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"I'm glad it's ours"
The Radio Patriot ^
| Aug. 9, 2010
| Andrea Shea King
Posted on 08/09/2010 8:54:05 PM PDT by patriotgal1787
First there was this gun...
(slide show below)
It was developed by General Electric, the "We bring good things to life" people. It's one of the modern-day Gatling guns.
It shoots very big bullets. It shoots them very quickly.
Someone said, "Let's put it in an airplane."
Someone else said, "Better still, and let’s build an airplane around it."
So they did. And "they" were the Fairchild-Republic airplane people.
And they had done such a good job with an airplane they developed back in WWII...
They made it so it was very good at flying low and slow and shooting things with that fabulous gun.
But since it did fly low and slow, they made it bulletproof, or almost so. A lot of bad guys have found you can shoot an A10 with anything from a pistol to a 23mm Soviet cannon and it just keeps on flying and shooting.
When they got through, it looked like this...
TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: 30173avenger; a10; thunderbolt2
To: patriotgal1787
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posted on
08/09/2010 8:57:29 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USAis no civility in)
To: patriotgal1787
Yep, the A-10, the tank killing tank that flies!
We woulda thunk it!
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posted on
08/09/2010 8:58:08 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: patriotgal1787
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posted on
08/09/2010 9:00:30 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USAis no civility in)
To: patriotgal1787
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posted on
08/09/2010 9:02:17 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USAis no civility in)
To: patriotgal1787
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posted on
08/09/2010 9:05:14 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USAis no civility in)
To: patriotgal1787
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posted on
08/09/2010 9:10:21 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USAis no civility in)
To: patriotgal1787
First time I heard that gun my buddy looked over at me and said, “Dude! It’s God’s zipper!!!”
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posted on
08/09/2010 9:12:31 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(It's easy being a communist when you're rich.)
To: American Constitutionalist
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posted on
08/09/2010 9:30:25 PM PDT
by
bobby.223
To: bobby.223
Sorry, got carried away.... that plane is great.
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posted on
08/09/2010 9:35:38 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(There the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USAis no civility in)
To: American Constitutionalist
agreed!!!! great plane is correct!
To: VeniVidiVici
Armored pest control......wonderful airplane!
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posted on
08/09/2010 10:14:38 PM PDT
by
aviator
To: patriotgal1787
Can’t believe they would ever want to retire this wonderful HOG! One of the best planes ever designed for its mission!
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posted on
08/09/2010 11:02:28 PM PDT
by
Deagle
To: patriotgal1787
When I was at Boot Camp at Ft. Leonard Wood, I would see the A-10’s making practice runs from a distance. You’d see them dive down, turn up,then hear what sounded like a fart.
To: American Constitutionalist
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posted on
08/09/2010 11:24:49 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: MuttTheHoople
Charlie 1-2, first of the best, better than the rest, drive on Sergeant drive on!
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posted on
08/10/2010 5:57:56 AM PDT
by
HenpeckedCon
(What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
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