Happy birthday to the U.S. Air Force. 73 years old today.

[Bodhisattva]

Born on September 18, 1947 when President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act, separating the United States Air Force from the United States Army and establishing a new branch of service.

 

[92tide]

my brother retired from the air force as a major in 2018

 

[Bodhisattva]

my brother retired from the air force as a major in 2018

That's a nice accomplishment. How long did he serve?

 

[92tide]

That's a nice accomplishment. How long did he serve?

he got out right at 20 years. i think the last few after he stopped deploying were in reserves as he was working as an agent for ncis and then gsa at the time. he was bouncing around so much, it was getting hard to keep up with who he was working for. he thought about staying in longer, but had a daughter in 2017 and decided he didn't want to mess with it anymore and pulled the plug. he's still with the feds, based in idaho now.

 

[Bodhisattva]

My former next door neighbor in Virginia was in the Air Force. Got out as a captain (but I'm not sure how long he was in) and they bought a bunch of acreage in Culpepper, VA. Bumped in to him a year or so later on the VRE. He was working as a civilian employee with the feds. I asked if this was still with the Air Force. He replied, "Kind of. But as bureaucrats, we refer to it as the Chair Force."

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Born on September 18, 1947 when President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act, separating the United States Air Force from the United States Army and establishing a new branch of service.

Not doing bad for a spry 73-year old, is she?

I did 12 years and got out medical.

 

[Bhammer]

Off we go, into the wild blue yonder....

 

[Relayer]

USAF !