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B-1 adapts, remains effective after 25 years
AF News Service ^
| 4/26/2010
| Janie Santos
Posted on 04/27/2010 9:33:19 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:34:53 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
To: Frantzie
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:35:24 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
They have an air show almost every year not far away. After the last fly by, the B-1 goes past back to base and they go from 500 feet an up to 5,000 feet in a few miles going just below the speed of sound. The plane flat out moves.
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:38:49 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
To: sonofstrangelove
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:42:26 PM PDT
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JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Was just going to say, “This thread is useless without pictures...” Thank you!
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:49:19 PM PDT
by
redhead
("If you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." --Ronald W. Reagan)
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:49:27 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Seen from that vantage, the B-1 reminds me of a jumbo-size FB-111!
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:49:49 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Frantzie
Fast, and the greatest bomb load in the AF.
To: sonofstrangelove
The most beautiful airplane ever built.
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:55:04 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
>The most beautiful airplane ever built.
The F-22 and F-14 are both also quite handsome.
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posted on
04/27/2010 9:57:47 PM PDT
by
ROTB
(Without a Christian revival, we are government slaves, or attacked from outside during armed revolt.)
To: onedoug
My youngest daughter thinks the same thing. I happen to like the SR-71 and the Raptor myself.
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posted on
04/27/2010 10:14:46 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Clearly the most capable aircraft ever built.
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posted on
04/27/2010 10:15:31 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: onedoug
'The most beautiful airplane ever built." I second that motion. I think the C-5 is impressive, as well. Sure, it's not sexy like the B1, but there's something about the way it just lumbers through the air.
And of course, one can't forget about the F-4; America's blue collar fighter/attack platform.
To: OldDeckHand
I was able to play war games with the “smoker” and the newer version. Those guys were nuts. That aircraft I did not want on my horizon because they were most likely to kill me.
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posted on
04/27/2010 10:21:53 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: onedoug
Can't argue, but I really like the SIAI-Marchetti SF-260. Hey, it's Italian.
To: eyedigress
'I was able to play war games with the “smoker” and the newer version. " Those are the Dutch? Or, is it the Norwegians?
I participated in Arctic Warrior probably 20 years ago. I was shocked to see a bunch of F-4's there. At that point, I thought all had been retired. I think there's still quite a few flying in other countries to this day.
To: OldDeckHand
It was the US. 1980’s Red Flag. I operated a ZSU-23-4 AAA radar site.
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posted on
04/27/2010 10:32:11 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: OldDeckHand
"Those are the Dutch? Or, is it the Norwegians?" Oh. I think one of the Scandinavian/Northern European countries may have hijacked that name.
If you ever GoogleEarth that aircraft graveyard out west, you can still see the F-4's lined up. It's sad.
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