I can just feel the love for our servicemen and women on this thread.
I see many of these airmen everyday on my way into work and have been stopped for traffic violations on occasion...nice folks, professional and courteous for their age and positions...
The USAF changed their “traffic stop” policy after Tech. Sgt. Robert B. Butler was murdered at Edwards AFB in 1998 while pulling over a vehicle.
I was one of those servicemen at one time. I went to tech school at the same place they did. They trained their dogs in my dorm. Letting them crap on our floor, tear up our beds, break our stuff. I endured their threats and ego trip on what they’d do when they got their ‘badge’. The closest I ever came to dying was when they failed to follow procedure and almost shot me.
So gimme a break, they all aren’t heros.