M'aidez.,... Mayday... May Day,... 1 May...
In a farmer's field near Sverdlovst...
A toast to to the guys that flew those missions with no GPS, TACAN, astro trackers, data links, etc...
And of course to Frank.
The dead horse has been thoroughly beat. In over five years in my current squadron, I've been summoned to the auditorium to hear the sitting CC's take on an in-house alcohol related incident no fewer than 7 times. If additional guidelines are needed by certain individuals in the organization, they need to be removed immediately. The responsibilities placed upon us on a daily basis in our duties suggests to me that those unable to make correct decisions with alcohol have no place operating a 500K lb aircraft or dropping bombs or guarding the wire etc.... Despite the weight Big Blue thrusts upon us in our mission, we are continually treated like small children because of the actions of a few people who do not understand how to responsibly function in this system.
This contract is another disgusting attempt to cover the asses of the leadership who would rather try to protect these "bad apples" rather than booting them out the door upon due process.
He's saying that since their ideology doesn't link up that they're not likely to work together. Something about radical Christianity and radical Islam being like oil and water...