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Military Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing In Venus
TBO.com ^
| February 20, 2008
| Douglas Carman
Posted on 02/20/2008 4:24:28 PM PST by uca99
VENUS – An unidentified military airplane contracted to the U.S. military made an emergency landing on C.R. 731 near the Glades County line Wednesday afternoon, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's Office official.
Lt. Ken Johnson said that he could not identify the plane or what it was doing, saying it was "of a military nature" and the details were classified, but the plane reported engine problems at approximately 2:30 p.m. while flying between undisclosed locations in the Tampa area toward Miami. No injuries or damages to the plane or any ground structures were reported.
A caller, who declined to be identified, said that the plane had print on it identifying it as belonging to the Iraqi Air Force. Johnson confirmed that the plane had that label, but said the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security told him it was actually owned by the U.S. military and not by Iraq.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: aviation; florida; iraq; iraqiplane; marines; militaryaircraft; venus
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posted on
02/20/2008 4:24:29 PM PST
by
uca99
To: uca99
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posted on
02/20/2008 4:25:30 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(This is my BOOMSTICK)
To: uca99
Odd that I see this on the same day that two Florida based F-15s collided. Things that make me go hmmmmm.
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posted on
02/20/2008 4:26:06 PM PST
by
squidly
To: uca99
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posted on
02/20/2008 4:26:20 PM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: squidly
Oh and it is lunar eclipse day and we are shooting down our own satellite. Do not forget the shuttle came back today.
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posted on
02/20/2008 4:28:43 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
To: uca99
To: uca99
Fidel flying in for emergency medical treatment?
7
posted on
02/20/2008 4:38:13 PM PST
by
Brian S. Fitzgerald
("We're going to drag that ship over the mountain.")
To: sam_paine
8
posted on
02/20/2008 4:39:34 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( You go to da box..... you feel shame)
To: uca99
Somebody get out there and take a picture!
9
posted on
02/20/2008 4:48:05 PM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Hillary Clinton - It's OBAMAS Party and She'll Cry if She Wants to?)
To: uca99
10
posted on
02/20/2008 4:49:12 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Never a dude like this one! Obama's got a plan to stick it to The Man!)
To: uca99
Hmm...wonder if we picked up one (or more) Russian jets from the pre-2003 Iraqi air force.
11
posted on
02/20/2008 4:54:19 PM PST
by
Turbopilot
(iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
To: ari-freedom
I wonder if the dateline shouldn’t be Venice, not Venus.
12
posted on
02/20/2008 5:01:38 PM PST
by
jwparkerjr
(Sigh . . .)
To: ari-freedom
i didn't know ray leonard played tennis...
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:03:46 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: uca99
First the two F-15’s lost off Florida and now this? What’s going on?
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:05:24 PM PST
by
F-117A
(Mr. Bush, have someone read UN Resolution 1244 to you!!!)
To: uca99
Re:
Iraqi Air Force markings? My sources say it landed on the beach... 
and is being dug out now!
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:11:53 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Turbopilot
It’s probably one of the light planes we have given the Iraqis for surveillance.
To: Bender2
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:22:46 PM PST
by
F-117A
(Mr. Bush, have someone read UN Resolution 1244 to you!!!)
To: uca99
weird
18
posted on
02/20/2008 5:26:43 PM PST
by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: mad_as_he$$
Do not forget the shuttle came back today. Earthquake in Indonesia.
To: Joe Miner
OH forgot that one nice save!!!
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:28:17 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
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