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To: crusty old prospector
"We have a combat jet that can’t fly into storms? What a country."

Might as well just give them hang gliders to drop their bombs from. It would save a lot of money. What kind of aircraft do those hurricane hunters use when they fly into the eye of a storm? Maybe they should be flying our fighter jets instead.

12 posted on 09/20/2023 8:11:57 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Let’s go back to zeppelins. Maybe even Led ones.


16 posted on 09/20/2023 8:15:04 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: mass55th

C-130s. Original versions of which came out in the mid-1950s.


69 posted on 09/21/2023 1:09:11 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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