To: ScottinVA
Global reach — a wonderful thing. Load up in the USA, drop the payload on the o’seas target, return to USA. Way cool!! Desert Storm: B-52s from Minot AFB, North Dakota loaded up, flew to the Mid-East, dropped their ordnance, then returned to Minot. All non-stop.
18 posted on
07/07/2009 7:09:29 AM PDT by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: OldMissileer
Desert Storm: B-52s from Minot AFB, North Dakota loaded up, flew to the Mid-East, dropped their ordnance, then returned to Minot. All non-stop. yeah, and without those cushy little fold out beds they have in the B-2 either!
19 posted on
07/07/2009 7:27:08 AM PDT by
DCBryan1
( Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims. Execute child molesters RFN!)
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