USA Flag Flown On Combat Mission by DELOREAN Member

[johnyrottin]

All,

I know this is not Delorean specific...but it kind of is, in a way.

My Job: Provide the enemy with the opportunity to die for his cause or country.

I am on my last combat tour and will soon fly my last combat mission of a 22.5 year USAF career. Currently a flying squadron commander in a forward deployed location. I want to offer up to our community a unique opportunity to get a US flag flown on a mission. I can fly as many as I need and I fly them on every mission. They will come with a certificate stating the mission they were flown on and info about the flight and pilot (most likely me unless we get tons of requests).

What I need from you? A firm commitment. I will buy them, fly them, make the cert, transport them back home to the states, and ship them to you. I would need you to pay for the flag and the shipping to you. Heck, we have a US post office outpost here so I could mail them to you fairly immediately and directly from bad guy country!!!


Let me know if you are interested.

John

[Ras12]

I already have a combat flown flag and definitely a conversation starter.

More importantly thank you for your service and come home safe!

[johnyrottin]

I should have thrown this in in the first post. The flag is a sewn star flag so high quality. The cost for the flag is approx. $20. The cost for shipping in a "If it fits it ships" box from the post office is just under $20 as well. Thus, a good cost estimate is $40 shipped to you with a certificate. If anything is left I can throw the change into the fund for buying toner and heavy cardstock that we print the certificates out on.
JR

[Riley88]

Be safe, I work for the gov as a radar engineer supporting the us navy fleets radars. Godspeed sir!

[jackb]

Just curious; what airframe are you on? I’ve crewed A-10’s for the last 18 years now.

[johnyrottin]

Thank you Riley and jack. I'd prefer not to say which airframe I am on as it is a quick exercise for the bad guys to start linking pieces together and not only discover where I am but where my family is and how to get to them. I'm very close-hold about that stuff, as I am sure you are. Suffice it to say that I am in the middle of the fight everyday and there is no such thing as a day off right now. But soon there will be!!!!!

[johnyrottin]

Okay, got the prices squared up and the info I will need. Good amount of interest via PMs so please be patient with me. I'll get them out as fast as possible. Here is what I will need from you:

Name
Address
City, State, Zip

Name(s) you want on Certificate

Cost is $40 shipped. if you want more than one shipped to the same address just add another $20 in for the extra flag. I think I can fit three into one box, so three would be $80. Don't forget to include the name or names you want on your certificate.

John

[johnyrottin]

Our sortie counts are picking up so I have a few extra flights to fly flags. Good responses so far. Flying five more this week! I have about 30 days left so let me know if you want one flown.
JR

[johnyrottin]

All flags requested have been flown. They will all go in the mail tomorrow. Apologize for not getting them in time for Christmas. Time here has been very scarce!