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New U.S. F-35 fighter dubbed "Lightning II"
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| Jul 7, 2006
| Andrea Shalal-Esa
Posted on 07/07/2006 10:05:47 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: HonkyTonkMan
Good thing we have the F-22 just in case any of our allies try to turn against us.
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:07:48 AM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: HonkyTonkMan
None but..
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:07:50 AM PDT
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: HonkyTonkMan
I thought that Lightning II was the original name of the A-10 Warthog and then the F-22 Raptor....
To: Paleo Conservative; Aeronaut
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:10:03 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
The A-10 was the thunderbolt
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:11:07 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Yeah, the F22 had that potential name for a bit.
Looks like someone high up really wants to use that name!
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
WW2 P-38 Lightning
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
warthog was the thunderbolt 2, as in the "successor" to the p-47.
To: HonkyTonkMan
P38 Lightening
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:11:56 AM PDT
by
llevrok
("Drink your beer, damnit! There are people in Africa sober.")
To: HonkyTonkMan
My Grandpa was a line mechanic and later chief on P-38.
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:12:18 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: HonkyTonkMan
Three generations of Lightning
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:15:56 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Hydroshock
Got it! Thanks! I'm away from my Warplanes of the World books and was replying off the top of my head.
To: HonkyTonkMan
What a let down I wanted crusader. :)
To: for-q-clinton
Psst: We've lifted the ban on selling the F-22, although nobody has bought one yet.
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:17:34 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Hydroshock
My Grandpa was a line mechanic and later chief on P-38.</smartass mode>
= )
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:19:47 AM PDT
by
Hoplite
To: Yo-Yo
"We've lifted the ban on selling the F-22, although nobody has bought one yet." No "we" haven't.
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:19:50 AM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: MARKUSPRIME
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:21:42 AM PDT
by
xusafflyer
(Mexifornian by birth, Hoosier by choice.)
To: HonkyTonkMan
I'm sure the pilots will come up with a name as well.
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posted on
07/07/2006 10:23:00 AM PDT
by
shekkian
To: Yo-Yo
Not yet. Congress is debating on selling it to Japan or not.I think the F-22 needs to be US only and we export the other planes in our arsenal.
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