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Posted on 03/08/2005 4:23:33 PM PST by SandRat
Air Force Pilot Experiences Ground Combat
Here is a report from an Air Force pilot who was assigned to several operations in Iraq as the Forward Air Controller - the USAF guy responsible for calling in Air Strikes and communicating with the aircraft above a ground combat mission.
It's long, but it's good. It shows the Zoomies are doing their part on the ground, as well as in the air...even if they don't know certain *ahem* unofficial Marine nomenclatures.
TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: airforce; airmen; airstrikes; cas; combat; iraq; marines; war
Sorry but this is very long and will take you to a different Blog site.
Got it in email and thought ya'll might enjoy it.
Hope I'm not breaking any rules JR.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:23:34 PM PST
by
SandRat
To: Jim Robinson; Ragtime Cowgirl; Radix; HiJinx; Spiff; JackelopeBreeder; Da Jerdge; MJY1288; xzins; ..
Long but a good read. Some typical picking on sister services to.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:24:49 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
"...even if they don't know certain *ahem* unofficial Marine nomenclatures."
What would they need to know about swimming and getting along with sailors?
[...little humor there--old joke.]
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:31:24 PM PST
by
familyop
("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
To: SandRat
Or the time we rolled through town with the Tactical Psychological Operations Team blasting Metallica's Seek and Destroy over it's speakers, taking mortars and small arms fire with air screaming overhead and the Light Armored Vehicle's 25mm Bushmaster laying waste to buildings and groves where the fire was coming from... Somebody's having way too much fun here...
To: SandRat
Good read! Thanks for finding this.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:40:59 PM PST
by
Arkie2
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:41:24 PM PST
by
Dashing Dasher
(If you cut your sex organ and then eat it, then something is wrong with you!!!)
To: ducks1944; Ragtime Cowgirl; Alamo-Girl; TrueBeliever9; anniegetyourgun; maestro; TEXOKIE; ...
Here is a report from an Air Force pilot who was assigned to several operations in Iraq as the Forward Air Controller - the USAF guy responsible for calling in Air Strikes and communicating with the aircraft above a ground combat mission. It's long, but it's good. It shows the Zoomies are doing their part on the ground, as well as in the air...even if they don't know certain *ahem* unofficial Marine nomenclatures.
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posted on
03/08/2005 7:38:59 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: SandRat
To: SandRat
To: SandRat
Fantastic read SandRat!
Thanks!
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posted on
03/08/2005 8:41:49 PM PST
by
2111USMC
To: Calpernia
AIR FORCE! We're the smart ones, we send the officers out to fight.
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posted on
03/08/2005 9:07:37 PM PST
by
Valin
(DARE to be average!)
To: SandRat; Calpernia
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posted on
03/08/2005 9:50:43 PM PST
by
windchime
(Hillary: "I've always been a preying person")
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To: duck duck goose
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posted on
03/09/2005 5:43:04 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: duck duck goose
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posted on
03/09/2005 6:12:29 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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