The US Navy has egg on its face today…at least, we think that’s what it was. After an unnamed, but no doubt severely chastised, pilot at the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Washington State decided to get, shall we say, a bit creative with his contrails as he made his sky loops this week – making the outline of a man’s penis in the sky – the Navy had some ‘splainin’ to do.
And while some residents of nearby Okanogan were amused, others were just plain horrified. The Navy, for its part, was simply publicly contrite.
“The Navy holds its aircrew to the highest standards and we find this absolutely unacceptable, of zero training value and we are holding the crew accountable,” a statement released by the military branch said.
The man’s actions were further presented as being both “unethical” and “immature,” and the Navy assured the listening public that the offending pilot and crew would be taken to task, although they failed to elaborate how.
Public reaction ranged from an angry mom who asked how she would explain the sky drawings to her kids (hey, sex ed has to start somewhere!) to another local who chuckled and described the contrails as “pretty funny.”
“You don’t expect to see something like that,” said one bemused viewer of the pilot’s creative efforts, which were clearly destined to go viral once a few photos hit the internet.
“A grateful nation thanks you for your service,” was the comment which perhaps best summed up the unusual air exercises, which, let’s face it, took some balls to create.
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