I shit you not...ascots.
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- Thread starter soho
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You're going to have to be more specific.
The reason is...Dos Gringos songs came out in 2003, and the chances that anyone in a fighter or trainer unit (outside of the Thunderbirds) post 2003 was wearing an ascot is 0%. Outside of the T-birds, I have seen exactly *one* pilot wear an ascot (an ex-SAC F-111 WSO who was recalled from retirement and working a staff job) in 15 years in the AF.
Scarf I would believe...ascot, that's just so improbable that your statement of having seen more than one borders on being bullshit.
Really? Are we having a pissing contest about this? I really don't care if you believe me or not, but those guys would bust out their ascots at the squadron bar some fridays. Isn't it possible that these guys (my good friends) found some humor in it and decided to bust them out every now and then even though you didn't have firsthand knowledge of it first? Do us all a favor and reread your last couple of posts. Maybe next time you'll go with a little lighthearted banter rather than trying to call a fellow AW bubba a bullshitter.
You certainly have an interesting way of talking about your "good friends":
So, which 4 squadrons in 4 years was it that you flew in with all of these former T-38 FAIPs who had apparently gone out and bought ascots so they could act like clowns for their Navy friend?
I'm all for intra-service rivalry, but when the hyperbole strays into "no shit, I saw this with my own eyes" territory it goes beyond a little jabbing.
Like it or not, I've spent a shitload more time in the USAF than you have, and in a lot more varied places than you have. I find your story very difficult to believe, having seen exactly *one* old fart who wore an ascot among the hundreds of squadronmates I've had, and the probably thousands I've run into over those years. Every "Weed Drinking T-38 FAIP" I've ever known wouldn't touch an ascot if you paid them, not even to make themselves the butt of a joke with their Navy bud.
Next time you catch me talking out my ass about what Naval Aviators do, please feel free to call me out on it.
Well, to be fair, all he really said bad about them is that they have questionable taste in fashion, music, institutes of higher learning, and whiskey.
Ok, "questionable taste" might be an understatement when it comes to describing people who enjoy Jeremiah Weed.
8th, 33rd, 558th, and 559th FTS. Wow, you are in serious need of a beej.
Sensitive about his ascot thing, aren't you?
Got it -- all T-6/T-37 training squadrons at two bases. The funny part is, in all that time I've spent at Randolph and at Vance, I've still never seen any of those crazy ol' ascots popping out on fridays in the squadron bar. Perhaps in 1977 it was that way. What years did you say you did your tours?
Thanks, my currency is just fine.
I've seen it too - scarves, ascots, call 'em whatever you want. They all peg the douche meter. They seem especially popular with the "fighter" guys.
98-99 student, 03-06 IP. I'm with you that it is not a huge swath of the entire AF population. These guys were big fans of our Squadron CO, who was definitely old skool, ie blue smurf AT-38s, F-111s, F-15Cs. Great guys all, but put themselves out there for some good-natured and well-deserved ribbing.
Longhorn15E
New Member
WTF is an ascot?
I think he was being rhetorical. You might wanna look at his profile...
GreenLantern330
Active Member
My b, sometimes it's hard to tell if someone's being sarcastic or not, I assumed he wasn't.