Posted on 11/11/2004 12:25:56 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry
The U.S. aircraft being used this week in the air war against Fallujah:
_ 5 attack craft: F-18, F-16C, F-14, AV-8 Harrier and AC-130 Spectre gunship.
_ 7 unmanned spy planes: Shadow, Raven, Pioneer, Predator, Hunter, Gnat and Global Hawk.
_ 3 attack helicopters: Apache, Kiowa and Super Cobra.
_ 5 other: MC-130 (Special Forces C-130 used in leaflet drops over Fallujah), E/A6B Prowler (electronic warfare), EC-130 Compass Call (electronic warfare), Joint Stars (observation) and another observation plane.
Our newest stealth fighter:
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EC series=electronic countermeasures
MC series=special operations
...but, but, I can't SEE it!
;-)
No A-10's???
Those would be EA-6B Prowlers from VMAQ-2 Death Jesters.
7 - "Load-em up, move-em out, raw hide!"
Back during the Vietnam war, we had a Spectre squadron at our base in Thailand, which was spectacularly sucessful. And their themesong was "Ghost Rider's in the Sky". After a while, it caused such a ruckus of enthusiasm, particularly when played in the clubs on base, that the Wing Commander had to ban the song, just to preserve some order amoung the troops.
Global Hawk
Predator
I have fallen in love with this thing also, there was a link with the gunhsip in action from an onboard camera. Have you seen this? If not let me know and I will find it for you. It is a MUST SEE if you like this piece of machinery.
ROTFLMAO!!
Where is john kerry with the glue when you need him.
Dragon Eye
There...that's better!
RQ-5 Hunter
I guess "Ghost Riders" is an obvious song for this baby, because I just looked at the picture of inside the AC-130 and that was the song that popped up in my head.
Crash them into the WTC.
Now this
is what we call revenge. We use model airplanes to find terrorists hiding in Fallujah and call down strikes from the air, the sea, the land, with precision hits.
Is the link you are talking about, the one that I sent to you of the AC-130 taking out some Islam-0-commies near a mosque?
I'll never forget the first time I saw that plane, she's a beauty!
YES, thats the one! God that was awsome. We watched that at work and we had everybody around just loving it. Good thing we are 100% Bush Country here.
?........A-10........?
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