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Old 01-12-2021, 09:00 PM   #364
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So the interesting thing is that LT COl Riel Erickson had a pretty colorful career, I think she's now the commanding officer of the air force training program in Moose Jaw.
She was the first female pilot to intercept a Russian Bomber.


She also caused some controversy in her home town. I think that the story was they had a local festival and a part of that was an old tractor that took part in a parade. It broke down and the town couldn't afford to fix it so they started a gofundme, or to sell it. It wasn't very successful until Riel offered to buy the tractor, and everyone was happy until she said that she was going to haul it out to a field and drop a bomb on it. After that donations ramped up and the tractor was saved.
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