Bravo to the Lt.Colonel for his tempered response! Well said!

As a former AF brat who grew up on bases all over the world, I still stop and watch the planes land when I go past a base. I still look up and say a prayer when a formation flies over my workplace late at night, headed for refueling at the Guard base near me. I can still identify different planes and run my mouth about their special qualities and what they are used for. Watching touch and go landings takes me right back to my childhood when that was the Friday night entertainment for my family, parking at the end of the runway and eating our sandwiches and my Dad yelling "Everyone DUCK! He's coming in again!!"

I was and would still be honored to live on or near an air base. There's nothing like a soldier in full dress uniform to get me smiling...