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Naval Aviators Draw Giant Sky Penis Pointed at Russian Military Base
But a spokesperson assures us it was totally an accident...
November 07 2022 9:30 AM EST
November 07 2022 2:01 PM EST
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But a spokesperson assures us it was totally an accident...
A U.S. Air Force tanker plane drew a giant penis pointing at a Russian military installation in Syria recently, but a military spokesperson said the pilots of the plane totally didn’t mean anything by their actions.
The KC-135 was in an orbital flight path over the Mediterranean as it waited to refuel other planes when it made the suggestive flight path that was captured by the plane-tracking website Flightradar24.
“At this time, we do not believe the crew acted inappropriately,” an Air Force spokesperson said in a statement to Military.com.
\u201cA US military plane "painted a penis" in the sky near a Russian airbase, La Repubblica.\n\n A KC-135 Stratotanker refueling plane remained for almost two hours east of Cyprus on Tuesday, in front of the Syrian base of Tartus, a stronghold of Moscow.\n\n\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\u201d— MAKS 22\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@MAKS 22\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1667409840
The spokesperson noted the aircraft was executing a “refueling orbit consistent with requirements that met the needs of receiver aircraft.”
Observant folks on social media immediately came to their own conclusions as regarding the plane’s phallic radar renderings.
“Someone gave that pilot ‘the shaft’ so to speak,” laughed on commenter.
\u201cSomeone gave that pilot the \u201cshaft\u201d so to speak. \ud83d\ude02\ud83c\udf46\u201d— John Foltz (@John Foltz) 1667835396
If the pilots did have an ulterior motive with the penile flight path, they would not be the first to fly a suggestive track.
In 2017, Military.com reported Navy aviators used an EA-18G Growler to draw genitals in the sky near Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. The pair were punished for their penile antics, but remained as aviators.
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Managing Editor at OutTraveler. Also write for Out, The Advocate, and Plus magazines.