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B-52 CARRIES NYPD TRIBUTE INTO ACTION
NY Post ^
| October 8, 2001
Posted on 10/08/2001 3:27:45 AM PDT by Movemout
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:01:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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October 8, 2001 -- Missiles and warplanes, including a B-52 with its nose painted "NYPD - We Remember," thundered over the skies of Afghanistan yesterday to exact America's revenge for the Sept. 11 attacks.
"My crews didn't encounter any threat we weren't prepared to deal with," said "Woodstock," the code name of the giant bomber's pilot.
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posted on
10/08/2001 3:27:45 AM PDT
by
Movemout
To: Movemout
Too f*ing cool! Wish we could see a picture of that plane.
BTTT!!!
To: Movemout
They also painted "tributes" to the FDNY.
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: M1991
Ashcanistan! Nose art is the equivalent of wall locker art. I love our GIs. Hell, I used to be one. No wonder.
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posted on
10/08/2001 5:48:54 AM PDT
by
Movemout
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: M1991
Delta 21
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posted on
10/08/2001 5:53:25 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
To: M1991
>I am pleased to see the fine American tradition of nose art coming back. If I were crew chief on a B-52 I would paint American Airlines and UAL logos on the tail.
I can't find it right now, but there is a picture that somebody doctored that shows a flight of B-52s with AA and UAL logos on their tails, and a "Nonstop Flights to Kabul" logo at the bottom. I wish I could find it right now.
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posted on
10/08/2001 5:55:38 AM PDT
by
texlok
To: M1991
LOL!
Somebody on FR last night suggested "Youregonnawishthetwintowerswereleftostan(d)."
To: Delta 21
"Afghanistan" is the way that should be spelled. I want to email it to my friends. Please hurry and change it! Thanks.
To: GraniteStateConservative
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posted on
10/08/2001 6:53:39 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
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