Referencing who? Plenty of names. Vogel is a careerist retard who I've had the displeasure of being stationed with, however I don't think this good idea fairy came from him, but of course he had no problem executing it since he wants to pad that PRF. To do this back in the day when it was common to see most people with stars and toilet bowls on their wings, I don't think most people would have issues due to the large experience the USAF had at the time. However, as everyone here knows, that time has come and gone. You now have first assignment instructors and slick winged evaluators since all the experience is making a mass exodus from the USAF. This greatly increases the risk of conducting such non-standard "experiments."
To do this with the aircraft is still in OT, and months after another Class A, is questionable at best. As the for the suspecting, if it smells and looks like shit...