re: #38 austin_blue

I got commissioned in 1978 as a shavetail butter bar in the USAF, and I will vouch for this.

When I got to K.I.Sawyer (aka K.I. Siberia AFB) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1980 flying Big Ugly Fat Fuckers for SAC, the first thing I noticed in the Alert Shack was that there were a BUNCH of prayer meetings/bible readings going on most nights. And almost all of the attendees were AF Academy grads (Zoomies).

It got worse as time went on. When I got the opportunity to cross train into Tankers in ‘82, I jumped at it because the bomber crews got to go anywhere. But the Tanker crews were even more into Jeebus.

And they came after me like I was fresh meat. I had one pilot, a Zoomie Evangelical from Minnesota, who told me my Performance Review would depend on my love of the Lord. I offered to break his nose, given that our job was to assist in the killing of as many Russkies and eastern Europeans as we possibly could and any true follower of Jesus would never work for SAC.

This shut him up, but I didn’t extend my commission. I loved flying jets, but I hated the AF.

I remember articles from years ago that there was a serious problem within the AF and its support of religious zealots. The Air Force Academy was apparently notorious for religious intolerance.