They are fans to keep the jets cool.
But where’s the flames. Don’t jets shoot out flames?
LOL!
I just had a thought as I figured I would see a bunch of posts about “have the girl pay for this”, etc.
I imagine these guys have to fly around all the time on training missions anyway. Like pretend missions to find and coordinate a pilot rescue, pretend to drop supplies, etc. Coordinate flight plans, refueling, working with allied naval ships (French in this case), communications, etc. These guys would probably love to put this training to real use, and it is still “training”.
I imagine they will find some real-life glitches in the system too. (”What do you mean no one on board speaks French!!??”)
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