Most females (in fact males too) don’t have so many unique life experiences like you’ve had. It was a comp, silly.
Dude it's one of the most awesome things ever just to witness. I can only imagine being in the cockpit. I'm so jealous of those dudes and lesbians. Didn't everyone dream of being a fighter pilot. I still do.
A few years ago I was in Virginia Beach for a couple of months. The hotel was in the flight path of the jets taking off and landing at the Oceana Naval Air Station. You could hear a plane overhead every 30 seconds 24 hours a day.
But not pieces. Ever been to Ft Carson? I'm not sure if it is still there but I believe back in the 80s a mechanic wanted to order a part for a jeep. He fat fingered a single digit in the NSN and ended up with a battleship anchor. It used to sit at the front gate. What is remarkable is how no one in the system figured out there isn't a body of water large enough to put a battleship in yet still sent the anchor from Pensacola.
I used to occasionally play golf at the course at Ft. Carson. I don't recall seeing the anchor. I spent most of my AF career in Logistics. I can see how that would happen.
