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1 posted on 03/02/2012 9:10:33 PM PST by U-238
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To: U-238

The old 49th fighter group from south pacific days of WW2.I have one of the p-40s they flew in new guinea in 43.Neat history on that group.


2 posted on 03/02/2012 9:15:58 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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Can they breath well in the cockpit?


3 posted on 03/02/2012 9:16:16 PM PST by Rudder
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Thanks for posting this article.

In the old days in SAC we called this kind of exercise an ORI (Operational Readiness Inspection) and it was always a big deal for everyone involved.


6 posted on 03/02/2012 9:24:14 PM PST by zot
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How was the breathing out there? Did they keep under 10,000 feet to avoid hypoxia?


10 posted on 03/02/2012 10:53:10 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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Cool, for $200,000,000 you get an airplane that not only looks neat, it flies as well. I wonder how many stayed on the ground from equipment failures? I’d rather that we nor our enemies know the answer to that question.

And the F-35 costs? Who knows?


14 posted on 03/03/2012 8:26:14 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average.)
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