US Navy pilots escape dismissal after creating obscene image in the sky

Two US navy pilots were disciplined because they drew an enormous picture in the sky over Washington State of male genitalia using their aircraft. Their actions were described as “a condensed air trail resembling an obscene image to observers on the ground.” It was reported in the Military Times that the US navy had said that their “sophomoric and immature antics of a sexual nature” had “no place in naval aviation today.” The pilots were not dismissed by the US navy. However, in the UK sexual harassment and other such misconduct is more likely to result in dismissal, particularly given the press attention it has received lately.