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Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy: Part III
n/a ^ | 10/01/01 | Randy Lormand

Posted on 10/01/2001 8:32:05 PM PDT by lormand

This series is dedicated to the Men and Women who serve in the US armed services, past, present and future.

Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy: Part I

Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy: Part II








Airborne Video Here





A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"

Does anyone have pics of the highway of death? I had a hard time finding any good ones.


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To: gridlock
Your #55:

All I can say is WOW! You don't happen to know what angle the deck is at, do you? Judging from the photo, I estimate about 10 degrees or so, using the horizon as the reference point. Great picture!

81 posted on 10/02/2001 3:38:36 PM PDT by Hoosier Patriot
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To: lormand
Carrier based F18 Hornet

82 posted on 10/02/2001 6:08:51 PM PDT by Salem
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To: gridlock
"The ship was undergoing sea trials after a retrofit. I believe they had it up to flank speed and threw the helm all the way over to make sure they ship had the proper dynamic stability. Sure makes for an impressive picture."

I recently watched a documentary of the initial sea trials for the carrier USS Roosevelt. They had video from the flight deck of the same manuever, as well as full reverse. What an amazing thing to see.

83 posted on 10/02/2001 6:25:42 PM PDT by Salem
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To: lormand
new wallpaper for the 17" monitor bump!

Those A-10's are HOT!

84 posted on 10/02/2001 6:45:02 PM PDT by woollyone
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85 posted on 10/03/2001 1:36:14 AM PDT by paul544
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To: Alberta's Child
Why would civilians be on the road leading FROM Kuwait into Iraq? Those weren't civilians, those were Hussein's occupiers, many of them people who had used power drills on Kuwaiti knees before they tried to flee with stolen property.

In war, you make your enemies surrender. You do NOT let them rape and pillage at will and then bid them 'fare thee well' as they make of with what they please. If they don't surrender, you kill them. In that way, they will never consider invading the territory of others again, or fight you ever again. If they surrender, by all means be merciful (though wary), but only then.

As for the comment that 'Kuwaitis never clean things up,' please tell me how Iraq has cleaned up the mess it made? Tell me how gracious it was for the Iraqis to set the oil wells of a neighboring nation alight, and how they pumped the oil into the sea and polluted it, how they tried to foul the water supplies of neighboring nation's desalinization plants, even in defeat despoiling everything they could?

I've got a US flag here from the Gulf War. It still carries the stench of petroleum smoke and is spattered with oil from Iraqi environmental 'concern.' And they left many to speak of their barbarity while 'guests' in Kuwait.

Iraq EARNED the highway of death.

86 posted on 10/03/2001 1:55:40 AM PDT by piasa
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87 posted on 10/03/2001 2:05:04 AM PDT by piasa
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To: piasa
Ditto.

The "Highway of Death" was not laden with refugees. It was full of fleeing Iraqi occupiers trying to escape with as much loot as they could take.

Further, the Iraqi army didn't quit en mass after the cease fire was announced. Case in point: the 24th Mech was attacked while moving out of the combat zone post-cease fire.

The people on the "Highway of Death" got what they deserved.

88 posted on 10/03/2001 6:53:35 AM PDT by AlaninSA
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To: Alberta's Child
"a column of civilian vehicles"

The only civilian vehicles were those that the Iraqi thugs had looted out of Kuwait. They were being driven by fleeing Iraqi military who were looking at keeping some spoils of war. As such they were valid targets.

Geez louise, isn't it terrible that we can't even remember history from the last decade.

90 posted on 10/03/2001 7:17:03 AM PDT by Jerry_M
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To: coteblanche
I have a soft spot for refuelers, too! My father flew KC-135's for almost 30 years in the Air Force. Twice in Vietnam.
91 posted on 10/03/2001 7:23:32 AM PDT by RightFin
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To: coteblanche
Although I am a 'lady', and would never use the 's' word ;-),

Being a lady also, I doctored it. ;-)

93 posted on 10/03/2001 9:31:37 AM PDT by LBGA
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To: lormand
Nice
94 posted on 10/03/2001 9:38:05 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
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96 posted on 10/03/2001 9:44:33 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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To: lormand, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub, coteblanche, Stand Watch Listen, piasa
How about a little music for the occasion?

Day_O.mov

98 posted on 10/03/2001 9:55:28 AM PDT by LBGA
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To: BadRay, RonDog, paul544, woollyone, TheOtherOne, SAMWolf, Cool Guy
This one is a little coarse, but it is funny. Ladies, fair warning... it might make you cringe a little at the language. It did me... but I think the guys will cringe for a different reason.

Osama Hunter

100 posted on 10/03/2001 10:03:06 AM PDT by LBGA
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