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Military plane inadvertently drops Humvee over Harnett County neighborhood, officials say
abc11.com ^ | Wednesday, October 24, 2018 10:14PM | By Morgan Norwood

Posted on 10/25/2018 6:28:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

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OOPS!....................
1 posted on 10/25/2018 6:28:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

There are no coincidences.


2 posted on 10/25/2018 6:30:26 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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"Everything went as planned except for the early release," said Fort Bragg spokesperson Tom McCollum.

They actually paid a guy to say that?

3 posted on 10/25/2018 6:30:35 AM PDT by pfflier
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“Everything went as planned except for the early release,”

That’s what I tell my wife


4 posted on 10/25/2018 6:32:57 AM PDT by mplc51
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“A C-17 military plane dropped a Humvee prematurely over a neighborhood in Harnett County...”

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OK, so when were they supposed to drop the Humvee over a neighborhood in Harnett County?


5 posted on 10/25/2018 6:33:00 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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Related: Air Drop Fail (turned out to be sabotage)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPCxy3RiN_k

6 posted on 10/25/2018 6:33:09 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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I have read that if a package gets delivered to you on your property, you get to keep it for free.


7 posted on 10/25/2018 6:34:05 AM PDT by yarddog
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Yep. ;)


8 posted on 10/25/2018 6:37:41 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: yarddog

Depends on what’s in it..................;^)


9 posted on 10/25/2018 6:38:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: HombreSecreto

Later................much later................................


10 posted on 10/25/2018 6:39:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: yarddog

Some people all the the luck.

All I get dropped on my property from airplanes are the latrine dump, and an occasion spare bolt.


11 posted on 10/25/2018 6:39:15 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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He’s been saving it up.....................


12 posted on 10/25/2018 6:39:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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I was a USAF loadmaster with many drops at Bragg/Pope and never missed that bad. And that was before GPS with a navigator using stubby pencil!!


13 posted on 10/25/2018 6:39:59 AM PDT by Mustard (tt)
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They don’t have ‘spare bolts’ on aircraft...........................


14 posted on 10/25/2018 6:40:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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“Everything went as planned except for the early release,”

********

LOL

Does your wife call you “E R”


15 posted on 10/25/2018 6:41:21 AM PDT by deport
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Everything went as planned except for the early release

Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?

16 posted on 10/25/2018 6:41:38 AM PDT by libertylover (Despite government propaganda, I know the difference between a boy and a girl.)
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To: Mustard

Somebody’s gonna lose a stripe or two or three, or a bar or leaf......................


17 posted on 10/25/2018 6:42:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Eglin AFB aircraft take off and fly right over my house.

I sure hope they have good loadmasters...............


18 posted on 10/25/2018 6:44:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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Red Badger wrote:
OOPS!....................

I believe the proper Military vernacular [for an event such as this] is ‘OOPSIE’!


19 posted on 10/25/2018 6:46:00 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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They don’t have ‘spare bolts’ on aircraft...........................

Well, if they were important, they should have tightened them better.

20 posted on 10/25/2018 6:48:28 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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