Libyan ace Al-Obedi killed in Benghazi

Sailor Steve · 07-06-16, 02:56 PM

Sad loss, but I do have one complaint against the reporting, and that is the use of the word "ace". There is only one circumstance for that term to be used for a pilot, and that is when he has shot down five or more of his enemies. This is not meant to slight Major Al-Obedi, who by all reports was a great pilot, but did he fulfill the requirement for that term?

It's like when reporters call a destroyer a "battleship". It happens a lot, but it doesn't make it so.

07-06-16, 02:56 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sad loss, but I do have one complaint against the reporting, and that is the use of the word "ace". There is only one circumstance for that term to be used for a pilot, and that is when he has shot down five or more of his enemies. This is not meant to slight Major Al-Obedi, who by all reports was a great pilot, but did he fulfill the requirement for that term? It's like when reporters call a destroyer a "battleship". It happens a lot, but it doesn't make it so. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo