{"id":40314,"date":"2017-03-24T00:25:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=40314"},"modified":"2017-03-24T01:12:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T04:12:12","slug":"the-cross-and-the-fighter-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/24\/the-cross-and-the-fighter-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cross and the Fighter Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40315\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>At Osan Air Base, Korea, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osan.af.mil\/News\/tabid\/3947\/Article\/640453\/airman-spotlight-ssgt-mario-tomasello.aspx\">SSgt Mario Tomasello<\/a> stands in front of the 36th Fighter Squadron &#8220;Flying Fiends&#8221; patch board, where fighter pilots leave their nametags as they move on to other assignments.<\/p>\n<p>In the background, note\u00a0a nametag is inverted:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40316\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings2.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings2-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings2-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40318 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wingsinverted-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wingsinverted-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wingsinverted.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a fighter pilot tradition.\u00a0 The inverted wings on these boards belong to the alumni of the unit who have died.\u00a0 The bond is strong: This particular fighter pilot was killed several years after he left the 36FS, but he was commemorated by those there nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another couple of\u00a0somewhat unusual nametags in the background:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40317\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings3.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings3-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pilotwings3-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40319 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wingscross-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wingscross-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wingscross-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wingscross.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Don&#8217;t see that everyday, do you?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Osan Air Base, Korea, SSgt Mario Tomasello stands in front of the 36th Fighter Squadron &#8220;Flying Fiends&#8221; 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