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F-16s respond to flight near Mexican border in AZ
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| May 16
Posted on 05/16/2010 3:05:36 PM PDT by JoeProBono
PHOENIX (AP) -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-16 fighter planes intercepted an ultralight aircraft near the U.S.-Mexico border in southwestern Arizona.
The plane crossed from Mexico into Arizona just after 6 a.m. Sunday. NORAD dispatched two F-16s from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and they shadowed the ultralight for about 30 minutes until it flew back into Mexico.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; border; enforcementworks; f16; jpb; mexico; mexicostinks; warontheborder
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To: JoeProBono
Kinda like varmint hunting with a 50BMG. A little bit overkill.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:08:52 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Obama is a failed experiment.)
To: JoeProBono
Too bad they don’t “scramble” for Mexican helicopters in Texas.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:10:21 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Can an F-16 fly slow enough to shadow an ultralight?
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:11:48 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("I'll retire to Bedlam.")
To: ConfidentConservative
I did my stall training during the day, but I guess it’d be more interesting, and at a much higher speed than my Tomahawk, at night...
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:13:17 PM PDT
by
benewton
(Life sucks, then you die)
To: JoeProBono
Just another Moooselimb dry run ... nothing to see here, move along.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:13:47 PM PDT
by
VRWC For Truth
(Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
To: JoeProBono
So what has 0bozo been doing for the past 15 months as Mexican military and police helicopters have continuously continued to violate our air space with impunity with no fears of consequences?
To: JoeProBono
F-16 Pilots are racist (sarc)
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:15:10 PM PDT
by
NavyCanDo
To: SmokingJoe
To: DuncanWaring
Mexican authorities have a special ‘incursion waiver’ from the FAA.
To: JoeProBono
1,000 quatloos on the F-16’s.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:17:04 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
To: JoeProBono
They should have shot it down.
#1) They’re invading our lands and airspace.
#2) The kill would have been a ‘first’ in modern aviation warfare.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:19:28 PM PDT
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:20:52 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: rbosque
I doubt they’s have needed to shoot it down. A close pass with afterburners would have rendered it no longer airworthy.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:21:17 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:22:07 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: VRWC For Truth
Just another Moooselimb dry run ... nothing to see here, move along. More likely a drug smuggling operation. They are known to use ultralights for that. There was and article posted some time ago about one that went down, cargo seized, pilot killed.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:23:38 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: rbosque
They should have shot it down.Waste of munitions. A single high speed pass would have done it.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:26:08 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
To: umgud
They wouldn’t even need to shoot. One high speed pass and that ultralight is toast.
To: Joe 6-pack
A close pass with afterburners would have rendered it no longer airworthy.
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posted on
05/16/2010 3:27:21 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(The Initial Point in Politics: Our Constitution initialpoints.net)
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