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2019-02-13 Home Front: WoT

First female Viper demo team pilot relieved of command after two weeks

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Posted by Frank G 2019-02-13 09:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 What? You mean you are not going to follow the Navy's program of awaiting a disaster before acting?

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-02-13 09:42|| 2019-02-13 09:42|| Front Page Top

#2 I recommend Alaska Paul be put on orders until a suitable permanent replacement can be found.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-13 09:45|| 2019-02-13 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 On the job for 2 weeks then gone?

Must have been some serious (and un-PC) disruption leading up to her, assumably, "lateral" move to a non-supervisory role.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2019-02-13 10:37|| 2019-02-13 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 For the military to remove a waaamon from a historic role that quickly, she must have really fucked up. Like fucking the commander's under age son/daughter.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-02-13 10:50|| 2019-02-13 10:50|| Front Page Top

#5 DUI on the way home from her change of command would do it...

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-02-13 12:28|| 2019-02-13 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Turns out she doesn't know how to fly?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-02-13 12:43|| 2019-02-13 12:43|| Front Page Top

#7 ...20FW and the 55FS (CAPT Kotnik's home unit) were my last assignment in the USAF before I retired. Not at ALL sure what happened here, but I am suspecting that there was a near-miss of some kind and she tried to cover it up. There's no mention of any UCMJ procedures pending, and no indication of anybody else on Viper East being yanked out, which you'd see if there was a zipper failure. It's a shame; she had a hell of a career ahead of her.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-02-13 17:15|| 2019-02-13 17:15|| Front Page Top

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