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This is quite possibly the least cool thing to ever exist
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.
Yeah, everyone knows pegasus knights use lances.
This is the ceremony to mark the class promotion, unlocking swords and staves.
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.
Rods from god weeb edition
Airmen are Flying Knights?
Swords are elementally air in occult stuff, associated with breathing and thinking.
Mom, I wish you were there! I got to carry the BIG SWORD!
Looks like 
got into the stage PROPs again!
Couldn't they put at least some creativity into this? It just looks like a generic sword.
This is what I came up with in 2 minutes: 
Someone should make communist sword design next.
Meanwhile in Korea:
Damn that's a shiny rifle
Yeah, the picture is a bit blurry, but you can also see they've put engravings on it too not just the shine. I don't know if there's any photos avaiable that'd allow closer inspection of the craftsmanship.
I imagine it's a less durable finish (and more work) than the usual gunmetal grey but it sure looks cool.
Anime ass sword
anime ass name
General McNabb
General Hobbins
General Looney (am I even allowed to say that on here?)
General Looney
Nepo baby, Buggs and Daffy's affair child: check. Invincible outside of The Dip from Who Framed Roger Rabbit: check. Got a cushy job lined up at ACME: Check.
The sword genuinely looks like it could be the art for a 2-bit equip spell from old Yugioh
Bleak
Oh lmao I thought it was gonna be the one where a boot fights a lava monster
Marine ads can be so weird. A great touch is the music. It sounds like the intro theme to the world's worst sports show.
Ok anyone who joined the marines after seeing that has no defense.
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Remember this was an actual marine recruitment ad.
I never saw that before. How strange. I know when I think of jarheads the first thing that comes to mind is... chess?
Someone in the video comments pointed out that Marine at the end of the commercial is currently a US Representative in the House
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So. wait. This thing can either be an award given to some unit, or it can be the airforce buying itself a sword because they think they did well. And the sword design isn't even standardised so half of them are some fucking anime bullshit
We talk a lot about how Reddit is full of air force personnel but not enough about how this means that the air force is full of redditors.
Looks straight out of Thunder Cats
I would request they make mine look like the buster sword from FF7
Best they can do is Frostmourne, but vaguely racist for some reason
At least they could make the argument that the sword was used by Cloud
Lol it's just a fancy "world's best boss" mug. Recipients are selected by the enlisted members of the Air Force and all the winners have been officers.
does the blade wobble as they walk?
If it does it has to make a loud weeeeoooo wooooeee metal wobble noise like the Foley artists used to use for Sci Fi noises
What is this, a rerun of Lost in Space? Weeeooooo oh no it’s just cadet Theodore trying to carry the Airplane Knife
Does your sword hang low does it wobble to and fro
Why isn't it a cool gunsword instead of a plastic Cloud Strife knockoff
Because this one is referencing Cecil's dark knight sword from FF4. It is recognizing the accomplishment of an airship captain releasing bombs on a village full of children.
Kinda surprised that Hegseth hasn't demanded one.
give 'em one of those bicycle size-pulse jets instead
Are they spending that trillion on making a real life Gundam?
Nm it's just a fancy lumbar support mod for their chair.
That is some peak mall ninja shit right there.
Lego
in my communist utopia the fighter jets come standard with a laser sword arm
Is this Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega-Genesis?
I thought it was goofy how the navy uses sabres and cutlasses in ceremonies, but at least those are historical weapons actually used by them at some point.
You know what? Those evangelical nerds in the air force deserve this
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