I bet that helicopter pilot was some ex-Navy F-14 pilot who liked to buzz the tower and risked his taxpayer-owned jet to save his wingman after an encounter with MiG 28s.

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hermitcrab 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I remember going to a talk on Antarctica where someone said that other nationalities would go and salvage stuff from the trash heap outside the US base at McMurdo. This was some years ago. I assume things have improved since then?

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dotancohen an hour ago | parent [-]

I have no idea, never been there. I was referencing Maverick from Top Gun being threatened with flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit.

	▲	hermitcrab an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, posted to the wrong child thread.