Wild And Woolly Incident Injures RAF Cadet

The Royal Air Force maintains its pilot corps is the epitome of crack professionalism after a pilot trainee was seriously burned at a graduation party when someone set fire to the sheep costume he was wearing. According to metro.co.uk, the 26-year-old man was celebrating his new wings with other freshly minted pilots at a “family-oriented” event when a 23-year-old man, who is not a member of the RAF, set him alight, causing burns to 14 percent of his body. No, we dont know what RAF pilot graduation tradition involves a sheep costume (but we may be willing to be enlightened). The happy news is the young pilot is expected to make a full recovery and return to his unit shortly. Meanwhile, the RAF is saying this sort of thing hardly ever happens.

The Royal Air Force maintains its pilot corps is the epitome of crack professionalism after a pilot trainee was seriously burned at a graduation party when someone set fire to the sheep costume he was wearing. According to metro.co.uk, the 26-year-old man was celebrating his new wings with other freshly minted pilots at a "family-oriented" event when a 23-year-old man, who is not a member of the RAF, set him alight, causing burns to 14 percent of his body. No, we dont know what RAF pilot graduation tradition involves a sheep costume (but we may be willing to be enlightened). The happy news is the young pilot is expected to make a full recovery and return to his unit shortly. Meanwhile, the RAF is saying this sort of thing hardly ever happens. In a statement, an unnamed spokesman stressed that it was a non-military attendee of the party who is facing charges as a result of the incident and that such shenanigans are officially frowned upon. "RAF pilots are well disciplined. In this job they have to be. Social events are restricted to a handful each year and all are held at weekends," the statement read. "The RAF has a strict no-drinking policy during the working day. There is no place for a drinking culture in RAF flying training and I reiterate that no RAF personnel have been accused of wrongdoing in this case."