{"id":105223,"date":"2020-09-18T16:19:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T20:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=105223"},"modified":"2020-09-18T16:19:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T20:19:55","slug":"happy-birthday-us-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105223","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday US Air Force!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The State Department wishes a happy 73rd birthday to the Air Force! Unfortunately the same clerk who was in charge of the 2012 Democrat National Convention’s Tribute to Veterans was tasked to provide a picture to commemorate the occasion, remember?<\/p>\n

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\nRussian Kara CG with Krivak DDGs<\/p>\n

Oops. Look closely. Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n

State Department Wishes Air Force Happy Birthday With Pic Of Navy’s Blue Angels<\/h3>\n

The embarrassing tweet was one in a long line of fails when it comes to official social media messages featuring military hardware.<\/strong><\/em>
\nBY TYLER ROGOWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Department made an embarrassing error today when it posted a Tweet congratulating the Air Force on its 73rd birthday. It would be a nice gesture under normal circumstances, but not when the photo posted with the message is of the U.S. Navy’s famed flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels. <\/p>\n

The tweet remained on the Department of State’s Twitter page for some time before it was replaced with a more appropriate photo of an F-35A.<\/p>\n

The truth is that these types of social media failures involving military hardware and defense issues, both from government sources and high profile non-government ones, happen often. The latest was a Trump Campaign fundraiser graphic that featured Russian-built MiG-29s instead of American fighter aircraft with a call to donors to “support our troops.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Heh. Ship and aircraft recognition was a basic skill taught to all Navy and Marine fliers, and was part of a pre-deployment OPEVAL each squadron underwent. One would think such a basic act of public media would be correctly displayed, to avoid unnecessary embarrassment if for no other reason. But no, it is far too difficult to discern between Blue and Gold F\/A-18s and Red White and Blue F-16s. At least State didn’t completely goon it up and display a pic of the Army’s Flight Demonstration Team. Difficult even for them, as it doesn’t actually exist.
\n*grin*
\nSo Happy Birthday, Air Force! Read the entire article here: The Drive<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, Poe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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