—”Air Force sucks.”
Worse than you might think.
In RVN it was believed as an ultimate truth: AF guys slept on MATTRESS! And some had AIR CONDITIONING!!!
The only AC I can recall was when I awoke on the Hospital Ship Sanctuary. (May have just been cool ocean air?)
Our USMC rifle company wound up in an Air Force base overnight when our C-130 broke. Laid out in the grass beside the taxiway all night. In the morning they marched us all to the USAF chow hall. Imagine the astonishment when the airmen asked -individually- how we wanted our eggs or if we would prefer in omeletteā¦
Blown away