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RAAF gets giant new aircraft
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| 4th December 2006
Posted on 12/04/2006 3:24:56 AM PST by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975
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posted on
12/04/2006 3:27:18 AM PST
by
Uriah_lost
(We've got enough youth, how about a "fountain of smart")
To: naturalman1975; Paleo Conservative
ping. What's a C=17 Globemaster?
Many freepers kindly helped to get a FRhomepage organized on Internet Explorer. It should look organized, now.
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posted on
12/04/2006 3:30:05 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( Many kind freepers helped organize a FRhomepage.)
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
12/04/2006 3:32:08 AM PST
by
gridlock
(We just got dumped. McCain and Rudy are Rebound Guys. Let's not marry the Rebound Guy.)
To: naturalman1975
Don't get much heavier!
![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9122/c17globemasteriii5wr9.jpg)
![](http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1126/c1705ac0.jpg)
Rock on R.A.A.F.
To: Uriah_lost
![](http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2006/Dec/20061204b/20061204adf8054893_049_lo.jpg)
The C-17 Globemaster taxies into Canberra for the first time.![](http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2006/Dec/20061204b/20061204adf8054893_082_lo.jpg)
Wing Commander Linda Corbould, Commanding Officer of 36 Squadron, briefs the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon John Howard, in the cockpit of the C-17 Globemaster.
![](http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2006/Dec/20061204b/20061204adf8054893_118_lo.jpg)
The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, escorts the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon John Howard, and the Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, at the arrival ceremony of the C-17 Globemaster.
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posted on
12/04/2006 3:34:11 AM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Thanks for the pics...now tell me the plane is named "Sheilah.."(G)
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:05:50 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: naturalman1975
is this aircraft "new"? I seem to remember something similar in size (2nd only to the C5 and the Russian things) that's been around, gotta be 30 years
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:07:43 AM PST
by
Mac1
To: naturalman1975
"We are Australian, through and through, and we refer to the English, not just as English, but as Poms. Or pommy bastards. Or bloody whingeing poms. That last expression comes about because the Poms have always been perceived as coming over as immigrants and then continually complaining about the state of affairs in Australia. "It's too hot", whinge the Poms. "The beaches are too sandy!" they cry. "The sea is too wet!". And so on, and so forth. At least that's been the stereotype.
Too many bloody fresh vegetables in the food over here, if you ask me. Cant get a decent fry up for love or money
Stephen, Pommy Immigrant, by e-mail, 13 Jan 2005"
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:10:37 AM PST
by
Solamente
(Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...)
To: Mac1
C-17 is much newer than that.
It's an awesome aircraft, I had a tour on the flight line at Charleston from a buddy who's a pilot with significant combat hours.
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:11:12 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: Mac1
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:12:58 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: Capn TrVth
Rock on R.A.A.F. There seems to be an 'A' missing in that C-17 picture you posted.
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Better yet, what's a Pom?
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:18:28 AM PST
by
Doohickey
(I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
To: Mac1
The C-17's been in service for less than 20 years; it replaced the venerable C-141 Starlifter. It's the USAF's "mid-sized" transporter; they use the C-130 for shorter-range tactical transport, the C-17 when stuff has to go a long way, and the massive C-5 Galaxy when the REALLY BIG stuff (like Abrams tanks) has to go somewhere.
}:-)4
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:27:35 AM PST
by
Moose4
(Baa havoc, and let slip the sheep of war.)
To: Doohickey
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posted on
12/04/2006 4:57:43 AM PST
by
tupac
(There is no god named allah, and muhamed is not his messenger.)
To: Doohickey
Prisoner of Mother England
To: Non-Sequitur
That pic is of a British C-17 (leaseed with support from Boeing).
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posted on
12/04/2006 5:07:09 AM PST
by
TankerKC
(When I think about me, I touch myself.)
To: naturalman1975
The globemaster is a great bird.
To: naturalman1975
Ok-I live in Sydney Australia,and we have 3 national newspapers and 4 national telivision stations and they NEVER made any mntion of this here in OZ. I don't understand why the media here has been able to keep this quiet.This is such a major event and yet the first I have heard of the C-17's arrival in Australia was here on FreeRepublic.com.
I'm thinking it has been overshadowed by the selection of Kevin Rudd as the new leader of the Looney Left.
I'm just dissapointed that Kim Beazley is no longer in charge.(I kind of liked the guy because of his vast exerience on the party.)
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posted on
12/04/2006 5:30:42 AM PST
by
cavador
To: Moose4
"it replaced the venerable C-141 Starlifter"
THAT'S what I was thinking of. Thanks.
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posted on
12/04/2006 5:35:47 AM PST
by
Mac1
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