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minus-squareDemdaru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up96arrow-down2·1年前I’ve read about it and iirc, it’s wasn’t even official mission. It was just pilots goofing off and dropping a training bomb, without command approval.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·1年前They had training missions into enemy territory with fake ordinance?
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1年前More like they had access to training bombs and planes, and frequently flew over enemy territory, so they put those things together and got a mad prank out of it.
minus-squareDemdaru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1年前Eeeyup! And IIRC consequences back at base but eh, worth it.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1年前And did their CO ever do anything that landed him in the history books besides yelling at them for this historical prank? You are welcome, sir.
minus-squarePirateJesus@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-21年前I was about to ask. I’d hope command didn’t risk a pilot’s life to reveal strategic intel.
I’ve read about it and iirc, it’s wasn’t even official mission. It was just pilots goofing off and dropping a training bomb, without command approval.
They had training missions into enemy territory with fake ordinance?
More like they had access to training bombs and planes, and frequently flew over enemy territory, so they put those things together and got a mad prank out of it.
Eeeyup! And IIRC consequences back at base but eh, worth it.
And did their CO ever do anything that landed him in the history books besides yelling at them for this historical prank? You are welcome, sir.
I was about to ask. I’d hope command didn’t risk a pilot’s life to reveal strategic intel.
Where did you read about it?