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B-2 bomber pilots had toilet, microwave and a cooler for snacks on their 37-hour Fordow bombing raid
NY Post ^ | 6/22/2025 | Ronny Reyes

Posted on 06/22/2025 1:24:44 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

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To: ansel12

Ouch!


41 posted on 06/22/2025 2:51:46 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: mabarker1

… “ I would suggest that they should have emptied the Sewage Tank after crossing the border and near the Target(s) “ …

I could have it’s own mission name :Operation Democrat Response.


42 posted on 06/22/2025 3:00:09 PM PDT by daku
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To: marcusmaximus

I remember early B-2 bomber pilots requested reclining patio chairs for long-flight naps. Aluminum frame chairs with webbing strips (ala Walmart outdoor section) for the resting pilot were never even considered in the original design of the gigantic bombers.


43 posted on 06/22/2025 3:05:17 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: marcusmaximus

Just imagine some young skull full of mush, living in a remote area. The first time they set eyes on a photo or video of the B-2.

They will tell their friends that Batman attacked.


44 posted on 06/22/2025 3:18:04 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: BatGuano

Thank you sir,

It was watching those B-52s in the 60s that led to me joining the USAF in 1976. Maybe one had YOU in it! Spent 22 years in. Never had a bad day.

The nights, on the other hand...


45 posted on 06/22/2025 3:20:25 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: montag813

I agree. Complete job well done.

And the F22 Raptor escorts, and the KC-135 Stratotanker pilots that kept everyone fueled, and the IDF F35 pilots who cleared out the anti-aircraft batteries on the target flight path. Incredible job well done by all. Historic mission.


46 posted on 06/22/2025 3:22:11 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: marcusmaximus
There’s also enough room for one pilot to lay down and rest while the other flies the batwing jet.

The crews bought their own lawn loungers for this purpose.

47 posted on 06/22/2025 3:22:41 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: alternatives?
I wonder if there are any DEI B-2 pilots.

Those pilot EARNED everything.

48 posted on 06/22/2025 3:24:04 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: mabarker1

It would likely splatter the hull and increase the radar signature. Imagine getting pinged for that...


49 posted on 06/22/2025 3:29:09 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: daku

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50 posted on 06/22/2025 3:34:39 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! I’m a fraud, hypocrite & liar. I'm a member of Congress!! )
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To: Mr. Blond

Simple fix, be sure that the Aircraft is gaining altitude.


51 posted on 06/22/2025 3:36:22 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! I’m a fraud, hypocrite & liar. I'm a member of Congress!! )
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To: marcusmaximus

BREAKING NEWS: Airplanes have, like, toilets and stuff.

NY Post, always finding the hard-hitting news.


52 posted on 06/22/2025 3:37:41 PM PDT by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: pfflier

At 2 billion per bird I think the contractor could’ve thrown in a free lawn chair or two.


53 posted on 06/22/2025 3:38:58 PM PDT by bigcat32
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To: marcusmaximus

meanwhile the federal government clamped down on the time over the road truck drivers are allowed to spend behind the wheel of their trucks delivering products across our country...


54 posted on 06/22/2025 3:54:27 PM PDT by heavy metal (maga... make asylums great again...)
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To: redfreedom

Wow, Your imagination was out of control when you told those young airmen how the B-52 took off.....Thank you for your service!
A similar story was used by a fellow pilot when he was breaking in the Jets....
He was flying the T-33 trainer at the time.
Joe had a classmate, who had lit a rolled up paper, throw it in the exhaust pipe at the time Joe added fuel to the fire. People seeing this would think that this was the way to start any jet! Gullable, of course.
PS, the speed that the B-52 leaves the runway is called, “Unstick Speed!”
(that is the truth)
Cheers


55 posted on 06/22/2025 3:56:27 PM PDT by BatGuano (Quantus Tremor Est futurus.)
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To: Magnum44

Just about the best movie ending ever - Stanley Kubrick was a genius.


56 posted on 06/22/2025 4:01:34 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Navy Patriot

Did they flush the toilet while over Iran?

Blue Ice!


57 posted on 06/22/2025 4:21:36 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: marcusmaximus

They probably had this as a screensaver on their puters.

https://x.com/WojPawelczyk/status/1936762431247970744


58 posted on 06/22/2025 4:25:21 PM PDT by dforest
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To: marcusmaximus

I know certain people (to be clear not Freepers) who ridicule the USAF as “The Chair Force”. Well apparently chairs indeed are weapons of war too.


59 posted on 06/22/2025 4:25:55 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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To: marcusmaximus

Well, Hells Bells, it is the Air Force, you know! We don’t travel anywhere with A/C, food, and satellite TV!


60 posted on 06/22/2025 4:26:50 PM PDT by CodeToad
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