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Crew of gunship 'Spooky 41' are all awarded medals after raining fire on ISIS militants for NINE hours to allow rescue of 15 wounded soldiers in Afghanistan battle likened to Iwo Jima
UK Daily Mail ^
| March 3, 2020
| James Gordon
Posted on 03/03/2020 6:05:04 AM PST by C19fan
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Nice to have a gunship that can carry that much ammo.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:05:04 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Nice to have a gunship that can carry that much ammo. And fuel.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:08:21 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: C19fan
Simply put: You never ever want to mess with the United States Air Force.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:09:32 AM PST
by
allendale
(.)
To: C19fan
Must we learn all about this from the foreign press?
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:11:01 AM PST
by
jazminerose
(Why do democrats hate black people?)
To: allendale
I thought Spooky’s were CIA assets?
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:11:30 AM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
To: Yo-Yo
A-10s and Spookys are two entities that one most definitely does NOT want to p*ss off.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:15:35 AM PST
by
Da Coyote
To: allendale
You never want to mess with the US, Air, Land, Sea and now even Space. Its great that we have the best equipment in the world but even without it we would win. This is a nation of warriors
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:16:52 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(Queen Fancy Nancy Of North Poopistan)
To: C19fan
... likened to Iwo Jima
Almost 7000 Marines died on Iwo Jima.
Not. Even. Close.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:16:54 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: C19fan
Nine hours of left-hand pylon turns. They must be dizzy.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:18:10 AM PST
by
agere_contra
(Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
To: Da Coyote
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:18:31 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: C19fan
The A-10 and AC-130 are incredible aircraft. I’m disgusted with the Air Force for trying so hard to ignore that mission. When it comes to air-to-mud ordinance on target, it’s hard to imagine anything better than the AC-130.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:19:02 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: C19fan
Hmm, they’ve provided enough info at the article to be able to determine just how much materiel can (at least on paper) be brought to bear in nine hours.
Just the Howitzer fires 20 kg 10 times per minute, 60 minutes per hour for 9 hours = 108,000 kg, 238,099.243 pounds.
Can they really carry enough for 9 hours, even if the barrel wouldn’t overheat?
Cool news, guess they didn’t need a backup gunship.
To: C19fan
To: treetopsandroofs
AC-130U 'Spooky II'
1× General Dynamics 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-12/U Equalizer 5-barreled rotary cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
I wonder which one of these was the most useful over nine hours of suppression?
Anyway, sucks to be ISIS.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:27:08 AM PST
by
agere_contra
(Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:31:41 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
To: C19fan
The crew were up in the air for nine hours and managed to suppress enemy fire during the evacuation of 15 wounded soldiers
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Impressive military feat but let’s not forget the human cost. Fifteen more of America’s Best wounded in an area that will never be anything other than a backward tribal enclave.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:33:15 AM PST
by
Starboard
(has so far)
To: Pollster1
Im disgusted with the Air Force for trying so hard to ignore that mission.With some exceptions, they have been doing that since the Wright Brothers. For every Pete Quesada or Harry Broadhurst, there is an inexhaustible supply of officers who simply will not be bothered with close air support and who would mothball every aircraft designed for such.
To: C19fan
I hope the gunship made a lot of ISIS hamburger that day. Worms need to eat too.
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:34:15 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: C19fan
Operation Smouldering Turban !
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posted on
03/03/2020 6:42:14 AM PST
by
HP8753
(Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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