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Judi Lynn

(160,450 posts)
Fri May 31, 2019, 03:30 AM May 2019

'Sky Penis' Accidentally Created By Air Force F-35s, Controversial Photo Goes Viral


By Pritha Paul
@ZiggyZina143

05/31/19 AT 1:21 AM

he 56th Fighter Wing pilots of Luke Air Force Base in Arizona were flying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters during a training exercise Tuesday when they accidentally created a pattern in the sky that resembled a penis.

After photos of the obscene design began circulating online and among the Air Force pilot community, a Luke spokeswoman clarified, in a statement to Air Force Times, that officials looked into the matter and drawing a phallic symbol wasn’t the intention of the pilots who participated in the training session.

“We’ve seen the photos that have been circulating online from Tuesday afternoon. 56th Fighter Wing senior leadership reviewed the training tapes from the flight and confirmed that F-35s conducting standard fighter training maneuvers Tuesday afternoon in the Gladden and Bagdad military operating airspace resulted in the creation of the contrails. There was no nefarious or inappropriate behavior during the training flight,” Rebecca Heyse, chief of public affairs for the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke, said in a statement.

So how did the fighter jets end up creating a “sky penis”? Heyse explained that a total of six F-35s took part in the dogfighting drill, in which a four-ship “red air” aggressor team was pitted against a two-ship "blue" team. After making the contrails in an attempt to fight the four-ship, the blue team was told to hold off, which caused them to hook as they sought to reposition themselves.

More:
https://www.ibtimes.com/sky-penis-accidentally-created-air-force-f-35s-controversial-photo-goes-viral-2796596
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'Sky Penis' Accidentally Created By Air Force F-35s, Controversial Photo Goes Viral (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2019 OP
this crap again? 912gdm May 2019 #1
I looked at the picture. murielm99 May 2019 #2
That picture doesn't resemble any body part that I have ever seen, thankfully. Arkansas Granny May 2019 #5
'Sky Penis' - new action hero? dchill May 2019 #3
Oh No! Squiggly lines in the sky that vaguely resemble two circles and an U! Stop the presses! DetlefK May 2019 #4
This is why I've always said that female fighter pilots are more skilled maxrandb May 2019 #6
Looks like a mushroom Mendocino May 2019 #7
Oh, fer cryin' out loud Bettie May 2019 #8
Mine's bigger. LuckyCharms May 2019 #9

dchill

(38,444 posts)
3. 'Sky Penis' - new action hero?
Fri May 31, 2019, 03:59 AM
May 2019

Airborne porn star? Both? Seems like a REALLY important question! MSM will be all over it!

maxrandb

(15,296 posts)
6. This is why I've always said that female fighter pilots are more skilled
Fri May 31, 2019, 07:45 AM
May 2019

When they want to act like assholes, they have to create a Sky Vulva.

Bettie

(16,073 posts)
8. Oh, fer cryin' out loud
Fri May 31, 2019, 09:06 AM
May 2019

THIS is what people decide to flip out over?

And it doesn't look like a penis. At all.

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