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Platapus
02-12-11, 06:52 PM
According to the Feb 2011 edition of "Still Serving" which is the retiree news letter, on page 7 there is an article on the new USAF motto.
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win. :shifty:
Dunno what to think about this. :shifty:
I would have preferred something about Air Superiority or Global Response or the like.
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win.
Wadda yall think?
UnderseaLcpl
02-12-11, 07:10 PM
That's a stupid motto. Fly Fight Win?:-? Who would be proud of saying that? Who would say that to begin with? Who do they pay to come up with this stuff? That's almost as bad as "Army of One".
Honestly, I think they'd do better if their motto was just "Air Superiority". It rolls off the tongue nicely and has a nice ring to it if shouted properly.
That's just a benchmark, though. Give me a few hours and I'll come up with some good ideas.
Takeda Shingen
02-12-11, 07:10 PM
Sounds like the chorus to a college football fight song.
CaptainHaplo
02-12-11, 07:26 PM
Sounds like the chorus to a college football fight song.
That it does - and that is its purpose. Who is the target demographic? College age kids....
FIGHT WIN PREVAIL! FIGHT WIN PREVAIL!
Sorry...sorry...old memory kicked in there... :03:
CaptainHaplo
02-12-11, 08:33 PM
Wasn't that off the very first C&C?
Sailor Steve
02-12-11, 09:13 PM
I like the "Aim High" part.
Takeda Shingen
02-12-11, 10:11 PM
What was it before?
Breakfast's at 10.
TLAM Strike
02-12-11, 10:52 PM
The USCG and USMC have the best mottoes in the US Military IMHO.
Mainly because they are still in Latin like they should be.
I think the Navy's motto is also in Latin.
I thought the air force motto was: "Fly planes, Get laid"
TLAM Strike
02-12-11, 11:31 PM
I thought the air force motto was: "Fly planes, Get laid"
No that's the motto of the NFWS. ;)
krashkart
02-12-11, 11:42 PM
http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac127/Springer_Man/B-52Bombing.jpg
When Diplomacy Fails
frau kaleun
02-12-11, 11:54 PM
Breakfast's at 10.
:rotfl2:
Could be better.
Too late, the Royal Navy's already using that one.
bookworm_020
02-13-11, 12:00 AM
Too late, the Royal Navy's already using that one.
I thought their motto was "For sale"
Betonov
02-13-11, 05:08 AM
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win.
sounds like a crappy japaneese cartoon
Schroeder
02-13-11, 05:37 AM
Why would I want to aim high in a combat aircraft???:doh:
Does it make any sense?:hmm2:
goldorak
02-13-11, 05:52 AM
According to the Feb 2011 edition of "Still Serving" which is the retiree news letter, on page 7 there is an article on the new USAF motto.
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win. :shifty:
Dunno what to think about this. :shifty:
I would have preferred something about Air Superiority or Global Response or the like.
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win.
Wadda yall think?
A very lousy motto. Too much new age.
Bring back the cold war era motto "Peace is our profession" backed by thousands of nuclear warheads. :woot:
I thought it was "Less Aircraft than the Navy" or maybe "Can't Hold Ground". :D
Skybird
02-13-11, 08:09 AM
Fly Fight Win - that pretty much sums up what airforcing is about, or not? Just that Aim High preamble is not needed and somewhat messes up the spartanic charm of the line.
Wasn't that off the very first C&C?
:yep::yeah:
nikimcbee
02-13-11, 11:18 AM
well, it could be worse, it could be some outreach program for islamic understanding.:shifty:
UnderseaLcpl
02-13-11, 11:28 AM
As promised, I've come up with a few mottos.
Air Force - Ever Upwards
Air Force - Battlefield Ascendancy
Air Force - A Higher Calling
Air Force - Strength from Above
I know, those aren't the best, but they have to be better than fly-fight-win. That's just pure sink-flounder-fail. Imo, "Aim High" wasn't a bad motto, but it lent itself too readily to derision as a reference to drug use and the inability of Air Force personnel to shoot.
Does anyone else have any serious ideas?
nikimcbee
02-13-11, 11:31 AM
Air Force: Atleast out football team doesn't suck.:haha:
TLAM Strike
02-13-11, 11:46 AM
"Above All" was a good motto, they were using that not to long ago.
What about:
Air Force - Air, Space, Cyberspace.
Takeda Shingen
02-13-11, 11:46 AM
Air Force: Atleast out football team doesn't suck.:haha:
That's true. 9-3 is pretty respectable, even if they are in the lowly Mountain West Conference.
UnderseaLcpl
02-13-11, 11:53 AM
Air Force - Air, Space, Cyberspace.
Not bad as a recruiting motto. Actually, it's pretty good. I'd put that on the cover of recruiting pamhplets. However, it doesn't seem like the kind of thing one would say in the course of conversation. I'd like to find something as successful as "Semper Fi" or "The Few, The Proud".
nikimcbee
02-13-11, 12:05 PM
That's true. 9-3 is pretty respectable, even if they are in the lowly Mountain West Conference.
I believe, out of all of the Services, their football team is the best.
Sailor Steve
02-13-11, 11:21 PM
Air Force, football, Air Force Academy - chain of thought.
Why are the Army and Navy Acadamies referred to by their locations, and the Air Force's by its title. You might go to 'The Military Acadamy', but more likely is 'West Point'. You you might go to 'The Naval Acadamy', but more likely is 'Annapolis'. You do go to the 'Air Force Academy'. Nobody goes to 'Colorado Springs'.
UnderseaLcpl
02-13-11, 11:40 PM
Air Force, football, Air Force Academy - chain of thought.
Why are the Army and Navy Acadamies referred to by their locations, and the Air Force's by its title. You might go to 'The Military Acadamy', but more likely is 'West Point'. You you might go to 'The Naval Acadamy', but more likely is 'Annapolis'. You do go to the 'Air Force Academy'. Nobody goes to 'Colorado Springs'.
It's because the meaning behind "Colorado" Springs brings to mind unpleasant reminders of the nature of the genetalia of Air Force personnel.
CaptainHaplo
02-14-11, 12:00 AM
As much as the new motto sux, maybe they should borrow one from an old Army attack regiment I served with:
The Force Above the Best
Nice little double meaning there when ya think about it.....
Ducimus
02-14-11, 02:17 AM
According to the Feb 2011 edition of "Still Serving" which is the retiree news letter, on page 7 there is an article on the new USAF motto.
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win. :shifty:
Dunno what to think about this. :shifty:
I would have preferred something about Air Superiority or Global Response or the like.
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win.
Wadda yall think?
Typical AF identity crises BS. Considering half, maybe even over half of the AF has nothing to do with planes, this isn't just stupid, it smacks of McPeak stupid.
edit: Problem with the AF is the powers that be insist on abandoning all things traditional. The only tradition the AF has, is change, and LOTS of it. Individual units within the AF can sometimes retain a sense of time honored tradition (See Red Horse), but the branch as a whole does not. That has be one of my biggest beefs with the Air Force as a branch, because I place a high value on tradition.
Above and Beyond?
Transcenderunt?
I always thought it was short sighted to give the Air Force their own branch. It sort of made sense post WW2 with the belief that wars would be fought with nuclear weapons only and that the infantryman was obsolete, but long term they should have remained a part of the Army.
Ducimus
02-14-11, 02:49 PM
Ok... lets try this out......
Lets match this motto:
Aim High Fly-Fight-Win.
With how the AF I know really is:
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Some how it just doesn't fit.
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