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Ok but does your communist utopia give out giant dumbass swords as military awards for the.... airforce? (thelemmy.club)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Sword_(United_States)

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[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 46 points 1 week ago

This is quite possibly the least cool thing to ever exist

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

I can't get over the fact it's the airforce like shouldn't it be something AIR related? Why a sword for the airforce? It's an extremely ground-based weapon.

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

Yeah, everyone knows pegasus knights use lances.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

This is the ceremony to mark the class promotion, unlocking swords and staves.

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Back in Nineteen Dickety-Two, the US tried to assassinate the Kaiser by dropping a comically large sword on him from a biplane. It landed on a nearby civilian zeppelin factory a mere 200 kilometers away, and the sparks caused by the sword scraping against metal ignited the hydrogen in the factory and killed 300 people, including 40 school children visiting on a school trip and dozens of paramedics. This was considered a huge success and became the doctrine for the US Air Force for the next hundred years.