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LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED $37.8 MILLION CONTRACT FOR A-10 UPGRADES
Lockheed Martin ^
| March 30, 2005
| Lockheed Martin
Posted on 03/30/2005 4:01:59 PM PST by Righty_McRight
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To: Righty_McRight
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:04:46 PM PST
by
pabianice
To: Righty_McRight
Pilot with the call sign "killer chick" (I wish I knew who she was) after performing straifing runs over downtown Baghdad. -- 2003
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:06:19 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: pabianice
And to think some Airforce generals wanted to ditch the A-10 some years ago.
Good think no one listened to those idiots.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:06:40 PM PST
by
dinok
To: ChadGore
I saw some of those straffing runs live on Fox...she was shoooting up buildings.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:08:47 PM PST
by
dinok
To: Righty_McRight
Sweet news! Thanks for the post.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:10:55 PM PST
by
68skylark
To: ChadGore
(I wish I knew who she was)Here ya go:
...Large chunks of her plane shot away, the hydraulic control system dead, Air Force Capt. Kim Campbell "KC" pushed and pulled at a backup set of manual controls, struggling to keep the anti-tank aircraft from crashing as it limped away from an ambush over Baghdad.
Landing finally in the safety of a coalition air base in southern Iraq on Monday, Campbell was greeted with applause, relief and awe. Maintenance personnel gawked, took photos, and clapped ``Capt. K.C.'' on the shoulder.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:13:53 PM PST
by
Chieftain
(Thanks to the Swift Boat Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, and POW's for Truth for standing tall.)
To: Righty_McRight
HEHHEHHEH
no matter what the fast-mover addicts try, they just cannot get rid of the Hogs.
GOOD.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:14:07 PM PST
by
King Prout
(Remember John Adam!)
To: ChadGore
To: Righty_McRight
I thought they were getting rid of the A-10.
This is great. We need the Thunderbolt II.
(Just bought a house on a street named "Thunderbolt", named after the first Jug, the P-47 - I think we need one of those model planes with the spinnie propellers on the street sign).
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:18:50 PM PST
by
narby
To: Righty_McRight
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:19:05 PM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(What are we as a country without our God Our law or our Constitution FREEDOM pales without all 3)
To: narby
One of my very fav's
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:22:28 PM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(What are we as a country without our God Our law or our Constitution FREEDOM pales without all 3)
To: narby
The entire A-10 fleet will be modified over the next five years for an estimated total contract value of $168 million.
$168 million to update the whole A-10 fleet. Now that's a deal! I read somewhere that they're going to start replacing the engines in a couple years.
To: Righty_McRight
$168 million to update the whole A-10 fleet. Now that's a deal! I read somewhere that they're going to start replacing the engines in a couple years. Sounds like they're going to be keeping the A-10s around for at least another two or three decades.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:31:18 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Righty_McRight
The A-10 is just great. If they ever manage to get rid of it, they will have a multi-billion-dollar vendor shootout to see if anyone can produce an A-10 from scratch.
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03/30/2005 4:32:27 PM PST
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:32:40 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Righty_McRight
Beautiful plane. Not in looks exactly, but in ability. I'd hate to be some dumb jihadi staring down the gattling gun of an incoming warthog! Talk about getting torn apart.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:45:51 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Gotta get those A-10s up to snuff to get those chinese tanks!!
To: Righty_McRight
Air Force officials wants to get rid of A-10s for traditional meanings but A-10 has proved its ability against the guerrilla warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan. F-35 is said to take over the roles of A-10 but I believe that we should still have A-10 even F-35s were to be in operation.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:51:52 PM PST
by
Wiz
To: superiorslots
Gotta get those A-10s up to snuff to get those chinese tanks!! I bet those Chinese tanks are difficult to move. Aren't they supposed to have a 155 mm gun? When the M1A1s were moved from Germany to Kuwait, they had to be shipped from Germany to Spain due to limitations on the weight on some bridges and inability to clear the tunnels through the Alps. The Chinese tankes are significantly larger, and Chinese infrastructure is not as good as European infrastructure. I think they'd have significant problems moving a tank around that is significantly larger than an M1A1.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:52:39 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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