[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

My cousin is married to a former REO

Does your cousin know Kevin Cronin? You mean RIO.

[Tennessee_Bob]

You mean RIO.

Also known as GIB.

[topher]

I do mean RIO -- I thought it stood for Radar and Electronics Officer -- not what it does stand for, which is "Radar Interception Officer" or something like it.

My cousin's husband was flying Tomcats in the '70s. He is now a Captain in Navy, and has lots of aircraft under his command.

The story about the flaps probably was true, because it was late in the Carter administration or very early in the Reagan years (when the military was still recovering from the disasterous years prior to Reagan).