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1 posted on 09/27/2025 1:45:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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I lived on Whitman when I was just a tyke when my dad was in SAC. I still have two vivid memories. One was when a fully fueled B47 crashed on take off. The explosion was deafening. Sadly the crew and several firefighters were killed.

The second was the Cuban Missile Crisis. The base went on alert. I never saw my dad move as fast as he did that day.


2 posted on 09/27/2025 2:00:38 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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The 509th Bomb Wing, former home of the Enola Gay.


5 posted on 09/27/2025 2:21:51 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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Great article, however, “ How to win a war”, really? The rub with Iran has barely begun.


6 posted on 09/27/2025 2:27:30 PM PDT by delta7
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FTA: six of them had hit their first target as they dropped six bombs (the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP) into the two main ventilation shafts

Ahem... “I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They’re not much bigger than two meters so it was easy for me when later I fired two proton torpedo into the exhaust port with the aid of the Force”.


15 posted on 09/28/2025 3:31:58 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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1989, the B-2 Spirit was taking its first flight.

We're flying a bomber that was built 36 years ago.

Who know what has been, or is being developed in secrecy over these years to today.

I suspect a lot has to do with all these UAP's that have been observed over the years.

17 posted on 09/28/2025 4:23:53 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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