The U.S. Air Force issued an apology Thursday for a tweet “made in poor taste” that praised a mission against Taliban forces while referencing a viral audio clip.
We apologize for the earlier tweet regarding the A-10. It was made in poor taste and we are addressing it internally. It has since been removed.
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) May 17, 2018
The now-deleted tweet said that “Taliban Forces in Farah city #Afghanistan would much rather have heard” the “#Yanny or #Laurel” audio clip than the deafening sound of “#BRRRT” from an A-10 jet.
The Air Force tried to go with the Laurel and Yanny meme. It bombed https://t.co/D04WvEdMOX pic.twitter.com/HDTwaOX818
— Mandy Mayfield (@mandypmayfield) May 17, 2018
We are definitely in the age of Trump.
When you ask the US Air Force to be active on Twitter, and God only knows why you’d want to do that, you’re going to end up with Twitter-quality discourse out of it.
Really, I don’t know what anybody expected.
EU say FU to tRUmp:
I clicked because I played A-10 Tank Killer on PC as a kid, and would recognize that plane anywhere.
Am I supposed to know what Yanni or Laurel is? The article could have included a brief explanation.