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U.S. deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar for fight against Islamic State
Reuters ^
| April 9th, 2016
| by Andrea Shalal
Posted on 04/09/2016 11:36:22 AM PDT by Mariner
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Strategic bombers being used for...close air support?
Are equipment shortages this severe?
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:36:22 AM PDT
by
Mariner
To: Mariner
“Strategic bombers being used for...close air support?”
That caught my eye as well.
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:38:12 AM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: MichaelCorleone
Always say QAAA TAAR . Never say “gutter”
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:39:16 AM PDT
by
WENDLE
(I guess)
To: Mariner
If they actually use them I would expect them to drop bombs on Assad’s forces in support of Isis.
Obama supports Isis IMO... it’s his proxy army.
And he’s in love with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:39:30 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
(I'm spitting on my hands, and hoisting the black flag!)
To: Mariner
Same thought here. This is the same PR crap that has them announcing, “The US flew 24 sorties against ISIS today,” while the Russians were flying hundreds.
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:39:50 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: Mariner
Now comes the carpet bombing.
To: Mariner
These planes are 50 years old. What are we going to do with them?
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:42:11 AM PDT
by
WENDLE
(I guess)
To: WENDLE
you are wrong
cuhtter is more correct to rhyme with gutter
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:49:04 AM PDT
by
Thibodeaux
(leading from behind is following)
To: WENDLE
The airframes are 50. The avionics and weapons are much more modern.
L
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:52:46 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Mariner
General “Buck” Turgidson: “If the pilot’s good, see, I mean if he’s reeeally sharp, he can barrel that baby in so low... oh you oughta see it sometime. It’s a sight. A big plane like a ‘52... varrrooom! Its jet exhaust... frying chickens in the barnyard!”
B-52s in close air support, there you are.
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:55:12 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: Mariner
Any actual effective O attack on his Islamonazi friends and comrades will be purely accidental.
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posted on
04/09/2016 11:57:03 AM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
To: Mariner
Uh Oh Carpet bombing!!! Go Ted Go!!!
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posted on
04/09/2016 12:00:39 PM PDT
by
tallyhoe
To: Mariner
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posted on
04/09/2016 12:02:51 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Mariner
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posted on
04/09/2016 12:05:01 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: WENDLE
These planes are 50 years old. What are we going to do with them?
- Provide lots of flight time to our aircrews and ground personnel.
- Provide lots of calibration data to Russian anti-aircraft missile crews.
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posted on
04/09/2016 12:05:23 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: IndispensableDestiny
"Now comes the carpet bombing."
That was my first thought...Raaqa and Mosul with 500lb iron bombs...80,000lbs at a time.
Alas, probably just wishful thinking.
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posted on
04/09/2016 12:08:51 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Mariner
Islamic State ?
WTF?
“Can’t we all just get along?”
I know, we should send in “John Kerry” to negotiate for “Peace”.
I mean, like, after all, Hillary has left everything in turmoil and everything “misunderstood”.
An Islamic State.
Who would have thought?
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posted on
04/09/2016 12:11:27 PM PDT
by
Zeneta
(Thoughts in time and out of season.)
To: DuncanWaring
Re: "We did it in Vietnam"
Operation Linebacker B-52s over Hanoi
The 11 Days of Christmas - December 1972
498 sorties 15 losses
884 SAMs fired 24 hits
10 crashed inside North Vietnam
5 outside
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posted on
04/09/2016 12:15:08 PM PDT
by
Cribb
To: tallyhoe
Will be used to drop high tonnage of bombs on yet more non strategic ISIS targets, so Obama and his generals can say they are dropping a lot of bombs on ISIS.
Doesn’t matter what platform you use to drop the bombs, if the air campaign is flawed, you’re just doing more of the same.
To: Mariner
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