Navy delivers air graffiti apology
cacti35 sends a link to the story of the Navy’s apology for the artwork that a crew drew on the sky over Okanogan schools;
“The U.S. Navy owes you, your parents and your students an apology for the unacceptable, obscene contrails that were created by one of my aircraft on November 16th,” U.S. Navy Vice Admiral T.M. Shoemaker wrote to Okanogan Superintendent Richard Johnson. “I want to reassure you that this behavior is antithetical to our Navy’s core values — it’s not who we are and we absolutely do not condone this uncharacteristic behavior.”
Johnson requested a written apology for the skywriting in the shape of male genitalia drawn in the sky above Omak and Okanogan. The image was fully visible above the school playgrounds.
His request was echoed by Omak Superintendent Erik Swanson and North Central Educational Service District Superintendent Michelle Price.
Johnson said he “fully accepted” the apology.
For some reason, cacti35 thought it was funny that the apology was sent to Superintendent Richard Johnson.
I don’t get it.
Category: Navy
I bet this stunt did more for Naval Aviation since a certain movie came out in the mid-80’s.
See, I didn’t say it this time Mick.
Thank you, Atkron; much appreciated!
I hate that certain movie that came out in the mid-80’s.
Me too
Me three
Somewhere near the Danger Zone, Mick?
*grin*
WTF? You called me out last time!
Damn AW’s
😉
jesus..you had to go there didn’t you, maverick
OK, AW1Ed, you asked for it (and it fits in nicely with most of the comments on this thread, too):
Slider: Goose, whose butt did you kiss to get in here anyway?
Goose: The list is long, but distinguished.
Slider: Yeah, well so is my Johnson.
So is the Pilot’s new call sign “Top Cock”?
Oscar Myer?
Sky Dong?
I gotta go with “Superintendent Dick Johnson”.
It’s a little long for a helmet though….
Long Duk Dong (GONG)?
callsign: boner
Woody
Hack is still waiting for the release of the film about Marine Corps Ground Radio Repairmen (2841’s) going to 29 Palms to attend the Ground Radio Technician Course (2861). Working title is Top Soldering Gun
My son, a Marine F/A-18 WSO, told me that all the aviators made fun of “that movie” but they all admitted that seeing it when they were kids was a strong incentive to want to fly Navy.
‘Superintendent Richard Johnson’
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
KA-BOOM!!!
Hehe. Nah, he didn’t get any shit about that while growing up!
My fifth Grade teacher’s name was Mr. Little.
His first name? Dick
Plenty of giggles and smirks was had all year long.
I accidently clicked on “report comment” here. Please disregard…..sorry
This whole conversation should be reported!
One would think he would have stuck to “Richard” Little just to avoid all that juvenile hillarity. You would think that would occur to him every time he had to write his name, last name first.
Good friend’s late husband’s name was Richard Handler.
I went to school with Arther Wang. Yes, he had a brother named Richard.
I once worked a kitchen where one of the servers was named Jennifer Blow. All the tickets came into the kitchen headed with the servers last name, first initial.
‘reminds me of a very pregnant French teacher I had who lectured us on the proper use of the term bonne heure (pronounced bone-er)
…Except that’s not how you pronounce it. Lord knows I took enough French to learn that. 🙂
Former House Majority Leader Boehner’s name, on the other hand, is pronounced “bone-er.” True story. 🙂
A buddy of mine on the police force was named Mike Hunt.
Had a Sgt at Bragg with that name. He fit it, too
Back in my Army days, my Bn. Commander at 1/68 Armor in Germany was named Mike Hawk.
Basic training, Ft Jackson, C 1/34. OCT – DEC 87. 2nd PLT had a PVT Hardick. Drills preferred to call him “soft Peter”.
ALMOST as bad as:
Hugh Jeballs, Harry P. Ness or Hugh Jepeeness!
My Sgt Major at MALS 12 in 1990 was Sgt Major Gentalial. We were only allowed to call him Sgt Major G.
Man it was hard not to bust a gut during the meritorious corporal board.
Sgt Major Gentalia.
Fat fingered it.
Careful, you could be accused of sexual assault.
There is a NH politician named Dick Swett.
My dad was a surgeon and one of his friends is a urologist named. . .
Dr. Hurt.
Not sure I’d want Dr. Hurt going toward my junk, but at least his first name wasn’t Richard.
After he flipped on the AWB legislation the prevailing bumber sticker in NH was.
“See Dick Swett”.
Now that an apology has been issued, when do the sensitivity training PowerPoint presentations start for all the enlisted aircraft maintainers at NAS Whidbey Island?
Oh, like Tailhook.
I remember having to sit through eight hours of that aftermath at the NAS Cecil Field Galley…while our Squadron Zero’s did whatever it is Zeros do while not being at mandatory training for All Hands.
Wine and cheese party?
We got dismissed from an “all hands, no excuses” wing commander’s call a tad ahead of schedule once. Next event was our squadron commander’s call. We walked into the fire station and caught all our squadron’s officers around the poker table eating cheese with some wine.
I don’t know what was funny about the apology either …
Can someone explain?
The apology, for the sky drawing of dick and balls, was sent to Superintendent Richard Johnson. Johnson is one of the many nicknames for a dick. “Rich” is short for “Richard”. Taking “super” from “superintendent”, “Rich” from “Richard”, you get the renamed, “Super rich Johnson”… a potential nickname for a boner.
It’s possible that officially, action was taken, in the Navy, related to that specific sky art. But, within their circles, they must have thought that it was funny… Sending it to Superintendent Richard Johnson fit both, protocol and a dark sense of humor.
Then you take the “fully accepted”, as in “Johnson” is “fully accepted.
Thank you for netting it out!
These are very trying times and the people need to know the details!
Another nickname for Richard is Dick.
…Just sayin’…
As in Richard “the Dick” Blumenthal
I’ll just leave this here.
Too bad it wasn’t Superintendant Biggus Dickus.
His wife was unavailable for comment
He has a wife, you know. You know what she’s called? She’s called ‘Incontinentia’. Incontinentia Buttocks
I’ll just leave this here . . . . (smile)
We had a school superintendent named Robert Butt.
SO… if he was getting all freaky with da missus, you could say he was “DOIN DA BUTT”
I’ve had enough of this wowdy webel sniggewing behaviour. Silence! Call yourselves Pwaetowian guards? You’re not– Seize him! Seize him! Blow your noses and seize him!
It was reported by unnamed sources that the Air Force, in a classy gesture, followed up with an invitation to tour their facilities at Seymour Johnson AFB.
http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/
Now that’s some funny sh*t!!
I have never heard what the guy who flew Momsen up to New England to rescue the survivors of sunken a submarine did to get an airbase named after him.
I go by there a couple of times a day.
I don’t get it, leftard proglodytes parade around in vagina costumes but ONE PILOT draws a prick in the sky and everybody goes batshit crazy.
They were on duty (and thus getting paid for it)? They were burning Uncle Sam’s jet fuel to do it and using Uncle’s shiny flying thingy to do it? It was really in your face?
On duty?
If they were on an authorized flight, logging hours anyway…BFD
No big deal to me, I still think it looks more like an Arby’s logo!
It look like a Kingsley Gangley Wrench to me.
Difficult to find, but if found could fix just about anything.
As an aviator with almost fifty years on my ticket, I have to say that what we have here is a standard rate turn holding pattern into a lazy eight. Both maneuvers are legitimate loitering techniques. The pilot can’t help it if some church lady on the ground has a dirty mind.
Just look at stars in the heavens.
People been seeing things for ages.
I guess I’ll save the stories of our aircraft flying to Maine with Blivets for Lobsters…or the Drag Races from NAS Cecil Field to NAS key West in full burner…(it was a 15 minute flight btw) because you might get apoplectic.
Hey, all good hours. DFW…or as we called it, Dedicated Fuel Waste.
Had to use it up, or lose it next quarter.
My pa used to tell me stories of pallets of San Miguel stacked in the bays of B-52s returning to March AFB from the Phillipines. Made it easy to jettison in case customs was waiting. IIRC they dumped a load off Santa Barbara sometime in 67.
I prefer Red Horse!
I heard a similar story in Loadmaster School back in the early 70s. A pilot’s new Mercedes-Benz was loaded onto a C-141 in Germany, then had to be jettisoned because customs got wind of it and was waiting for him to land. I think the story was told in the POI covering “emergency jettison plan.”
Oh … and back then — in order to keep the students awake — the instructor flashed Playboy photos between the “school approved” slides.
The good old days®™© (last century!)
JSF
I can neither confirm nor deny the veracity of the story that someone in a particular signal unit had a habit of photocopying a centerfold, then reinserting said copy into the copier randomly, just prior to printing out BN OPORDS. Nor can I provide info on the term “Porn Bomb”.
Q: How many lesbians does it take to change a light blub?
A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY.
I always thought all lesbians looked alike because of how much they always rub off on each other!
😀
Who cares?
Who’d want to see one in the light?
Pilot Prankster Level Achieved: Grand Master
+1
Should have said it was a homage to The Duke. Who argues with John Wayne?
“It’s ten-gallon hat, sir.”
Maybe Arby’s should run a buy-one-get-one-free special.
That ain’t Horsey Sauce.
Neptunus Lex (AKA Carroll Lefon) once told the story of a naval aviator by the name of Seaman who was awarded the call sign SPERM. During air maneuvers one afternoon someone announced that Seaman had taken the lead: “I have SPERM on my nose.” Hilary ensued. His call sign was then changed to SPURT, but apparently the wives club didn’t approve, so he was finally awarded the call sign SPORT.
Blast it, that was “hilarity,” NOT “Hilary!”
The kids probably got a good laugh out of it.
Fox Business just ran a story about a German pilot, who’s radar track over Germany looked like a Christmas Tree.
No word if they will apologize to offended folks.
I say Navy wins on audacity points.
Having spent time doing fiber optic testing through the Omak and Okanogan areas and spending nights in local motels and eating in local diners, I don’t see what their gripe is. If you spent time there the first thing you think and here in your head is the, “Deliverance” theme. I would have thought the community’s first thoughts would have been about their cousins and sisters. The Georgia swamps of the Northwest.
After contemplating this very carefully since it was first reported, I can still say that I just don’t care. A guy makes creative use of ambient conditions such that he does some aerial drawing. Much like the kids game of imagining what clouds look like, the drawing is different things to different people. That’s should be a good thing.
The folks who wish to make something of it owe the rest of us an apology. The Navy certainly doesn’t, and makes itself look very silly by issuing one.
Any body can see it’s a ten gallon hat. Come on people just look at it…..