A Navy Growler was responsible for this sky penis that was drawn over Washington state last year. (Screenshot/Facebook)
Truth be told, the Ramstein rendering just looks like a bunch of sky trails that only the randier among us could interpret as phallic.
Where are the clean lines, the definitive structure, the elegance that those legendary Navy EA-18G Growler aviators painted in the skies above Washington State last year?
One commenter to the Reddit post noted that they couldn’t see the phallus and appeared to envy the Navy’s version.
A Reddit post bragging of an Air Force sky penis over Ramstein Air Base in Germany epically failed to match the Navy's now-legendary rendering. (Screenshot/Reddit)
“I think it’s off to the far right, with the shaft going over the trees,” another commenter answered. “We didn’t beat Navy, theirs was great. This is weak.”
Geoff is a senior staff reporter for Military Times, focusing on the Navy. He covered Iraq and Afghanistan extensively and was most recently a reporter at the Chicago Tribune. He welcomes any and all kinds of tips at geoffz@militarytimes.com.
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