Here's the operational one (not exercise or photo op) - Operation Earnest Will convoy escort:

I refreshed Jalopnik.com and saw this just as a F-5 was shooting over my house on approach to Tinker, with my windows open (its 77F here today!). A B-52 or B-1B would have been better given the size and loudness of those things, but I still have the strangest boner at the moment.

Actually, a week ago I had to look it up. ;)

The best thing about his utilitarian design was that it didn't try to have extra frills or marketing nonsense like the BS "technology" they put in every car today. The beauty, as Steve Jobs would say, was that "it just worked."

How is it I've lived this long and never heard that word? It's a third of a goddamned haiku all by itself.

Hell yeah "pulchritudinous". Loved the write up on this. Isn't it amazing how utilitarian design is often what leads to cues of "classic" and "timeless"? He didn't care about the style, and that's why it stands today. If he had, the damn thing would have been abandoned, rebadged, or at least suffered numerous…

People who buy those should have their credit card billed and instead get a sign that says "racist traitor". Since they don't seem to understand that concept.