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Air Force Sacks First Female To Lead A Fighter Demonstration Team After Just Two Weeks
The War Zone ^ | FEBRUARY 12, 2019 | BY TYLER ROGOWAY

Posted on 02/12/2019 1:18:15 PM PST by Yo-Yo

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To: elcid1970
So how did MAJ Waters get removed from command in the first place? Obviously he wasn’t relieved for cause or he wouldn’t have been put back in.

It is customary for the leader of the Thunderbirds, the Blue Angels, and apparently the Vipers as well, to have a 2 season tour of duty then return to a regular squadron.

I would assume that Maj. Waters' normal tour of duty was up.

61 posted on 02/12/2019 4:14:37 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo
was very active on Instagram, regularly communicating with her tens of thousands of followers

I think I see the problem, or at least the personality problem.

62 posted on 02/12/2019 7:37:39 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Ronald_Magnus

That looks like a screen still from “Top Gun”.


63 posted on 02/12/2019 7:44:07 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: bramps
They found out that’s she’s heterosexual?

As a young Navy officer, I always found that discovery was at least entertaining.

It was not nearly as much fun later when, as a civilian, I found that they wanted to overstay their welcome....

64 posted on 02/12/2019 9:46:01 PM PST by politicianslie (OPTIMIST-Glass 1/2 full- PESSIMIST 1/2 empty TO ENGINEER, Glass is twice as big as it needs to be!)
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To: Yo-Yo

She’s attractive...

She’ll endure


65 posted on 02/13/2019 9:11:24 AM PST by wardaddy (Progressive winter is coming.)
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To: afterhoursarmory

You may not care the color or gender or sexual orientation or sexual transformative nature of anyone in the service

But your extremely political military leadership sure as hell does

Which is likely how she and others like her get their gigs to begin with


66 posted on 02/13/2019 9:13:24 AM PST by wardaddy (Progressive winter is coming.)
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To: wardaddy
She’s attractive...

She’ll endure

That also may well be why she lost her command.

67 posted on 02/13/2019 9:44:57 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

I think they woulda dismissed the penetrating gender partners as well


68 posted on 02/13/2019 11:20:55 AM PST by wardaddy (Progressive winter is coming.)
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To: Windflier

Are you sure that was a grammatical error? Maybe it was the reason she was removed!


69 posted on 02/14/2019 1:25:00 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Kickass Conservative
Lead Pilot's plane had mechanical malfunction and the group was flying line abreast, not watching the ground come up.

"Initial speculation was that the accident might have been due to pilot error, that the leader might have misjudged his altitude or speed and the other three pilots repeated the error.[4] However, the Air Force concluded that the crash was due to a jammed stabilizer on the lead jet. The other pilots, in accordance with their training, did not break formation.[6]"

70 posted on 02/18/2019 2:53:54 AM PST by hattend
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