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They have no place in US airspace. I don't want to share the skies when I go to work nor do I want to be the only one seeing and avoiding when flying my transponderless airplane. I do not want my life or property threatened by control of the RPA being lost. Mere words cannot begin to express my disdain for these abhorrent pieces of crap.

Okay, I couldn't resist replying to this. I haven't been on in a while, so my original name, JorryFright21, was deleted or something. For those of you bagging on the show of force or a friendly flyby for the guys on the ground, one question. Have you ever talked to any of the guys doing 365+ days on some FOB or constantly out on patrols about what it means to them when they see one of us come in and say hi? As Rainman said, it means a lot to them, more than you understand. Don't go crazy, don't completely disregard the rules, but you're living in a different world if you don't think that stuff is just as important as the rules themselves. I don't showboat, but I'll definitely make sure the guys on the ground are fired up to kill some more terrorists when I leave. BTW, none of this is a commentary on this specific incident with the -64, just the flat out disregard for the morale and how easily we can raise it for them with these little flybys. . Just because...

What an asshole.

When AF guys get back, we should wear our reflective belts and PT gear on the plane...What a great recruiting tool that will be!