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86% of Air Force pilots are white men. Here's why this needs to change.
Yahoo News ^ | 10/20/20 | Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas

Posted on 10/22/2020 5:47:40 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX

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To: Pining_4_TX

If they don’t join, and if they do and aren’t able to handle it, what then??

Oh, OH, I know, make it easier!!!


21 posted on 10/22/2020 5:53:59 PM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: Pining_4_TX

This is easy, offer free Fentanyl.


22 posted on 10/22/2020 5:54:14 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Why does the color of the pilot matter?

Only because they are white.


23 posted on 10/22/2020 5:54:38 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Pining_4_TX

I knew six words in he should be demoted and booted from the service. POS has ZERO patriotism if that’s his main focus when he contemplates ways to protect this sacred land. BOOT HIM!, and don’t wait for the second hand to tick another tock.


24 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:06 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Pining_4_TX

Wtf


25 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:19 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Pining_4_TX
Pursuing equality means we must be sure that we are attracting the most capable members of our society,-from all races and walks of life-, as we prepare for the next fight.
26 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:19 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Pining_4_TX

This was all explained in “The Right Stuff”. There is no quota system only the best reach the apex of the pyramid.


27 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:23 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: ealgeone
Chi-coms must be laughing themselves silly.

Did you ever notice that 100% of the Chinese pilots are, well, Chinese? THIS MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY!!

28 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:27 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Pining_4_TX

FU and your anti-white BS


29 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:46 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Pining_4_TX

“... we must be sure that we are attracting the most capable members of our society...”

We’re not? Is that what you assert?


30 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:54 PM PDT by bwest
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To: Pining_4_TX

I don’t care if they are all little green trolls, if that’s what wins wars for us. The military is survival for us as a nation, not a social experiment.


31 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:58 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Since Black folks make up about 15% of the population what is the big deal ?


32 posted on 10/22/2020 5:55:58 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING)
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To: Pining_4_TX

We need AF pilots with the courage to take a knee! /sarc


33 posted on 10/22/2020 5:56:28 PM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Is he suggesting George Floyd should have been an Air Force pilot?


34 posted on 10/22/2020 5:56:38 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Pining_4_TX

General Thomas does not speak for the majority of pilots in the US Air Force. I know, I work them 24/7/365 and they are against partisan politics.


35 posted on 10/22/2020 5:57:05 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Pining_4_TX

The 86% need to go John Gault and see how long it takes them to figure out what went wrong.

There was an article a few days ago about Microsoft setting aside a unit of just women and minorities to have a pool available for selecting the next CEO.


36 posted on 10/22/2020 5:57:06 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: Pining_4_TX
Maj. Gen. Edward W. Thomas Jr. is the Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1991 – September 1991, Student, Primary Jet Training, 35th Fighter Training Squadron, Reese AFB, Texas
2. September 1991 – January 1992, Student, Advanced Jet Training, 52nd Fighter Training Squadron, Reese AFB, Texas
3. January 1992 – May 1994, Deputy Chief, Public Affairs, 438th Airlift Wing, McGuire AFB, N.J.
4. May 1994 – July 1995, Executive Officer, Air Force News Agency, Kelly AFB, Texas
5. July 1995 – July 1996, Managing Editor, Airman Magazine, Air Force News Agency, Kelly AFB, Texas
6. July 1996 – May 1998, Air Force Intern, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
7. May 1998 – May 2001, Chief of Public Affairs, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano AB, Italy
8. July 2001 – September 2002, Chief, National Affairs, Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
9. October 2002 – July 2003, Chief, National Affairs, Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
10. August 2003 – June 2004, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 2004 – June 2006, Commander, 341st Mission Support Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
12. June 2006 – June 2007, Chief, Media Engagement Branch, Current Operations Division, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
13. June 2007 – March 2008, Chief, Current Operations Division, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. March 2008 – November 2009, Director of Public Affairs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
15. December 2009 – July 2010, Student, Royal College of Defence Studies, London, England
16. August 2010 – July 2012, Commander, 673rd Mission Support Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
17. July 2012 – June 2013, Director, Public Affairs, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany
18. June 2013 – July 2015, Special Assistant for Public Affairs to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
19. August 2015 – June 2016, Commander, Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
20. June 2016 – June 2020, Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
21. June 2020 - present, Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2001 – September 2002, Chief, National Affairs, Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., as a major
2. October 2002 – July 2003, Chief, National Affairs, Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., as a major
3. July 2012–June 2013, Director, Public Affairs, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany, as a colonel
4. June 2013–July 2015, Special Assistant for Public Affairs to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a colonel


37 posted on 10/22/2020 5:57:27 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: silent majority rising

Ditto that....the best person for the job.


38 posted on 10/22/2020 5:57:37 PM PDT by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Well, if the next generation of fighter can fly itself, I guess it can fly with a [non-white] pilot.

Bwah hahahahaahahah


39 posted on 10/22/2020 5:57:51 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Pining_4_TX

90% of NBA players are black males. Here’s why this needs to change.


40 posted on 10/22/2020 5:57:55 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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