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To: yarddog
I am not particularly knowledgeable on these things

You can say that again!

33 posted on 06/13/2014 12:22:44 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi or Atty General Holder, who brought more guns to Mexico?)
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To: NonValueAdded

OK, I will say it again. I am not particularly knowledgeable about these things but I probably know more than you.

Lots of B-17s and P-47s suffered worse damage than that and made it home..

An Israeli F-15 lost a wing due to an air to air crash and made it home.

I have watched them fly many times tho it was quite a few years ago. It would always be two at a time. They were based at Eglin or Hurlburt. I know neither of those bases are home to A-10 squadrons.

They remind me a lot of crop dusters. They turn just like them.

I know they have a titanium shell encasing the engines and the pilot. I also know they have a lot of redundancy and were designed to absorb a lot of damage.

Despite that, a lot of them have been shot down. I recall watching them twist and turn, maneuver etc. but watching them it also struck me they would be pretty easy to have a missile lock on them.


38 posted on 06/13/2014 1:07:17 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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