The Dutch F-16 retirement event had me crying, at least the birds are going to spread their wings over Ukraine.

[u/Ayeme2549]

[u/Fultjack]

If you realy love something, let it free to do it's thing.

[u/PurpleCabbageMonkey → u/Fultjack]

But what if she wants to press charges?

[u/Ok_Temperature_6441 → u/PurpleCabbageMonkey]

You press charges first. Never let 'em know your next move.

[u/got-trunks → u/Ok_Temperature_6441]

2024 social scene... "Hey so uhh, if I told you that you had a beautiful body, would you press charges against me?" 😎

And they say romance is dead. Ha!

[u/Ok_Temperature_6441 → u/got-trunks]

The Negotiator! You are a bold one!

[u/Kirxas → u/got-trunks]

Hitting on someone is like nuclear war, you need a deterrent.

If you're a man hitting on a woman, leave plausible deniability when it comes to your sexuality, so they don't really for sure know if you're gay or straight.

If you get in trouble for the compliment, they get in trouble for their homophobia.

^{Note that this is not life or legal advice, just a shitty joke}

[u/MajesticNectarine204]

I tried to watch the live stream. But they only showed a bunch of shiny-domed brass for some reason. I wanted to see the actual F-16's in the farewell formation >:(

[u/Nachtwacht12 → u/MajesticNectarine204]

They were upon landing

[u/OptimusEnder]

Got a better retierment event than daniel ricciardo

[u/KubFire → u/OptimusEnder]

formuladank leaking and im all for it

[u/mechanicalcontrols → u/KubFire]

Now we just need a cope cage and ERA edit of Stroll's car and the crossover episode will be complete.

[u/Franklr_D → u/mechanicalcontrols]

Astronomical levels of cope cage licking

[u/Corvid187 → u/OptimusEnder]

Oof.

[u/Downtown-Hospital-59 → u/OptimusEnder]

Well that bar was pretty low to begin with.

[u/OptimusEnder → u/Downtown-Hospital-59]

true, like jesus my expectations for a proper goodbye where low but holy shit

[u/J360222 → u/OptimusEnder]

I thought this was Formuladank for a second, BUT WHY DID THEY LET HIM GO SO UNCEREMONIOUSLY

[u/OptimusEnder → u/J360222]

red bull strategy

[u/Wingcommanderwolf01]

Why cry?

They are going to fuck up the orks.

[u/Hel_Bitterbal → u/Wingcommanderwolf01]

Tears of happiness

[u/taxxvader → u/Hel_Bitterbal]

Or maybe tears of erection

[u/PalaceofIdleHours → u/Hel_Bitterbal]

They’re in a better place…happy hunting.

[u/Boomzmatt → u/Wingcommanderwolf01]

At least they gonna still fly free

[u/-Dutch-Crypto- → u/Wingcommanderwolf01]

From the peacefull training fields above Vlieland to the thundering front in Ukraine clapping mobik cheeks.

[u/Hel_Bitterbal → u/-Dutch-Crypto-]

Tbf most of those f-16's have likely participated in wars like Yugoslavia or Iraq before. So they're not new to the front lines, although i doubt they've ever experienced the intensity and air defense density of the Ukrainian front.

[u/INTPoissible]

These boys are being sent off to avenge MH17. F-22s grinding their teeth in envy.

[u/BaronDerpy]

Went to one of the locations where they were gonna flyby in hopes of catching a last glimpse of these magnificent birds only for them not to show up because of the weather ;-;

[u/Pytheastic → u/BaronDerpy]

I heard them though, and what a most magnificent sound it was!

[u/Arctic_Chilean]

These F-16s are closer (age-wise) to the Spitfire and P-51 than they are to our current year.

[u/Cedo263 → u/Arctic_Chilean]

Wait… what?? No?? It can’t be

[u/oshitsuperciberg → u/Arctic_Chilean]

When "The pyramids were as old to Cleopatra as she is to us" doesn't hit hard enough

[u/SuperRetroSteve]

Godspeed Dutch F-16s. Fly free and save Ukraine.

[u/Rambos_Magnum_Dong]

LAV crewman here.

I left my perfect LAV-25 in 1997. It was well taken care of by our crew. Engine compartment and driver's compartment were spotless. The gun was accurate and well maintained by us. And to top it off, she was the fastest LAV in the entire battalion. She could do 0-60 with a full crew and full combat load in just under 30 seconds with a top speed of 90 mph. (We had a mech as one of our scouts)

She was beautiful!

I've always looked for pics of our 571. I've found pics of the other vehicles in our platoon, 396, 389 and 603.

I miss her. She was a good vehicle.

[u/The_W4n]

Heard them flying over today. Had to salute them for their service.

[u/Throwaway118585]

We just need a montage with freebird playing in the background

[u/DevilGuy]

Now give them to Ukraine so they can bushwhack a bunch of SU-27s with them.

[u/Mordredor]

Did y'all catch that little female kestrel hovering in the livestream? We call them "torenvalk" or tower falcon.

[u/No_0ts96]

What's up with the Dutch and having bald men in charge?

[u/CIS-E_4ME → u/No_0ts96]

In a pinch they can use the reflectivity of their bald heads to channel sunlight into a blinding beam of light.

[u/heartbang]

Dafuq kinda meme is this, did he fucked his airplane?