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A Navy carrier just broke the record for dropping bombs on ISIS
Business Insider ^ | 04/21/2016 | Logan Nye

Posted on 04/21/2016 2:23:28 PM PDT by Smittie

The USS Harry S. Truman is celebrating the work of its crew after setting the record for ordnance dropped on ISIS. The Truman launched over 1,118 ordinance pieces against terrorist targets over the past five months, surpassing the 1,085 dropped by the USS Theodore Roosevelt's pilots in 2015.

The Truman’s Carrier Air Wing 7 flew 1,407 combat sorties and dropped over 580 tons of ordnance on the Islamic State.

“Since our arrival in the Arabian Gulf, the Truman Strike Group has been conducting operations around the clock,” Capt. Ryan B. Scholl, Truman’s commanding officer, told a Navy journalist. “This deployment is busier than any other I’ve seen. Every Sailor is doing great work individually and executing as a combat team to reach this milestone. It is due to this dedication as a combined force that Truman is making a significant difference fighting for our country.”

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: boom; isis; navy
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To: Smittie

“1,118 ordinance pieces against terrorist targets over the past FIVE MONTHS”

We dropped 18,000 +/- PER DAY for the first few days of Desert Storm.


21 posted on 04/21/2016 2:48:11 PM PDT by Strac6 (The primaries are only the semi-finals. ALL THAT MATTERS IS DEFEATING HILLARY IN NOVEMBER.)
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To: PIF

Glad you posted this.
Is this all the different types of ordinance the plane is capable of carrying or
is this plane capable of carrying all of this ordinance at one time? Just curious. This is one of my favorite pics.


22 posted on 04/21/2016 2:49:11 PM PDT by Slambat
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To: Slambat

From what the AF Times seemed to say it is the full load out if configured to its maximum, but some one might have a better answer - just a guess not to be taken as gospel.


23 posted on 04/21/2016 2:51:52 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Smittie

Mecca? Medina? Where’s Harry Truman when you need him?


24 posted on 04/21/2016 2:52:34 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Strac6

“1,118 ordinance pieces against terrorist targets over the past FIVE MONTHS”

“We dropped 18,000 +/- PER DAY for the first few days of Desert Storm.”

Woowww, What a slam...

You just totally trashed this article.
That’s what its all about. Get some.


25 posted on 04/21/2016 2:53:12 PM PDT by Slambat
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To: Smittie

We dropped around 1,118 a DAY on the Taliban and Saddam...


26 posted on 04/21/2016 2:55:52 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Smittie
Of course he's not serious, and NEVER HAS BEEN. How ELSE is Bammy going to push millions of Muslims into Europe and the U.S. thus EXPANDING THE CALIPHATE ON BEHALF OF THE U.N./NWO CABAL? Notice he NEVER talks about creating a 'safe zone' in Syria.. That would DEFEAT the U.N./NWO plot to push millions of Muzzies into EU and U.S.

At least we aren't carpet bombing them. /s

27 posted on 04/21/2016 2:57:47 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: major-pelham

That’s correct...


28 posted on 04/21/2016 3:08:50 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Smittie

Doesn’t any more than 1 bomb on ISIS beats Obamas past record


29 posted on 04/21/2016 3:12:13 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Resolute Conservative

Or they only have enough planes/parts for limited action.


30 posted on 04/21/2016 3:12:18 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: Smittie

So many Communists (mostly in this country) and Muslims...so little ordnance.


31 posted on 04/21/2016 3:13:39 PM PDT by VR-21
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To: Slambat

And that’s not counting the ALCM, SLCM or GLCMs!

Blackhorse, Sir!


32 posted on 04/21/2016 3:16:47 PM PDT by Strac6 (The primaries are only the semi-finals. ALL THAT MATTERS IS DEFEATING HILLARY IN NOVEMBER.)
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To: Smittie

Obama has held our hands back in bombing ISIS. So it would not take much top break the record.


33 posted on 04/21/2016 3:20:56 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Smittie
"The Truman launched over 1,118 ordinance pieces "

Launched? That sounds like they were launched with aircraft. It's likely over 70 percent of the aircraft returned still holding the ordinance.

34 posted on 04/21/2016 3:21:57 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Smittie

It probably works out to about $5 million per humvee destroyed - which were originally supplied by the US and then taken from the Iraq Gov’t when Obama pulled out.


35 posted on 04/21/2016 3:27:28 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
""It’s an expensive PR action."

Yup...terrorists have kids too.

Show me a bomb that ever fed a hungry child.

36 posted on 04/21/2016 3:39:02 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Smittie

I’d like to see the BDAs (Bomb Damage Assessments) too.


37 posted on 04/21/2016 3:42:08 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Smittie

7.5 bombs a day? God, that carrier has got to be utterly exhausted and the planes worn out. Lucky they never asked the guys in WWII, Korea, Vietnam or Desert Storm to keep up that kind of pace./s

And the silly bastards brag that it’s a record. Our pussified military leadership at work again.


38 posted on 04/21/2016 3:55:12 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Strac6
This must be the Navy way of spilling the beans on Obama and ISIS

65% of all ISIS sorties return without attacking a target

Given the small amount of ordnance expended, our pilots are landing back on the carriers with full bomb load outs which is both very dangerous and very hard on the planes. Imagine what would happen if an FA -18 had a landing gear failure from repeated over stress of landing with full bomb loads and crashed on the deck of our newest super carrier with a full load of bombs on its bomb racks

This has to be demoralizing for our naval personnel

39 posted on 04/21/2016 3:55:16 PM PDT by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Milleraere)
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To: Strac6

“And that’s not counting the ALCM, SLCM or GLCMs!”

Thanks a lot, now I’m going to have to find out what all
that means. Sounds like a good read though.


40 posted on 04/21/2016 3:55:20 PM PDT by Slambat
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