A newbies impression of the 109 and spit

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Fighter pilots are by definition "Cool"

Ahh not really. Most of them I have seen are pissing their pants on the ground when we get to em.

I did that for much of the first gulf war air campaign. They might be something in a plane but out of it, they were not impressive.

Even less impressive are the ones screaming like a little girl on the radio that ground fire is targeting them, shooting for heavens....especially when lives depend on their getting some bombs on target.

Of course, we where on the ground and the only tracer he saw was that going back and forth between us and the enemy.

AWACs finally ordered that guy off station on his third time coming down to ID targets and fleeing the scene and screaming each time.

One of our European allies, too.