Posted on Nov 22, 2013

How many of my fellow Air Force members are sick of "HUA"?

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Like many things, we have adopted or stole something from the Army. The bike test was originally the Army's idea and we adopted that. But of course the Army wised up and saw that the bike test was more problematic than it was worth and went back to keep their force fit. Meanwhile, the AF kept the bike test for about 15 years and our force fattened up and became a Chair Force. Now we have taken "HUA!" from the Army. I despise this. Why can't we come up with something of our own? To differentiate us from the Army. AIRPOWER!

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Maj Walter Kilar

Posted 11 y ago

I am tired of "HUA", "Hooah", "reflective belts", and the "Airman's Creed"--all stolen from the Army. I am not even sure that we need to have our own battle cry or statement of acknowledgement/solidarity/whatever. I currently work in an office environment where I am one military out of umpteen civil servants. Shouting "HUA", "Airpower", or anything else in the middle of a discussion really makes no sense. Back when I was in maintenance, maybe it made sense to have a saying like that, but it was always different for the different flights. The Air Force is not structured like the Army. Other than rent-a-crowds, you are not likely to find a large group of Airmen that can be rallied by one battle cry. "Airpower" lacks meaning in an Air Force Space Command Unit. "HUA/Hooah" could work in a maintenance or security forces unit with a large mass of military members and few civilians, but not in a personnel flight with 10% military or an acquisition unit with two officers and a hundred civilians. In the end, I just want the Air Force to stop copying the Army. If I wanted to be like the Army, I would have just stayed in the Army.

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