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The Hog Puts The Hurt On ISIS.
http://www.iraqinews.com ^ | 01/15/2014 | Abdelhak Mamoun

Posted on 01/16/2015 10:00:25 AM PST by ThinkingBuddha

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To: ThinkingBuddha

This is the same outstanding ground support aircraft that the head of the Air Force is going to eliminate over the next five years. Yea for her. /s


61 posted on 01/16/2015 1:15:05 PM PST by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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To: BigEdLB
Jihadium? Mohamedenium? Talabanium? Alquedium?

All unstable elements, and highly toxic.

62 posted on 01/16/2015 1:18:59 PM PST by NorthMountain (No longer TEA Party ... I'm the TAF Party)
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To: Lower Deck
Army flew C7s in Vietnam until the AF whimpered enough to take them away, then immediately relegated them to National Guard.

For many reasons I believe that ground support should belong to the forces actually on the ground. Hog pilots apparently love their job and the plane itself but just about everyone else in the AF - not so much.

63 posted on 01/16/2015 1:19:19 PM PST by norton
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To: Chiefwilnel
air force is unconstitutional

Hah!!! I thought I was alone in claiming that. They should have passed an amendment back in 1948.

64 posted on 01/16/2015 1:23:05 PM PST by NorthMountain (No longer TEA Party ... I'm the TAF Party)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

The A-10 is the only airplane in our arsenal that was specifically designed for a role in support of ground troops.

The fighter jocks who run the Air Force have been making fun of it for years and advocating its demise. But in every war or military effort we’ve had since it came on line, it is loved by the troops on the ground because it can hang around for hours and give them a lot of fire support.


65 posted on 01/16/2015 2:06:19 PM PST by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one... what's your plan?)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Here is a great clip by US forces.

https://t.co/7y4mTryb7d


66 posted on 01/16/2015 3:04:37 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Lower Deck
By law the Army isn't allowed to operate fixed wing combat aircraft; that dates back to the founding of the Air Force as a separate branch.

And By law the Congress isn't allowed to fund a military branch other than Navy and Army.

67 posted on 01/16/2015 8:11:44 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Uversabound

So post modern inteligentsia. Cannot say the killed people; instead the took out elements.

McNamara style doublespeak.


68 posted on 01/16/2015 10:03:27 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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