So that’s what it was for!

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[carl]

Can you imagine how much crap the fighter pilot got from his buddies on shooting down an unarmed balloon!!
Think his crew chief will paint a balloon on the side of his fighter?

 

[Jefco]

The first shoot-down off South Carolina was by a plane from the 1st TFW, Langley Va., and has a better than even chance of being from the 94th FS, a unit that has a history going back to WW1; Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker chose their emblem, that they still use today.


So he'd be from a unit with a long heritage of balloon busting.

 

[Stuartc]

It’s just a weather balloon collecting barometric pressure