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USAF Photo of the Day: C-17 Globemaster III Flies Off, Leaves Mid-Air "Yes, I Was Here!" Signature
Air Force Week in Photos, 26 May 2006 ^
| May 16, 2006
| Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV, USAF
Posted on 08/03/2006 1:54:13 AM PDT by EnjoyingLife
060516-F-9712C-956, Over the Atlantic Ocean, 16 May 2006: The USAF C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, USA flies off after releasing flares over the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina during a training mission on Tuesday, 16 May 2006. The resulting "smoke angel" -- suspended in the sky -- is impressive.
Photographer
Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV, United States Air Force, http://www.af.mil
Photo and Caption Links
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060516-F-9712C-956.JPG
http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/060526-03.html and http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/wipgallery.asp?week=169
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http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241860/posts
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http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20051111.htm
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1118641/posts
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=86
http://www.Boeing.com/defense-space/military/c17/index.htm
http://GalleryOfFluidMechanics.com/vortex/v_lift.htm
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: aviation; c17; globemaster; globemasteriii; usaf
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To: Made in USA
To: Made in USA
Specter is the scariest air to ground weapon ever. I hope they start using them in Iraq again very soon. FWIW the most famous AC-130 is named "Azreal" which is the Muslim angel of death. She is responsible for almost ALL of the destruction on the Highway of Death out of Kuwait. The crew was highly decorated after that little turkey shoot. Unfortunately she is retired at the Air Force Museum, Wright Patterson. Pictures on web.
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posted on
08/03/2006 5:31:37 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
To: Made in USA
Does the IAF have some of the AC130 gunships?
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posted on
08/03/2006 5:39:45 AM PDT
by
mcshot
("If it ain't broke it doesn't have enough features." paraphrased anon.)
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To: EnjoyingLife
That's sooo Kewl! :D
l...as the Liberals and Enviros Fume
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posted on
08/03/2006 5:57:19 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just b/c your paranoid; Doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you. :)
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To: monkapotamus
LOL!...mad dog!...mad dog! :D
Dog: I'm gonna pee and dump in my master's slippers for this.
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posted on
08/03/2006 6:02:14 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just b/c your paranoid; Doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you. :)
To: Made in USA
Those are HC-130's not AC-130 SPECTRES
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posted on
08/03/2006 8:55:36 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: EnjoyingLife
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posted on
08/03/2006 9:16:26 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: monkapotamus
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posted on
08/03/2006 9:20:50 AM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: Zavien Doombringer
No, sorry to disagree with you, but they are KC-130s, most likley R or T models. After having over 4000 hours in one they become part of your life. HC-130s have a nose in the shape of a wedge, as well a a pronounced hump in the back aft of the cockpit. area Those noses are rounded. Also note the tri coloring. AF birds, including HC birds, are single color grey or camo.
To: Made in USA
Death from above! Makes you proud to be an American.
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posted on
08/03/2006 9:33:32 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(USAF Air Rescue "That others may live.")
To: EnjoyingLife
FSM! Behold! He is risen!
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posted on
08/03/2006 9:37:59 AM PDT
by
orionblamblam
(I'm interested in science and preventing its corruption, so here I am.)
To: Made in USA
"Calling Puff! Calling Puff the Magic Dragon!"
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posted on
08/03/2006 9:38:13 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(America: SUPREME!)
To: EnjoyingLife
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posted on
08/03/2006 9:47:30 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Fresh Wind
Uh, oh. Just wait 'till the tinfoil hat crowd sees that one!
To: CholeraJoe
Airborne, Death from Above.
AC-130 - Death on Call
Hoo-ah
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posted on
08/03/2006 10:33:44 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: EnjoyingLife
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posted on
08/03/2006 10:35:50 AM PDT
by
Stultis
(I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
To: monkapotamus
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posted on
08/03/2006 10:36:40 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Tea, Earl Grey, more than lukewarm ,but not boiling either.)
To: Made in USA
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posted on
08/03/2006 10:42:32 AM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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