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To: Army Air Corps
Offering recently decommissioned aircraft carriers to a friend would be really bad form.

A buddy of mine was a MCPO on the USS America (the last non-nuke carrier?) He said it was more dangerous duty than his days as a helicopter door gunner in RVN. Said he was happy to hear that damn thing sank with nobody aboard!

If we want to help India, give them a new one!

14 posted on 02/03/2011 12:43:14 PM PST by Don Carlos (Don't tell mom I'm running for congress. She thinks I still play piano in a whorehouse.)
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To: Don Carlos

It depends on the condition of the ship upon decomm and how well it is rennovated for its new life. We have sold decomm ships to a lot of allies over the decades. That said, what would India do with a supercarrier? Outside of an LPH, that is pretty much all we would have to offer for carrier aviation at the moment.


16 posted on 02/03/2011 12:51:28 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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