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Why Is America Using These Antique Planes to Fight ISIS? (Vietnam Era OV-10 Broncos)
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| March 9, 2016
| David Axe
Posted on 03/09/2016 8:45:21 AM PST by C19fan
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Can't wait for Ivan to bring out some IL-2s....
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:45:21 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I’d like to see some Douglas Skyraiders
Fighting ISIS is probably a lot like fighting the Viet Cong.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:48:21 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:48:54 AM PST
by
jneesy
(I want my country back and Trump is gonna give it to me)
To: PGR88
ISIS doesn’t have triple canopy jungle.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:52:04 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: C19fan
No, think classic. Po-2s.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:53:23 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: C19fan
So I’m guessing here, that muslims can at least serve as “running deer targets” for Russia and USA?
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:53:28 AM PST
by
donozark
(Vote Bernie Sanders: Because 100 million dead just isn't enough...)
To: C19fan; All
My theory [for what it counts for] We know that some of our aircraft will be shot down & the commanders in the field do NOT want any of the high tech equipment & gear falling into some very unfriendly hands.
Someone in the chain of command is playing it very safe & pulling aircraft out of the “Bone yard” in Tuscon, Az.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:54:03 AM PST
by
TMSuchman
(State Chairman for the Veterans Party of America & Mo. Let Am. hear other voices)
To: C19fan
We’re still flying C-130’s, which were designed in the 50’s. We’re still flying B-52’s from the 50’s.
Lots of military planes from the 60’s and 70’s are still in the air.
Chasing ISIS is like chasing individual rabbits in the desert. Might as well use planes that have a more personal function.
Besides, the Broncos look really cool. Like a truck version of the P-38.
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:00:20 AM PST
by
lurk
To: TMSuchman
The *expensive* high tech equipment and gear.
OV-10s are impressive and effective little aircraft. Why build anything new if they can do the job well and mothballed ones can just be pulled from desert storage and given upgrades?
To: C19fan
Used to coordinate air strikes and artillery fires........Bat 21
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:06:15 AM PST
by
batterycommander
(...Change your diaper, diaperhead. It's full of shiite.)
To: PGR88
Keep in mind that the late WWII vintage A-1, and the A-26 Invader for that matter, raised the same sort of hackles for being used in Vietnam.
To: C19fan
They probably work a lot better than the newer aircraft - and can fly a hundred missions for the cost of sending up one F-35. :)
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:08:05 AM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: C19fan
Po-2 Kukuruznik and Bücker Bü-133 Jungmeister
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:08:06 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: C19fan
"...Why Is America Using These Antique Planes to Fight ISIS? (Vietnam Era OV-10 Broncos)..." Because they are good planes for the task at hand.
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:08:45 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
To: tanknetter
My understanding is that the pilots really liked the platform, too.
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:10:03 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
To: C19fan
Maybe because they don’t need Chinese replacement parts?
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:10:17 AM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: lurk
They always reminded me of a much better looking and performing version of the Black Widow...
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:11:39 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
To: C19fan
Sopwith Camel
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:12:07 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: PGR88
Id like to see some Douglas Skyraiders Not gonna happen. They don't burn JP8.
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:13:03 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(A plague o' both your houses.)
To: PGR88
Id like to see some Douglas Skyraiders Not gonna happen. They don't burn JP8.
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posted on
03/09/2016 9:13:25 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(A plague o' both your houses.)
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