[A.A. Cunningham]

VMU-2

ScanEagle

[Don Corleone]

Doing jobs that the Democrat/Liberal/Socialist/Communists won’t do.

[texas booster]

Looking at the second photo with the eleven tankers clustered together, and I can only think ...

“Those sure look like SCUD missle launchers to me. Fire!”

[knarf]

Pretty good reason to NOT chasten my 13 year old son for all those war and flight sims he likes so much ...
and spends (what I think is way too much time with.)

[Hot Tabasco]

In that bottom picture, is that plane launched like a slingshot? Also, is that a propeller on the back of it and how is it powered, by battery? If battery, how long can it stay in the air?

[Hot Tabasco]

Sorry for the dumb questions, I just now noticed that “scan eagle” as being a link with the info........

[Recovering Hermit]

Oh, man!

Question for any RC enthusiasts:

Could you imagine rolling up to some field day with a ScanEagle?

Another thought:

I wonder what the $$$ would be for repairs!

[NonValueAdded]

The 11 tankers proceeded west toward the Syrian border

sez it all

[secretagent]

How do the thieves get away with siphoning oil? I would have assumed the owners locked up their oil tanks, and posted guards.

Isn’t it worth it to put a security fence and camera around the oil? Perhaps the owners, or corrupt representatives of the owners, want the “theft”.

[SuziQ]

“Oil has been smuggled out of Iraq, and sold on the black market in neighboring countries. It was important to keep that oil in the country to be used by the Iraqi people and out of the hands of individuals that use the profits from black market sales to fund the effort against us. By making that stop, we hope that it forces them to alter their plans and think twice about the decisions they make.”

Excellent job by the VMU-2 and the Marines!