Needs of the Service.

[MikeD]

Not everyone gets the assignment/base/aircraft of their choice. Needs of the service, always come first.

Sad: Rebel Pilot Goes Through Eight Years Of Flight Training Only To Be Assigned Lame B-Wing

SULLUST — After years of training to be a pilot for the Rebel Alliance, eager young pilot Nej Berik was devastated to discover he had been assigned to fly the totally lame B-wing fighter.

babylonbee.com

 

[killbilly]

Well now I feel duped.

Because in the X-wing video game, the B-wing was armed to the teeth. It was badass.

 

[Wardogg]

It could have been worse. He could have been stationed on Hoth.

 

[Flyinthrew]

I hear they have the best quality of life, and all that PER DIEM!

 

[bLizZuE]

I miss Saturday mornings waking up at 5 am to play X-Wing for hours before my parents would get up and yell at me for playing games.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I hear they have the best quality of life, and all that PER DIEM!

Fighter pilots make movies.

Bomber pilots make history.

Transport pilots make per diem.

Well now I feel duped.

Because in the X-wing video game, the B-wing was armed to the teeth. It was badass.

Three laser cannons, three ion cannons and twelve (?) torpedoes, no? You can blast ALL the things big and small with a B-Wing.

 

[Beaker]

I miss Saturday mornings waking up at 5 am to play X-Wing for hours before my parents would get up and yell at me for playing games.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter was my preferred poison. You rebel scum.

 

[Richman]

It could have been worse. He could have been stationed on Hoth.

Hoth roughly translates to “Minnesota”.

Though Hoth has better scenery, the Empire pales in comparison to Minnesota Department of Revenue.

 

[Minuteman]

When I Google "frozen •hole", the first page of results is Winnipeg. A glance at the map tells me it essentially Minnesota MAX.

 

[CFI A&P]

When I Google "frozen •hole", the first page of results is Winnipeg. A glance at the map tells me it essentially Minnesota MAX.

The opposite is Fort Polk, now Fort Johnson in Louisiana.

 

[MikeD]

The opposite is Fort Polk, now Fort Johnson in Louisiana.

Did a JRTC exercise there, and it sucked. Would rather do NTC over in middle of damn nowhere Ft Irwin, CA