DoD photo by Dennis Rogers, Air Force
I always get a kick out of these pictures. This one is particularly magnificent as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over while newly commissioned second lieutenants throw their hats into the air after graduating at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. How do they get those hats to fly so high? They must have jet propulsion. Having been an enlisted man and non-commissioned officer — in the Navy of course — I also have to ask: Who picks up all those hats and make sure they get back to the right person? I bet it is some lowly E-2 or E-3, probably restricted to base and pulling extra duty compliments of an Article 16. Oh well, live and learn lad.