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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'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 wasnt the intention of the pilots who participated in the training session.
Weve 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.
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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
That picture doesn't resemble any body part that I have ever seen, thankfully.
Arkansas Granny
May 2019
#5
912gdm
(959 posts)1. this crap again?
pilots sometimes make funny flight paths..
murielm99
(30,717 posts)2. I looked at the picture.
I think you need a vivid imagination to see a penis there. Yawn.
Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)5. That picture doesn't resemble any body part that I have ever seen, thankfully.
dchill
(38,444 posts)3. 'Sky Penis' - new action hero?
Airborne porn star? Both? Seems like a REALLY important question! MSM will be all over it!
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)4. Oh No! Squiggly lines in the sky that vaguely resemble two circles and an U! Stop the presses!
maxrandb
(15,296 posts)6. This is why I've always said that female fighter pilots are more skilled
When they want to act like assholes, they have to create a Sky Vulva.
Mendocino
(7,482 posts)7. Looks like a mushroom
Bettie
(16,073 posts)8. Oh, fer cryin' out loud
THIS is what people decide to flip out over?
And it doesn't look like a penis. At all.
LuckyCharms
(17,413 posts)9. Mine's bigger.