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Pilots rescued after fighter jets crash
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| 02/20/2008
| By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 02/20/2008 5:12:14 PM PST by RTO
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:12:17 PM PST
by
RTO
To: All
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:14:26 PM PST
by
Cindy
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: BluH2o
Nah, in American guys who lose their airplanes get elected President (or at least nominated). Anybody ever wonder why we don't nominate/elect people who shot down the other guy?
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:21:14 PM PST
by
newroark
To: BluH2o
How about giving them the benefit of the doubt, since they put their lives on the line for us every day?
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:21:46 PM PST
by
linear
(Swear fealty to no man.)
To: RTO
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:22:35 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
To: RTO
Ah, Tyndall. Ah, 1958. Ah, F-100s and B-58s. Ah, Panama City. Ah, America, how I loved thee.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:25:05 PM PST
by
353FMG
(Vote for the Person who will do the least damage to our country.)
To: RTO
They aren’t bored now.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:25:34 PM PST
by
Domangart
(editor and publisher)
To: newroark
You have to lose at least 3 planes to become president.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:30:31 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: RTO
Thanks be to God for the safety of the pilots.
To: 353FMG
The Eagles were from Eglin.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:33:20 PM PST
by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"—Ronald Reagan)
To: linear; BluH2o
I hope they’re not hot doggers. We had one of those types showing off as he took off from my airport and only about a mile and a half from my house, his plane dive bombed right into a house and killed him and the folks inside (I should say a major-sized fireball, they were all incinerated), and it just barely missed the interstate (where it would’ve killed even more people). If the jerk had banked to the left, it might’ve been me and my house that would’ve ended up a charcoal briquette.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:36:01 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: newroark
Anybody ever wonder why we don't nominate/elect people who shot down the other guy?Sometimes "we" do.
To: newroark
Anybody ever wonder why we don't nominate/elect people who shot down the other guy?A guy who claimed to have shot down 5 planes got elected to Congress - before going to the federal pen.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:39:28 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: RTO
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:44:40 PM PST
by
swmobuffalo
("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
To: Blood of Tyrants
You have to lose at least 3 planes to become president.Who are you referring to. Can't be McCain; he's supposed to be an 'ace'. Corpus, Spain, near Philadelphia, friendly fire on the Forrestal (ok, not really your fault when you get shot down while sitting on the deck), and near Hanoi.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:44:56 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: JRios1968
I know, but there was a private connection for me between Eglin and Tyndall. I was in awe of some of the big brass we took out fishing in those days. Some of these guys flew with Dolittle and had talked with Patton. As a young AF private these guys were like gods to me.
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:48:41 PM PST
by
353FMG
(Vote for the Person who will do the least damage to our country.)
To: newroark
Anybody ever wonder why we don't nominate/elect people who shot down the other guy? Those we put in jail.. well first we elect them and then if they take bribes for earmarks, we put 'em in Jail.
Randy "Duke" Cumningham was one of only four US aces of the Vietnam war, only he and Steve Richie of the AF were pilots. The others, Chuck DeBellevue (AF), William Driscoll (Navy) and Jeff Feinstein(AF) were back seaters..
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:51:52 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: fieldmarshaldj
I work on Eglin, and by definition, a fighter pilot is a hot dogger. These aren’t airline pilots. Having said that, these F15s are very old, I doubt the incident you described is pilot error, more likely mechanical failure.
Thou I have heard of some amazing accidents caused by recklessness. Regardless, I’m thrilled they are safe!
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posted on
02/20/2008 5:54:17 PM PST
by
Robbin
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