Im sure you remember the Navy’s epic sky dick drawn by the magnificent pilots of the F18 Growlers awhile back. Well, not to be outdone by their brothers the Marines took to the skies to leave their mark in the clouds… well Radar. And of course, with any sort of morale that may come there is now an investigation.
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According to the MarineCorpsTimes high over the Mad Max-ian wasteland that is California’s Salton Sea, a T-34C aircraft belonging to the Miramar-based Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing appeared to be in a holding pattern, looping effortlessly over the San Andreas Fault-based rift lake before continuing on its merry way toward Palm Springs International Airport.
As Claude Monet applied soft, surgically meticulous brush strokes to his iconic paintings, so did the pilot of the T-34C deftly weave the aircraft through the sky, cutting like a knife through hot butter to reveal their atmospheric tour de force.
Radar readings first picked up the masterpiece — a sky penis, appearing to nestle over the ancient salt deposits of the Salton Sea, in the bosom of the Chocolate Mountains.
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As mentioned earlier this may come with a price Maj. Josef Patterson, a spokesman for the wing, confirmed the aircraft was part of the squadron and was quoted, “We’ve launched an investigation of the irregular and inappropriate flight pattern”
However, there is hope. The naval aviators responsible for Decembers sky penis got to keep there positions as aviators. SkyKing would be proud!
