Is it customary for USAFA male cadets to have their hands on their waist?
No, they usually have their hands on the waist of the male cadet bent over in front of them.
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Trouble at the Air Force Academy
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No, they usually have their hands on the waist of the male cadet bent over in front of them.
MasterBates
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Reminds me of the (white) kid in my Boat School class who showed up for I-Day with his hair in dreads, complete with blue & gold beads.
That. Is. Awesome. I'm detail this summer, but second set. Oh, I hope my classmates see something similar.
Was that Bucket or another wonder-boy?
It was an F-8II Finback, or J-8II if you prefer, if you are talking about the incident in 2001.
Yep, d'oh!
-1 for me
Edit: but the official Chinese computer animation/reconstruction was pretty funny if not sad at the same time.
"I tried marijuana once, but I did not inhale."
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman,... Miss Lewinski."
Uh huh,... yeah, right.
Ahhhh...Thanks. I was wondering about that one.
The VPAF counter-claimed two B-52s shot down* as well, but USAF has never acknowledged their losses during the Christmas bombing campaign to anything other than the SA-2 Guideline.
*Pham Tuan claimed a B-52 near Hoa Binh on 27 Dec 72; the North Vietnamese calimed Vu Xuan Thieu rammed a B-2 the following night, but USAF gives credit to a F-4 Phantom that was vectored onto the MiG-21 as it was trying to attack a cell of 3 B-52s. A B-52 was downed, but USAF calims it was a SA-2 Guideline.
The Fog of War........ And "MiG Panic".
(Page 128, The 11 Days of Christmas; Marshall Michel (a well researched, balanced, and great read.)
" It appeared that some of the B-52s were in a 'MiG panic,' and the tail gunners immediately fired on any aircraft that drifted close to the bomber stream. At the same time the gunner fired, the bomber dropped flares to decoy the MiGs' ATOLL heat-seeking missiles, but these flares allowed the North Vietnamese to follow the track of B-52 cells simply by following the path made by their flares. When a B-52 gunner fired at an [friendly] F-4, the fighters dove away from the B-52s; after the mission, several B-52 gunners claimed 'MiG kills,' saying that as soon as they fired "the MiGs dove towards the ground.".... One of the Guam wing commanders later said, I think there were only three or four MiG engagements...."
(Page 128, The 11 Days of Christmas; Marshall Michel (a well researched, balanced, and great read.)