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The US may restart production of the world's most lethal combat plane
Business Insider ^
| May 26, 2016
| Alex Lockie
Posted on 06/07/2016 11:42:00 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: Joe Brower
To: Donglalinger
To: Travis T. OJustice
When I was at Camp Pendleton at the conclusion of a field exercise, I had the opportunity to sit on a hilltop with some first-rate grilled chow and an officially issued can of beer and watch Navy fighters coming in off of the ocean doing gun runs in the valley below us. It sounded like Godzilla roaring. This was in the mid-Eighties.
Nice moment.
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:10:35 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: central_va
To: Travis T. OJustice
Kill the F35 program, refund everyone’s deposit and build enough F22’s for the US, Israel and Japan. 500 should do the trick.
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:11:39 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Her name is no longer is Hillary. It's Hilarity. Try it on for size, it's fun.)
To: dfwgator
Why do I fly the A-10?
On the account of it kills .... period.
And that’s the name of that tune!
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:12:52 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: Michael.SF.
From a standpoint of clean design, the B-29 was certainly one of the prettiest planes ever built.
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:13:50 PM PDT
by
beelzepug
(For English press #1; for Spanish, learn English and press #1)
To: bkopto
Bloody hell ... we should have about 500 of these things, and trickle production to keep the line open. I know: they’re not cheap. I don’t really care which welfare schemes or entitlement programs have to be eliminated to pay for it.
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:16:05 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(A plague o' both your houses.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
The A-10 Warthog is the first plane I thought of when I saw the thread title ......... GMTA I suppose!
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:16:54 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: bkopto
Make an updated version of the P-51. Give it the Hogs Gatling teeth, make it carrier capable, with new radar, and call it The SHARK
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:21:31 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: Nachoman
“How is it the most lethal fighter if it hasn’t been tested in combat?”
The hydrogen bomb hasn’t been tested in battle, either.
To: bkopto
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:31:30 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: Riley
F14’s?
That must have been a great downtime show.
To: SandRat
Basically, that’s a Super Tucano. OK, the Tucano isn’t quite as badass, but it’s kind of a modern variant.
To: TigersEye
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:37:00 PM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I miss my dad. I live my life with a FIERCE ALLEGIANCE!)
To: bkopto
The F-35: not a fighter, but a mechanism to move money from the tax coffers to the Military Industrial complex so it can trickle down to complicit congressmen and military leaders.
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:37:11 PM PDT
by
CriticalJ
(Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
To: Riley
At air shows at Pt Mugu in the 70s they would do a F-14 gun run over the field, firing out toward the ocean. Shoot a Sidewinder or two at a flare dropped by an earlier plane as well.
PC and lawyers must have put the stop to such warlike demonstrations.
To: TigersEye
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:38:34 PM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I miss my dad. I live my life with a FIERCE ALLEGIANCE!)
To: Travis T. OJustice
Love it. Absolutely love it!
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:40:04 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: Travis T. OJustice
I don’t remember what they were, it’s been so long. It was a great show, and it came right after we secured and showered up and put on some clean PT gear. Top day, couldn’t beat the show.
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posted on
06/07/2016 12:44:13 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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