BV,
How did you earn your Brevet (is that the proper British Term) to hold forth as you did?
I have bashed Beags in the past....a few times he actually deserved it.
But....Beags has walked the walk and as American Cowboys will tell you....it ain't bragging if you done it.
I tip my hat to those that have in the past and those who do currently.
The day I pinned those Wings on my Chest....I became a Military Aviator......and that is a something that shall never change.
We should all remember that as it applies to all us who did that even it yours was sewn on and not pinned on.....in reality they could have been tattooed upon your breast and it would have been the same.