Reaper drops first precision-guided bomb, protects ground forces

Air Force Link ^ | Staff Sgt. Trevor Tiernan

[mowowie]

Great pics man!

[maine-iac7]

They always took the easy way, by helicopter.

With this kind of terrain, It may be a lot easier and safer to drop them in place by chopper...You'd probably like to end up in the same valley as your group - particularly when it's a small Task Force Unit...y'think? ;o)

[timer]

Perhaps Musharraf is trying to negotiate a monthly rental contract on these birds right now...

[maine-iac7]

Now that's just cruel to post that pic - and me without a drop in the house...

[HiJinx]

neutralizing enemy combatants.

Making them Non-combat effectives...?

[milwguy]

Awesome pictures....Does the Reaper carry loudspeakers as well? I was thinking after it blasts a Taliban pcikup truck or trench line full of Talis, it could make a pass overhead playing Blue Oyster Cult’s ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’...Always been a favorite of mine and I am sure Mullah Omar and the gang would love it too.

[Stoat]

Thank you all so much for your congeniality and complimentary words  :-)

 

[HiJinx]

with a full-rate production decision expected in 2009

What, they're still in LRIP? I guess the current systems are undergoing OT in Afghanistan...

[rbosque]

Frick’n sweet!

[Jet Jaguar]

These things are amazing.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Money well spent. :)

Now cut the funding to the gazillion dollars we throw down a rat hole to social services each year and buy us a whole d@mn hanger full of those puppies!

‘Peace Through Superior Firepower’ ain’t just a bumper sticker, Baby! :)

[HiJinx]

Sarge - are those Sidewinders on the outboard pylons? This bad boy has air-to-air capability, too?

Dude - that’s kewl!!

[Ben Hecks]

I’m just waiting for someone to paint some little windows and UNITED on the sides.

[maine-iac7]

Perhaps Musharraf is trying to negotiate a monthly rental contract on these birds right now...

I sure hope so! Or even better - that we have them flying up and down the border valleys

[Old Sarge]

I am not positive about the ordnance - Hellfires are up there, for certain, but beyond that...

[Stoat]

Money well spent. :)

Now cut the funding to the gazillion dollars we throw down a rat hole to social services each year and buy us a whole d@mn hanger full of those puppies!

‘Peace Through Superior Firepower’ ain’t just a bumper sticker, Baby! :)

Agreed on all counts  :-)

And of course we can't forget the T-shirts   :-)

Money well spent. :)

Now cut the funding to the gazillion dollars we throw down a rat hole to social services each year and buy us a whole d@mn hanger full of those puppies!

‘Peace Through Superior Firepower’ ain’t just a bumper sticker, Baby! :)

[null and void]

Shoulda named it Azrael...

[Stoat]

I’m just waiting for someone to paint some little windows and UNITED on the sides.

Those UAV's are nice and big, aren't they  :-)

"All the better to carry more weapons to immolate your islamofascist azz, dearie" said the Reaper to Muhammed.

[HKMk23]

...it could make a pass overhead playing Blue Oyster Cult’s ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’...

I'd vote for Hillary's cackle, or Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyrie" in a delicious tip of the hat to "Apocalypse Now".

[null and void]

I'd vote for Hillary's cackle,

No.

That's just disgusting...