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Air Force Pilot, Politician is “Crushworthy”

CNN repeated Politico’s “10 Crushworthy New Reps,” referring to the incoming members of the US House of Representatives.  Among them is Air National Guard KC-135 pilot Adam Kinzinger:

Why he’s crushworthy: He’s heroic. He won the U.S. Air Force Airman’s Medal for saving a woman’s life in 2007. Plus, we’ll say it: He’s handsome. A pilot and an Iraq war veteran, Kinzinger, in aviators and a flight suit, conjures up memories of Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’ — which isn’t a bad thing!

Not exactly the kind of thing you want posted on the squadron bulletin board.  But if your new job is in the US Capitol building, you’ll probably handle it just fine.

Civilian Dan Choi Protests in Uniform, Again

According to news reports, former Army Lt Dan Choi (once again) chained himself to the White House perimeter fence, resulting in arrest by the park police.  Rather than walking away in cuffs, he apparently chose to “go limp.”  Last time Choi did the same thing he was actually still an officer in the Army.

Choi was discharged last summer under DADT, and he recently tried to re-enlist during the 8-day injunction of the law banning homosexuals from serving in the military.

The next time Choi tries to sign up with the military, it should show him the door, regardless of the status of DADT.  He apparently lacks the strength of character to Read more

Muslim Soldier Recommended for Discharge as CO

According to a local news station, PFC Naser Abdo has been recommended for honorable discharge five months after seeking status as a conscientious objector.

Abdo had previously been called a “traitor” by the American Islamic Forum for Democracy for seeking CO status while opposing only US military operations, not war in general.

As noted earlier, a Christian Ensign has sued the Navy with the help of the ACLU for not getting CO status, despite declaring himself a pacifist.

FRC Criticizes Soon-to-be-Released DADT Survey

A few months after advocates for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” criticized the Defense Department’s survey as biased against homosexuals, the Family Research Council has also openly criticized the same survey from the opposite side of the issue.

One of the FRC’s main criticisms is that the Department of Defense never asked members or their families (the two survey groups) if DADT should be repealed.  From the beginning, military leadership has emphasized the survey presumed it would be.

Recently, news reports “leaked” the “results” that the survey

found that most U.S. troops and their families don’t care whether gays are allowed to serve openly and think the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” could be done away with…

As the FRC report notes, the surveys asked no such questions.  However, it is possible to arrive at that conclusion by, as the FRC says, “manipulating” Read more

A Civilian City and “Military Religious Flags”

The North Carolina city of King has been in the news over the past few months over its decision to remove a Christian flag from a veteran’s memorial — after a threat of financial ruin from the ACLU.  Local citizens subsequently raised their own Christian flag, and then stood guard over it 24/7.

King officials, with pro bono assistance from the Alliance Defense Fund, recently voted to reinstate the memorial…sort of:  Read more

Holloman Centrifuge Spins to a Stop

As of October 27th, the US Air Force centrifuge at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, has ceased operations.

The closure was a result of BRAC; a replacement centrifuge is being built at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.  Until it opens in 2012, aircrew will use the contractor-run centrifuge at the former Brooks AFB in Texas.

The centrifuge will continue to be a “rite of passage” for fighter pilots in both the US and many international air forces.

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