I was in the AF in the 70’s. Steak every Saturday night. No Mess hall/KP duty, except during Basic. Food was pretty good. There were some dining halls that served better food than others. Word got around and people started go to the “better” dining halls on our base. The base commander put a halt to that and made us stick to our assigned dining halls.
Christmas and Thanksgiving was epic. Since I was in tech school, even those that lived off base jointed us for Thanksgiving Dinner. We explained that we were a class that wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving together. So everyone, met at the dining hall at the set time. We pushed together numerous table and ate as one “family”. There had to have been 50 + of us that included spouses and children for a few of the class members.(If I remember correctly, even one or two of our instructors joined us.).
The staff were so in awe, that they helped set up our tables. The class leader even said grace, before we ate. After eating, the main course we were sitting around talking, the staff brought out trays of pumpkin and other pies with whipped cream or ice cream for the toppings.
From what I have hear air force eats high.
A friend used to joke about chocolate fountains and foi gras