The strange fighter pilot ways might not make sense to most people, but they make sense to them. The fighter pilot culture is rich with tradition, too. They are a “bro network” and, above all, family men. In the military, specifically the Air Force, fighter pilots stereotypically seem slightly immature and completely obsessed with what they do. If you ask my husband about his job, he’ll likely resemble a two year-old telling you he flies fighter jets. The piece, originally posted to Unwritten, is shared here with her permission… That’s why when we came across this touching blog by Kayla Balserak reflecting on her marriage to an Air Force fighter pilot, we felt it nicely complements our message. L ast Christmas, during an episode on The Home Front which featured the host and co-host’s wives, our podcast listeners learned that by ‘people’ we don’t simply mean the steely-eyed warriors who willingly risk their lives for a cause larger than themselves–we also mean the service member’s spouse and children. While fighter jets, aircraft carriers, and missiles and bombs are cool, they are all just ‘things’–bits of metal, carbon fiber, silicon and high explosives arranged in meaningful ways, but helpless without the involvement of informed men and women. Here at BVR Productions, we frequently bill the Fighter Pilot Podcast as the “internet radio show that explores the fascinating world of air combat: the aircraft, the weapons system, and–most importantly–the people.”
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