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[Jonathan Lighter]

"Zoomie" has  applied to naval and other military aviators since WWII.  In
fact, it seems to have originated in the Navy.  The Air Force used to
prefer "flyboy."

HDAS had a lot more exx. (all later), but these seem to have disappeared
into the cyberdepths, along with much else.

1943 Chicago Daily Times (Apr. 28) 22:  Lt. Charles E. Rodebaugh, U.S.N.,
is a Zoomie – PPC of a PBY Catalina patrol seaplane.

"PPC" = "patrol plane commander.

JL



On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 10:28 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> > zoomies
>
> First time that I've seen this in print written by anyone except me. At the
> now-defunct Tempelhof AFB, GI's who worked there referred to their Air
> Force compatriots as "zoomies," back in 1961.
>
> In the context quoted above, _jarheads_ mostly likely = "marines," the
> Navy's army. So, "zoomies," in this case, may refer not to airmen, but to
> the Naval Air Forces and/or to Marine Corps Aviation.
>
> Think about that. The Navy not only has its own army and its own air force,
> but also the Navy's army even has *its* own air force.
>
> Baseball-legend Ted Williams is probably the most-famous Marine Corps
> zoomie, having been a fighter-pilot during World War II and during the
> Korean War.
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:05 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 'Submarine officer or crew member.'   (From the double-dolphin badge.)
> >
> > 2019 https://www.quora.com/  :  Nor am I trying to put down the
> > swabbies/dolphins. Contrary to what the jarheads think, and the delusions
> > of the zoomies, I know that the Navy is the most important service for
> > defending the US.
> >
> > JL
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