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dlh wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:13 pm This came as a surprise to me.
I do not know all of the evidence but I smell a ham sandwich...

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/20 ... -NLETTER13

Here is another link:

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/20 ... 809946002/

As reminded by the news article, it says that the deceased served in the USAF (I "retired" from active duty USAF as a Master Sergeant (E-7) some years back after working on aircraft for over 20 years). I really, really would like to know what his Air Force Specialty Code was, and what his fellow airmen thought of him. And yes, that stuff matters; I hope Sergeant Perry's lawyer checks that out. Another story on the deceased states that he was a "flight mechanic" (no such job, likely a crew chief, which in the AF is a general purpose mechanic on aircraft (versus a systems specialist of one sort or another like a jet engine mechanic or an avionics technician). It went on to state that he got an early discharge to care for his fiancé. That sounds bogus because the USAF doesn't normally let people out for anyone who isn't an actual direct family member or spouse, but if he would have married her, he could have gotten benefits from the USAF, and possibly even assigned a house with wheelchair-accessible features (yes, most AF bases have a handful of units like that). This whole thing smells rotten.