How many of my fellow Air Force members are sick of "HUA"?

2013-11-22T12:32:17-05:00

Like many things, we have adopted or stole something from the Army. The bike test was originally the Army's idea and we adopted that. But of course the Army wised up and saw that the bike test was more problematic than it was worth and went back to keep their force fit. Meanwhile, the AF kept the bike test for about 15 years and our force fattened up and became a Chair Force. Now we have taken "HUA!" from the Army. I despise this. Why can't we come up with something of our own? To differentiate us from the Army. AIRPOWER!

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 22 at 2013 2:15 PM

2013-11-22T14:15:21-05:00

HUA... hahhaha.

That sucks, I'm sorry this has befallen you.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Nov 22 at 2013 2:39 PM

2013-11-22T14:39:34-05:00

Heard, Understood, Acknowledged. =0)

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 22 at 2013 8:13 PM

2013-11-22T20:13:26-05:00

HUA? Do you mean Hooah?

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 25 at 2013 8:54 AM

2013-11-25T08:54:01-05:00

That would be one phrase that I haven't heard of before. But it wouldn't amaze me if they didn't steal it from another branch.

Response by MSgt Matthew Gaudu made Nov 27 at 2013 12:28 PM

2013-11-27T12:28:53-05:00

I don't think it would come off sounding racist. That kind of hit me out of left field. You can't stop using the word POWER just because a group of idiots use it for hate crimes. Is that why we stopped using Panthers? I think we still use Panthers....right?

Response by Maj Walter Kilar made Nov 30 at 2013 9:46 AM

2013-11-30T09:46:10-05:00

I am tired of "HUA", "Hooah", "reflective belts", and the "Airman's Creed"--all stolen from the Army. I am not even sure that we need to have our own battle cry or statement of acknowledgement/solidarity/whatever. I currently work in an office environment where I am one military out of umpteen civil servants. Shouting "HUA", "Airpower", or anything else in the middle of a discussion really makes no sense. Back when I was in maintenance, maybe it made sense to have a saying like that, but it was always different for the different flights. The Air Force is not structured like the Army. Other than rent-a-crowds, you are not likely to find a large group of Airmen that can be rallied by one battle cry. "Airpower" lacks meaning in an Air Force Space Command Unit. "HUA/Hooah" could work in a maintenance or security forces unit with a large mass of military members and few civilians, but not in a personnel flight with 10% military or an acquisition unit with two officers and a hundred civilians. In the end, I just want the Air Force to stop copying the Army. If I wanted to be like the Army, I would have just stayed in the Army.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2014 7:30 PM

2014-02-26T19:30:11-05:00

Whenever I am with the Army I do yell Airpower instead of HUA!

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 10 at 2014 6:02 PM

2014-04-10T18:02:47-04:00

It can have about 347 different meanings when said to a superior. But, as with many of you, I support a "Hooah" free zone around me and anywhere I work. I am an Infantryman, I hear it so much less when around other infantryman, and hear it a whole hell of a lot more, when around combat support and even more so around service support. Im not throwing stones here, just an observation, perhaps on false moto?

Response by SFC A.M. Drake made Apr 20 at 2014 10:39 AM

2014-04-20T10:39:24-04:00

The Bike test is still an alternate event of the APFT, if you are on a P-2 Profile.

Response by Capt Richard Desmond made Jul 15 at 2014 2:49 PM

2014-07-15T14:49:32-04:00

I have often referred to the Air Force as the teenager of the DoD. We are always changing and trying to identify who we are. When asked what our phrase is, I used to answer well it was "Aim High", then it was "No One Comes Close", then "Aim High...Fly, Fight and Win" and then my personal fav "This isn't science fiction we do this every day"...but I now I usually say it is "I need some coffee."