a thank-you note. Later
that day, a colonel comes in, asking if the barber can do something
to cover his bald spot. The barber obliges, and when it comes time to
pay, he again says:
"No charge, sir. Your dedication and sacrifice in the service of our
nation is payment enough."
The barber comes to work the next day and finds on his doorstep ...
three more Air Force colonels.
How to Cross a River
Once upon a time three Air Force Officers were walking through the
woods and suddenly they were standing in front of a huge, wild river.
But they desperately had to get to the other side. But how, with such
a raging torrent? The first Officer knelt down and prayed to the Lord:
"Lord, please give me the strength to cross this river!"
*pppppfffffffuuuuffffffff*
The Lord gave him long arms and strong legs. Now he could swim across
the river. It took him about two hours and he almost drowned several
times. BUT: he was successful!
The second Officer, who observed this, prayed to the Lord and said:
"Lord, please give me the strength AND the necessary tools to cross
this river!"
*pppppfffffffuuuuffffffff*
The Lord gave him a tub and he managed to cross the river despite the
fact that the tub almost capsized a couple of times.
The third Officer who observed all this knelt down and prayed:
"Lord, please give me the strength, the means and the intelligence to
cross this river!"
*pppppfffffffuuuuffffffff*
The Lord converted the Officer into a Sergeant. The Sergeant took a
quick glance on the map, walked a few meters upstream and crossed the
bridge.
Here's the Pitch
Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center where he was to advise new recruits
about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance.
It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones had almost a 100% record
for insurance sales, which had never happened before.
Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to
Jones's sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the GI Insurance to the new recruits,
and then said:
"If you have GI Insurance and go into battle and are killed, the government has to pay
$200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance, and you go into battle
and get killed, the government has to pay only a maximum of $6000."
"Now,"
he concluded,
"which bunch do you think they are going to send into battle first?"
After my wife and her former best buddy, another Air Force wife, were separated by a
move that posted one husband on the opposite coast, the telephone became their chief means
of communication. When our phone bills showed astronomical increases, the other spouse and
I sought relief. Since we both owned computers, we encourage our wives to use electronic
mail. Now they call on the phone to let each other know that e-mail was sent, then call
back to confirm that it arrived and have a conversation about the contents.
At Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, a man in civilian clothes approached an airman and
requested a vehicle pass.
The young airman, fresh out of technical training, asked to see his military ID, driver's
license and his vehicle registration. Noticing the letters BG on the man's identification,
the new airman asked,
"What's BG stand for -- Big Guy?"
"No,"
the man replied, leaning over the counter.
"Try Brigadier General."
Recruits got a shock when their Air Force basic-training instructor turned out to be an
attractive female sergeant. Her assistant, however, was a burly, hawk-nosed veteran whose
glare could freeze water. At the end of training, the attractive instructor congratulated
the recruits and said that if there was anything she could do for them, just ask. From the
back, a voice called out,
"How about a kiss from the sergeant?"
"Sure,"
she replied, raising her hand to quell the laughter.
"But I'll let my assistant take care of it!"
At the Boeing Museum of Flight in Seattle, there is a full size mockup of an F/A-18
fighter. A ramp allows visitors to climb into the cockpit and get a sense of what the
pilot sees and feels.
A guide at the top of the ramp points out the various controls and gauges in the cockpit
and gives information about the aircraft's capabilities to each visitor who gets in.
One day a young boy sat down in the plane, he seemed fascinated by all he saw and heard.
Then, he looked out at his group and said,
"Gramma, could I have a quarter?"
There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing because his
single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked."
Air Traffic Control told the fighter pilot that he was number two behind a B-52 that had
one engine shut down.
"Ah,"
the pilot remarked,
"the dreaded seven-engine approach."
A HARD NIGHT
Air Force Approach:
"Eagle 13, turn right to 330."
Eagle 13:
"Roger 330."
App:
"Eagle 13, I've been working since last night, Will you do me a favor?"
Eagle 13:
"Affirmative. Go ahead."
App:
"Down below on your right, you'll see a base house with yellow roof near the lake.
That is my house. I had a fight with my Wife, and I'm worried she might take it out on my
Harley. Do you see a Harley Davidson near the house?"
Eagle 13:
"Negative sir. Instead I can see a Ryder's truck."
Just after a father, who was a career Air Force NCO, passed away, all his kids returned
home to be with their mom. As they reminisced about their dad they found themselfs
floating from sorrow to laughter as they brought up fond memories of theie nomadic
military lifestyle. One morning they were discussing what music should be played at the
funeral and several hymns were suggested.
"But, Mom,"
the older sister said,
"since Daddy was in the Air Force, shouldn't we request the Air Force song?"
"No, dear,"
the mother said with a smile.
"We are not playing a song with the words 'Off we go into the wild blue yonder' at your
father's funeral!"
St Peter is standing at Heaven's gate when a man walks up.
"Welcome to heaven my son. What did you do with your life?"
"I was a policeman,"
he responded.
"What kind of policeman?"
St Peter asked.
"I was a vice officer. I kept dangerous narcotics out of the hands of kids."
"Wonderful my son, welcome to heaven. Pass through the gates."
A few moments later a second man walks up.
"Welcome to heaven my son. What did you do with your life?"
"I was a policeman,"
he responded.
"What kind of policeman?"
St Peter asked.
"I was a traffic officer. I kept the roads and highways safe for travelers."
"Well done. Pass through the gates into paradise."
A few moments later a third man walks up.
"Welcome to heaven my son. What did you do with your life?"
"I was a policeman,"
he responded.
"What kind of policeman?"
St Peter asked.
"I was in the Air Force, Sir. I was Security Forces."
"Excellent my son...I've gotta take a leak, watch the gate, will ya?"
Navel Destroyers
A father, an Air Force Academy graduate, still retained a strict military code of ethics,
as well as, a quick wit.
One day, his daughter mentioned she was thinking about getting her belly button pierced.
"No way!"
the father fired back.
"This is an Air Force family. No navel destroyers are allowed!"
Pilot Jokes
The Herc and the F-15s
A couple of F-15's are escorting a C-130 Hercules, and their pilots are chatting with the
pilot of the transport to pass the time. Talk comes around to the relative merits of their
respective aircraft. Of course the fighter pilots contend that their airplanes were better
because of their superior speed, maneuverability, weaponry, and so forth, while the
putting down the Herc's deficiencies in these areas.
After taking this for a while, the C-130 pilot says,
"Oh yeah? Well, I can do a few things in this old girl that you'd only dream about."
Naturally, the fighter jocks challenge him to demonstrate.
"Just watch,"
comes the quick retort.
And so they watch. But all they see is that C-130 continuing to fly straight and level..
After several minutes the Herc pilot comes back on the air, saying
"There! How was that?"
Not having seen anything, the fighter pilots reply,
"What are you talking about? What did you do?"
And the Herc pilot replies,
"Well, I got up, stretched my legs, got a cup of coffee, then went back an took a leak."
Q&A
Q: How do you know if there is an Air Force pilot at your party?
A: He'll tell you.
Q: What's the difference between an Air Force pilot and a jet engine?
A: A jet engine stops whining when the planes shuts down.
Q: How many Air Force pilots does it take to change a light bulb?
A: One...he just holds the bulb and the world revolves around him.
Q: How do you bury a fighter pilot?
A: You give him an enema and bury what's left in a shoe box.
The Three Pilots
Three pilots are walking through the forest when they come upon a set of tracks.
The first pilot says,
"Those are deer tracks."
The second pilot says,
"No, those are elk tracks."
The third pilot says,
"You're both wrong! Those are moose tracks."
The pilots were still arguing when the train hit them.
How to Cross a River
Once upon a time three Air Force Officers were walking through the woods and suddenly they
were standing in front of a huge, wild river. But they desperately had to get to the other
side. But how, with such a raging torrent? The first Officer knelt down and prayed to the
Lord:
"Lord, please give me the strength to cross this river!"
*pppppfffffffuuuuffffffff*
The Lord gave him long arms and strong legs. Now he could swim across the river. It took
him about two hours and he almost drowned several times. BUT: he was successful!
The second Officer, who observed this, prayed to the Lord and said:
"Lord, please give me the strength AND the necessary tools to cross this river!"
*pppppfffffffuuuuffffffff*
The Lord gave him a tub and he managed to cross the river despite the fact that the tub
almost capsized a couple of times.
The third Officer who observed all this knelt down and prayed:
"Lord, please give me the strength, the means and the intelligence to cross this river!"
*pppppfffffffuuuuffffffff*
The Lord converted the Officer into a Sergeant. The Sergeant took a quick glance on the
map, walked a few meters upstream and crossed the bridge.
Sergeants' Methods
A group of Sergeants and a group of Air Force Officers take a train to a conference. Each
Officer holds a ticket. But the entire group of Sergeants has bought only one ticket for a
single passenger. The Officers are just shaking their heads and are secretly pleased that
the arrogant Sergeants will finally get what they deserve.
Suddenly one of the Sergeants calls out:
"The conductor is coming!"
At once, all the Sergeants jump up and squeeze into one of the toilets. The conductor
checks the tickets of the Officers. When he notices that the toilet is occupied he knocks
on the door and says:
"Ticket, please!"
One of the Sergeants slides the single ticket under the doors and the conductor continues
merrily on his round.
For the return trip the Officers decide to use the same trick. They buy only one ticket
for the entire group but they are baffled as they realize that the Sergeants didn't buy
any tickets at all. After a while one of the Sergeants announces again:
"The conductor is coming!"
Immediately all the Officers race to a toilet and lock themselves in.
All the Sergeants leisurely walk to the other toilet. Before the last Sergeant enters the
toilet, he knocks on the toilet occupied by the Officers and says:
"Ticket, please!"
And the moral of the story? Officers like to use the methods of the Sergeants, but they
don't really understand them.
Submitted By Unknown
Sargeant Williams was the newest drill instructor at AOCS, Aviation Officer Candidate School and as such was
always trying to impress his company commander and the other officers in the Command. Daily he was seen jumping
all over his officer candidates and yelling at them as he supposedly developed them into future Naval Officers.
We were lined up behind his company awaiting our turn to go into the mess hall for lunch. We all listened as
Sargeant Williams yelled at his company,
"You will eat in a military fashion, enjoy this delicious meal and fall by in formation at 1215, do you worms
understand me?"
"Yes drill sargeant."
"There are only three rules in this galley, shut up, eat up and get up, do you pukes understand me?"
"Yes drill sargeant."
"Then proceed. Company forward march."
When they got inside, they were surprised to see several Miss Florida contestants getting a tour of the mess hall.
Not one to let an opportunity slip by the drill sargeant yelled at the top of his lungs,
"Bravo company what is the first rule of the mess hall?"
To his chagrin, his company all yelled out in unison,
"Shut up drill sargeant!"
Submitted By Unknown
I was an Air Force ICBM launch control officer in South Dakota. Two officers pulled 24-hour alerts in a launch
control center that was surrounded by several Minuteman II silos. The facility and the silos were separated by
several miles. We were not allowed to leave the "capsule" until relieved the next day, and we were supported by
several on-site personnel in the support building upstairs. The capsules were Spartan, but each boasted a small
refrigerator and a small microwave. On one tour of duty, the cook called down around lunch time and informed us
that she was cleaning her oven and that hot food would be unavailable for a short time. Later, around supper
time, she called down again and apologized that she had dismantled her oven to clean it, was having trouble
reassembling it, and would again be unable to heat our food orders. We were somewhat annoyed, but, being the
kinder, gentler military officers we were, told her
"No problem. Just send down the frozen meals and we'll 'nuke' them ourselves."
Several seconds of dead silence on the phone followed before she whispered,
"You can DO that?" :
Fighter Pilot Jokes
Q. How do you know your date with the fighter pilot is half over?
A. He says
"but enough about me - wanna hear about my plane?"
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Q: How do you know if there is a fighter pilot at your party?
A: He'll tell you.
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Q: What's the difference between God and fighter pilots?
A: God doesn't think he's a fighter pilot.
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Q: What's the difference between a fighter pilot and a jet engine?
A: A jet engine stops whining when the plane shuts down.
The progress of the student during flying training was not good enough
to allow him to continue the course and to become a fighter pilot. He
had to leave the pilot training outfit but he wanted to remain in the
Air Force and could be transferred into another sector. Asked for his
preferences he replied:
" AAA, Anti Aircraft Artillery, because 'if I don't fly - nobody will"
The 'Off' Switch
Real story by Arthur F. Provost
I was doing sysadmin for the Air Force a few years ago and got a
user story that tops 'em all. The Help Desk gave me a call from
Major So-and-so who was having a problem with his workstation. I spoke
with him and he told me,
"Every time I switch it over to 'Official' the damn screen goes blank."
I went down to see what the hell this
"Official"
switch was. After nearly getting court-martialed for laughing so
hard, I spent about 20 minutes explaining to this ex-pilot that
"Off"
was not an abbreviation for
"Official."
At one time, the ammunition dump at Nellis AFB, Nevada, was commanded by a colonel whose strict rule was no
matches or lighters in the ammo area. To test the men, he would occasionally walk among them with an unlighted
cigar between his teeth, stopping now and then to ask an unsuspecting airman for a light.
One evening the colonel paused to watch a sergeant and his crew unpack bomb fuses.
"Would any of you gentlemen have a light?"
he asked.
"Yes, sir!"
an airman piped up. The sergeant and crew stood braced for the colonel's wrath. But the deathly silence erupted
into guffaws.
"Thank you, airman,"
the colonel said and strutted away. With a flourish, the airman switched off his flashlight and returned it to
his pocket.
Submitted By Unknown
One day, at the dry-cleaning shop of a local Air Force Base, I overheard a young airman describe in
great detail how he wanted his uniform cleaned and pressed.
When he finished, the counter clerk asked,
"Are you getting an award, or do you have an important military function to attend?"
"Nothing like that,"
the airman said.
"I'm going home on leave, and my little brother is taking me to his second-grade class for
show-and-tell."
Submitted By Unknown
As the soldier drove up to the Air Force base gate, my husband, who was on security detail at the time, had an
inkling that the driver might have had a few. What gave him away? The guy thought he was at a tollbooth and
handed my husband a five dollar bill.
Tom was in his early 50s, retired and started a second career. However,
he just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day, he was five,
10, 15 minutes late. But, he was a good worker and real sharp, so the
boss was in a quandary about how to deal with it.
Finally, one day he called Tom into his office for a talk.
"Tom, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic. You do a bang- up
job, but your being late so often is quite bothersome."
"Yes, I know boss and I am working on it."
"Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear. It's
odd though, your coming in late. I know you're retired from the Air
Force. What did they say if you came in late there"?
"They said, 'Good morning, General.'"
In another famous SR-71 story, Los Angeles Center reported receiving a request for
clearance to FL 60 (60,000ft).
The incredulous controller, with some disdain in his voice, asked,
"How do you plan to get up to 60,000 feet?"
The pilot (obviously a sled driver), responded,
"We don't plan to go up to it, we plan to go down to it."
He was cleared...
Having just moved into his new office, a pompous, new colonel was sitting at his desk
when an airman knocked on the door.
Conscious of his new position, the colonel quickly picked up the phone, told the airman
to enter, then said into the phone,
"Yes, General, I'll be seeing him this afternoon and I'll pass along your message. In the
meantime, thank you for your good wishes, sir."
Feeling as though he had sufficiently impressed the young enlisted man, he asked,
"What do you want?"
"Nothing important, sir,"
the airman replied,
"I'm just here to hook up your telephone."
During a visit to a military medical clinic, a recruiter was sent to the lab to have blood
drawn. The technician there was friendly and mentioned that his mood improved every day
because he was due to leave the service in two months.
As he applied the tourniquet on the recruiter's arm, he told him that taking the blood
wouldn't hurt much. Then, noticing his Air Force T-shirt he asked him what he did.
When he replied that he was a recruiter, the technician smiled slyly and said,
"This might hurt a little more than I thought."
Q: What's the difference between Iraq's air force and the United State's Air Force?
A: The U.S. pilots break ground and fly into the wind.
Four retired veterans are walking down the street. When they see a sign that says
"Veterans Bar,"
they go in. The bartender asks what they will have and they all ask for a martini.
He delivers the drinks and says,
"That will be 40 cents,"
They can't believe their good luck. They finish the drinks and order another round and the
bartender again says,
"That will be 40 cents."
This whets their curiosity, so they ask the bartender,
"How can you afford to serve martinis for a dime apiece?"
The bartender replies,
"I guess you've seen the decor here. Well, I am a retired Navy Master Chief and I always
wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the lottery for $45 million and decided to open this
place for real veterans. Every drink costs a dime -- wine, liquor, beer all the same."
They notice four guys at the end of the bar who haven't ordered anything. They ask,
"What's with them?"
The bartender says
"Oh, those are retired Air Force Colonels, they are waiting for Happy Hour!"
An Air Force cargo plane was preparing for departure from Thule Air Base in Greenland.
They were waiting for the truck to arrive to pump out the aircraft's sewage holding tank.
The Aircraft Commander was in a hurry, the truck was late in arriving, and the Airman
performing the job was extremely slow in getting the tank pumped out.
When the commander berated the Airman for his slowness and promised punishment, the
Airman responded:
"Sir, I have no stripes, it is 20 below zero, I'm stationed in Greenland, and I am
pumping sewage out of airplanes. Just what are you going to do to punish me?"
An air force officer goes to heaven and at the gate St Peter asks him if he has ever done
anything in his life that he believes makes him worthy of admittance to heaven.
The officer flyboy replies;
"Yes, I once went into a bar with four of my pilot friends and saw two Seabees harassing
a young girl at the bar, so being a gentleman I went up to the biggest one and told him
to leave this young lady alone. When he refused I told him again more forcefully. This
time I slapped him across the face and told this Seabee to stand down."
St Peter said this was a very good thing to do and asked when the pilot did this great
act.
The pilot replied;
"About 5 minutes ago! My friends should be here shortly!"
You've all heard of the Air Force's ultra-high-security, super-secret base in Nevada,
known simply as
"Area 51?"
Well, late one afternoon, the Air Force folks out at Area 51 were very surprised to see a
Cessna landing at their "secret" base. They immediately impounded the aircraft and hauled
the pilot into an interrogation room.
The pilot's story was that he took off from Vegas, got lost, and spotted the Base just as
he was about to run out of fuel. The Air Force started a full FBI background check on the
pilot and held him overnight during the investigation.
By the next day, they were finally convinced that the pilot really was lost and wasn't a
spy. They gassed up his airplane, gave him a terrifying "you-did-not-see-a-base" briefing,
complete with threats of spending the rest of his life in prison, told him Vegas was
that-a-way on such-and-such a heading, and sent him on his way.
The day after that though, to the total disbelief of the Air Force, the same Cessna
showed up again. Once again, the MP's surrounded the plane...only this time there were
two people in the plane.
The same pilot jumped out and said,
"Do anything you want to me, but my wife is in the plane and you have to tell her where I
was last night!"
'My Plane'
During a readiness exercise, two Air Force security policemen were guarding entry to a
bunker-like structure where aircraft were kept. When a pilot about to do a preflight
check approached without his identification in plain view, one of the Air Force security
policemen asked him for it.
"I don't see why I have to show you my ID,"
the pilot snapped.
"After all, it is my plane."
"Sir, with all due respect, it may be your plane,"
replied the Air Force security man,
"but it's sitting in my garage!"
'Kiss Me Sarge'
Recruits got a shock when their Air Force basic-training instructor turned out to be an
attractive female sergeant. Her assistant, however, was a burly, hawk-nosed veteran whose
glare could freeze water. At the end of training, the attractive instructor congratulated
the recruits and said that if there was anything she could do for us, just ask. From the
back, a voice called out,
"How about a kiss from the sergeant?"
"Sure,"
she replied, raising her hand to quell the laughter.
"but I'll let my assistant take care of it!"
Late to Work
Tom was in his early 50's, retired and started a second career. However, he just couldn't
seem to get to work on time. Every day, 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker,
real sharp, so the Boss was in a quandary about how to deal with it. Finally, one day he
called him into the office for a talk.
"Tom, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang-up job, but you're being
late so often is quite bothersome."
"Yes, I know Boss, and I am working on it."
"Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear. It's odd though, you're
coming in late. I know you're retired from the Air Force. What did they say if you came
in late there?"
"They said, "Good morning, General."
The Army and the Air Force Try to Work Together
There's an Air Force guy driving from McChord to Ft Lewis, and an Army guy driving from Ft
Lewis to McChord. In the middle of the night with no other cars on the road they hit each
other head on and both cars go flying off in different directions.
The Air Force guy manages to climb out of his car and surveys the damage. He looks at his
twisted car and says,.....
"Man, I am really lucky to be alive!"
Likewise the Army guy scrambles out of his car and looks at his wreckage. He too says to
himself, .....
"I can't believe I survived this wreck!"
The Army guy walks over to the Air Force guy and says,......
"Hey man, I think this is a sign from God that we should put away our petty differences
and live as friends instead of archrivals"
The Air Force guy thinks for a moment and says, ......
"You know, you're absolutely right! We should be friends. Now I'm gonna see what else
survived this wreck"
So the Air Force guy pops open his trunk and finds a full, unopened bottle of Jack
Daniels.
He says to the Army guy,
"I think this is another sign from God that we should toast to our new found
understanding and friendship"
The Army guy replies,
"You're damn right!"
and he grabs the bottle and starts sucking down Jack Daniels. After putting away nearly
half the bottle the Army guy hands it back to the Air Force guy and says,
"Your turn!"
The Air Force guy twists the cap back on the bottle and says,
"Nahh, I think I'll wait for the cops to show up."
New Air Force Uniform
Washington (AP) The Air Force unveiled its new Battle Dress Uniform today. The utilitarian
thing about the new uniform said Air Force representatives was that it has a built-in
reversible Hawaiian shirt.
"This helps keep troops at the ready, "
said one Air Force Official.
"If they are off duty they simply turn the shirt inside-out and come into work."
Pilot Talking Rules
The only three things a wingman should ever say are:
"Two's up."
"Lead, you're on fire."
"I'll take the fat chick."
And in a multi-place aircraft, there are only three things the copilot should ever say:
"Nice landing, Sir."
"I'll buy the first round."
"I'll take the fat chick."
A new copilot on a bomber is only to say these three things and to otherwise keep his mouth
shut and not touch anything:
"Clear on the right."
"Outer
(marker)
on the double"
(indicator)
"I'll eat the chicken."
(Crew meals consisted of one steak and one chicken to avoid possible food poisoning of the
cockpit crew).
Resume Time
An employment recruiter ("headhunter") inadvertently sent a letter to
an A-10 pilot requesting his resume. His actual reply follows the
request:
Dear Sir:
I am a recruiter in Dallas that specializes in placing students from
key colleges in the positions they desire to be in with my clients
across the nation. I work with companies of all sizes and industries.
I received your name from several other members of the "Association
of Former Students" here at Texas A&M University that I am currently
working with. Feel comfortable that your information is confidential
with my company. I would like to discuss whether you are currently in
the market or even keeping your eyes open for the right opportunity.
I would like to see a current copy of your resume to see what
opportunities that you may be perfect for. Please send your resume via
e-mail or fax to my attention, and I will follow up with you in the
next few days to determine your level of interest.
I thank you in advance for your response. Please e-mail me back at
*****odellrecruits.com" , or call me direct at (800)880-xxxxx
Extension ##xxx.
This is in response to the email you sent me regarding your services
as recruiter. Currently I am employed as a US Air Force Fighter Pilot
flying A-10 Thunderbolts for the 25TH Fighter Squadron, Osan AB,
Republic of Korea.
My contract with the USAF does not expire until 2011. Here are some of
my qualifications nonetheless, just in case any of your clients are
need of someone with my expertise:
1. The ability to employ my aircraft, the feared A-10 Warthog, as one
of the most capable ground attack/CAS platforms in the world.
2. Protect South Korea from communist hordes led by the Great
Pornographer, Kim Jung Ill.
3. Drop cluster munitions from 10,000 feet onto unsuspecting DANKS
(dumb ass north Koreans) and send 202 individual bomblets of wrath
and fury into their starving, bloated, pink bodies.
4. Take a 6000 foot slant range Forced-No-Solution High-angle gun
shot and kill troops in their wimpy little APC's with reckless
abandon. (Do you have any idea, Mr. McCartney, what a 30mm Armor
Piercing Incendiary round that is as long as your forearm does as it
boars through a tank's walls like Jell-O? Let me tell you, it's not
pretty.)
5. Get wicked-ass-drunk at the Officer's club on Friday nights,
smokin' big fat Cuban cigars (this is Korea, not the US), drink Gin
and Tonics like water, throw furniture off the roof, say '#$%^' a
lot, and %^#* off all the wives and hapless souls who hate our guts
because they are not fighter pilots.
Mr. McCartney, I have no idea how to "hold a meeting," "do a memo,"
"take a lunch," "think outside the box" or even sit behind a desk for
that matter. I only eat, sleep, fly, and drink. I am an instrument of
national policy the likes of which your clients probably have never
seen. I would just as soon detonate a 500 pound Mark 82 Air Burst 20
feet above a DANK playground than wander through some corporate
office blabbering about business plans and the latest episode of
Ally "eat a damn sandwich" McBeal.
Thank you for your letter and please let me know if any of your
associates show interest in my capabilities. I look forward to
hearing from you.
About Pilots:
1. As an aviator in flight you can do anything you want... As long as it's right... And
we'll let you know if it's right after you get down.
2. You can't fly forever without getting killed.
3. As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will.
One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight in an
airplane..
One day you will walk out to the airplane not knowing that it is your last flight in an
airplane..
4. Any flight over water in a single engine airplane will absolutely guarantee abnormal
engine noises and vibrations.
5. There are Rules and there are Laws. The rules are made by men who think that they know
better how to fly your airplane than you. The Laws (of Physics) were made by the Great
One. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules but you can never suspend the Laws.
6. More about Rules:
The rules are a good place to hide if you don't have a better idea and the talent to
execute it.
If you deviate from a rule, it must be a flawless performance. (e.g., If you fly under a
bridge, don't hit the bridge.)
7. The pilot is the highest form of life on earth.
8. The ideal pilot is the perfect blend of discipline and aggressiveness.
9. About check rides:
The only real objective of a check ride is to complete it and get the bastard out of your
airplane.
It has never occurred to any flight examiner that the examinee couldn't care less what
the examiner's opinion of his flying ability really is.
10. The medical profession is the natural enemy of the aviation profession.
11 The job of the Wing Commander is to worry incessantly that his career depends solely
on the abilities of his aviators to fly their airplanes without mishap and that their
only minuscule contribution to the effort is to bet their lives on it.
12. Ever notice that the only experts who decree that the age of the pilot is over are
people who have never flown anything? Also, in spite of the intensity of their feelings
that the pilot's day is over I know of no such expert who has volunteered to be a
passenger in a non-piloted aircraft.
13. It is absolutely imperative that the pilot be unpredictable. Rebelliousness is very
predictable. In the end, conforming almost all the time is the best way to be
unpredictable.
14. He who demands everything that his aircraft can give him is a pilot; he that demands
one iota more is a fool.
15. If you're gonna fly low, do not fly slow! ASW pilots know this only too well. (Amen)
16. It is solely the pilot's responsibility to never let any other thing touch his
aircraft.
17. If you can learn how to fly as a 2nd Lt and not forget how to fly by the time you're
a Maj. you will have lived a happy life.
18. About night flying:
Remember that the airplane doesn't know that it's dark.
On a clear, moonless night, never fly between the tanker's lights.
There are certain aircraft sounds that can only be heard at night.
If you're going to night fly, it might as well be in the weather so you can double count
your exposure to both hazards.
Night formation is really an endless series of near misses in equilibrium with each other.
You would have to pay a lot of money at a lot of amusement parks and perhaps add a few
drugs, to get the same blend of psychedelic sensations as a single engine night weather
flight.
19. One of the most important skills that a pilot must develop is the skill to ignore
those things that were designed by non-pilots to get the pilot's attention.
20. At the end of the day, the controllers, ops supervisors, maintenance guys, weather
guessers, and birds; they're all trying to kill you and your job is to not let them!
21. The concept of "controlling" airspace with radar is just a form of FAA sarcasm
directed at pilots to see if they're gullible enough to swallow it. Or to put it another
way, when's the last time the FAA ever shot anyone down?
22. Remember that the radio is only an electronic suggestion box for the pilot.
Sometimes the only way to clear up a problem is to turn it off.
23. It is a tacit, yet profound admission of the preeminence of flying in the hierarchy
of the human spirit, that those who seek to control aviators via threats always threaten
to take one's wings and not one's life.
24. Remember when flying low and inverted that the rudder still works the same old way
but hopefully your IP never taught you "pull stick back, plane go up".
25. Mastering the prohibited maneuvers in the Natops Manual is one of the best forms of
aviation life insurance you can get.
26. A tactic done twice is a procedure. (Refer to unpredictability discussion above)
27. The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that
particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits.
28. One of the beautiful things about a single piloted aircraft is the quality of the
social experience.
29. If a mother has the slightest suspicion that her infant might grow up to be a pilot,
she had better teach him to put things back where he got them.
30. The ultimate responsibility of the pilot is to fulfill the dreams of the countless
millions of earthbound ancestors who could only stare skyward ...and wish.
Aeronautical Humor
Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ..I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet
and Climbing! (Sign over the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan).
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You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F. Crickmore -test pilot)
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The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
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Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.
(From an old carrier sailor)
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If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and
therefore, unsafe
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When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get
you to the scene of the crash.
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What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up,
the pilot dies; If ATC screws up,...the pilot dies.
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Never trade luck for skill.
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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are:
"Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?"
and
"Oh Hell!"
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Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.
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Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant.
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Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.
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A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication.
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I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.
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Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!
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Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing
dead batteries
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Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground
incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.
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When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten. Just remember, if
you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.
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Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII: When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor
to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and gently as possible.
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The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; ...it can just barely kill you.
(Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot)
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A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum.
(Jon McBride, astronaut)
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If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.
(Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic and test pilot)
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If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the bastard down. (Ernest K.
Gann, author & aviator)
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Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.
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There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime. (Sign over squadron ops
desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970).
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If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.
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Basic Flying Rules: Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it.
The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees
and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
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You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the
terminal.
Submitted By Unknown
Our patient in the hospital was a big, burly former officer.
Just after surgery, and still half out of it, he became agitated and confused, tearing at his IVs and trying to
escape his bed.
The nurses gamely attempted to keep him calm but were losing this battle. That's when my old Air Force training
came in handy.
"Colonel!"
I commanded.
"At ease."
And with that, the colonel fell back to sleep.
The chief of staff of the US Air Force decided that he would personally intervene in the recruiting crisis affecting all of our armed services. He directed a nearby Air Force base that will be opened and that all eligible young men and women be invited. As he and his staff were standing near a brand new F-15 Fighter, a pair of twin brothers who looked like they had just stepped off a Marine Corps
recruiting poster walked up to them. The chief of staff walked up to them, stuck out his hand and introduced
himself. He looked at the first young man and asked,
"Son, what skills can you bring to the Air Force?"
The young man looks at him and says,
"I'm a pilot!"
The general gets all excited, turns to his aide and says,
"Get him in today, all the paper work done, everything, do it!"
The aide hustles the young man off. The general looks at the second young man and asked,
"What skills to you bring to the Air Force?"
The young man says,
"I chop wood!"
"Son,"
the general replies,
"we don't need wood choppers in the Air Force, what do you know how to do?"
"I chop wood!"
"Young man,"
huffs the general,
"you are not listening to me, we don't need wood choppers, this is the 20th century!"
"Well,"
the young man says,
"you hired my brother!"
"Of course we did,"
says the general,
"he's a pilot!"
The young man rolls his eyes and says,
"So what! I have to chop it before he can pile it!"
Submitted: Unknown
As a newly minted Air Force colonel, I was asked to speak at a squadron commander's
meeting. When I arrived, the commander snapped to attention, as did everyone else in the
room, including me. After a few uncomfortable seconds, the first sergeant gently nudged me.
"Sir."
he said,
"the standing at attention is for you."
Submited: Unknown
I was proud and excited on my first day of Air Force pilot training as I walked toward the
instruction facility. From a distance I could see large letters looming over the entrance:
"Through these doors pass the best pilots in the world."
My pride was quickly deflated, however, as I reached the threshold and read the small,
scribbled cardboard sign that had been taped to the glass by a maintenance worker. It said
"Please use other door."
One day, the pilot of a A-10A "Warthog" was told by the tower to hold short of the active
runway while a B-1 landed. The B-1 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back
past the A-10A.
Some quick-witted comedian in the B-1 crew got on the radio and said,
"What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"
The A-10A pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger:
"I made it out of B-1 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for a
second one."
Submitted By Unknown
One of our visiting Italian students at Sheppard Air Force Base said he wouldn't be able to fly that day.
"Why"
his teacher asked.
Marshaling all the English he knew, the student pointed to his ears and explained,
"It's my fallopian tubes."
A mother was talking on the phone with her son, who was stationed in Hawaii with the Air Force. He was explaining
how the troops were learning to scuba-dive. They used the buddy system, he said, and occasionally dived into
shark-infested waters. Listening on the extension, her daughter asked,
"What do you do when you see a shark?"
Said her son,
"Swim faster than my buddy."
When caught speeding, a soldier on military leave tried to talk the policewoman out of giving
him a ticket. He inquired,
"Would it make a difference if I told you that I'm in the Air Force?"
The police officer answered,
"Yes, but only if you were driving an airplane."
Submitted By Unknown
When the Air Force deployed me overseas, my daughter's friend asked her where I was headed.
"Guantanamo Bay,"
my daughter said.
"Oh, my God!"
her friend shrieked.
"What did he do?"
Which Service has the Dumbest Officers?
Well, in the Coast Guard the officers stay nice and dry on land, while
the enlisted people head out to sea in all sorts of weather.
In the Army, the officers stand behind the troops and shout,
"Attack!"
In the Navy, the officers stand on the bridge and steer the ship into
action.
In the Marine Corps, the officers stand in front of the troops and
shout,
"Attack!"
And in the Air Force? Well, the officers go off to battle in their
pretty flight suits, flying their expesnive toys, while the enlisted
people head for the club for a long one.
* Or, conversely, the smartest enlisted people.
New ID Picture
Upon retiring from the service, Airman Don, needed a new ID card, showing he had gone
from active duty to retirement status. But the photo taken of him was not particularly
good. And he wasn't at all quiet about it.
"If I have to carry that ID around with me for the rest of my life,"
he complained to the photographer,
"I want a better picture."
"Want a better picture?"
asked the photographer defiantly.
"Then bring us a better face!"