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Prince Harry fires 100lb Hellfire missile in Afghanistan airstrike attack on the Taliban
The Daily Mail ^
| 23 December 2012
Posted on 12/23/2012 2:45:34 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Apache co-pilot Prince Harry launched a missile attack on the Taliban in a devastating airstrike in Afghanistan.
The 27-year-old was called in to provide air support to troops and discharged a 100lb Hellfire missile.
The attack happened in late October, shortly after the prince returned to Afghanistan for his second tour of duty as gunship co-pilot.
Captain Harry Wales – as he is known in the Army – is a co-pilot gunner in the Apache unit which has the highest ‘kill rate’ in the war.
As the co-pilot gunner, Harry commands missions, fire the weapons, navigates and sometimes take over the controls.
The two-crew gunship – nicknamed the ‘flying tank’ – is used by UK forces in Afghanistan to smash the Taliban, gather intelligence and provide support for soldiers on the ground.
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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: afghanwar; princeharry
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To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
12/23/2012 2:50:41 PM PST
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: MinorityRepublican
State-controlled media working hard to rehabilitate Harry's public image.
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posted on
12/23/2012 2:53:52 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism." --Vladimir Lenin)
To: MinorityRepublican
And he was trained here in America on how to fly the Apache..
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posted on
12/23/2012 2:56:46 PM PST
by
max americana
(Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
To: MinorityRepublican
...and discharged a 100lb Hellfire missile. LOL! I love the way the Brits talk. They are so tidy and neat.
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posted on
12/23/2012 2:56:55 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(U.S. elections have become nothing but another cheap ripoff of American Idol.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Apache gunships; made right here in Mesa, Arizona. Gotta admit it's a little unnerving to see one coming straight at you as you're driving up the road.
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posted on
12/23/2012 2:57:43 PM PST
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: fidelis
Every red state ‘neighborhood watch’ group should have one of those...
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posted on
12/23/2012 3:01:21 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: MinorityRepublican
100 lbs is around $200...
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posted on
12/23/2012 3:04:41 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Here comes bama claus here comes bama claus left down bama claus lane!)
To: FlingWingFlyer
>>LOL! I love the way the Brits talk. They are so tidy and neat.<<
From the people that brought us the word “snogging.”
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posted on
12/23/2012 3:13:13 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(MOLON LABE)
To: MinorityRepublican
I say the UK press should give him a new nick-name
HELLFIRE HARRY
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posted on
12/23/2012 3:15:04 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: freedumb2003
100 lbs is around $200...
I see what you did there.
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posted on
12/23/2012 3:18:59 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: fidelis
Apache gunships; made right here in Mesa, Arizona. Gotta admit it's a little unnerving to see one coming straight at you as you're driving up the road. It should. ;~)
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posted on
12/23/2012 3:21:00 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(I took extra credit at the School of Hard Knocks)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
This is his second time in theater. It would seem Harry takes his oath seriously. I'm willing to cut him some slack.
CC
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
12/23/2012 3:26:44 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: MinorityRepublican
Raises hell in Las Vegas
Catches hell for Las Vegas
Fires hell in Afghanistan
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posted on
12/23/2012 4:20:52 PM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Incorrigible
Raises hell in Las Vegas
Catches hell for Las Vegas
Fires hell in Afghanistan Sounds like a fully qualified attack pilot to me. Good hunting!
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posted on
12/23/2012 4:23:42 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(I took extra credit at the School of Hard Knocks)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
12/23/2012 4:24:38 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: E. Pluribus Unum; All
truth is, he has put his life on the line more than once in his previous deployment - and then had the guts and brains to get trained in the apache - and is again ‘out there’ - life on the line.
You?
Do tell us of your heroic exploits.
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posted on
12/23/2012 4:30:20 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
(Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
So? Harry is the real deal and so is his brother and father and grandmother, the queen. All have served and honorably without question of risk. I have nothing but respect for that family for doing so.
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posted on
12/23/2012 5:34:34 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
To: MinorityRepublican
I used to fly one when I was a kid in 1986.
It was my first computer game.
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posted on
12/23/2012 5:53:17 PM PST
by
Sawdring
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