Originally Posted by
Mink
Sadly, that is where you are mistaken. Media brownie points (or demerits, in this case) are what it's all about anymore.
With two wars on, Iran and North Korea entering the nuke club, and a host of other global security issues knocking at our door, DoD should have more important things to worry themselves over than aviators' callsigns.
But no...
Mink (retired Naval Aviator)
With our media being an intellegence resource for other countries, I would think our leadership would want these non-friendly countries to think our front line fighters are a bunch of caged animals waiting to be loosed on a quarry.
I really get tired of other people trying to tell me how I should behave.