U.S. Air Force warns Iran with huge show of strength as 52 fully-armed F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters...

The Daily Mail UK ^ | 06 Jan 2020 | Emily Crane

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Full Title: U.S. Air Force warns Iran with huge show of strength as 52 fully-armed F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters worth $4.2 BILLION take off in a single wave after 'elephant walk' along Utah base runway

The U.S. Air Force has performed a huge show of strength by launching more than 50 fully-armed Lightning II stealth fighters in a single wave following an elephant walk down the runway. The 52 F-35A aircrafts, which are worth a whopping $4.2 billion, took off in quick succession from the Hill Air Force Base in Utah on Monday. The exercise carried out by the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings showed the Air Force's ability to deploy a large force of the F-35As. While the exercise has been planned for several months, the execution...

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lots of pix at link, but they're AF pics not sure we can copy?

[blueplum]

and here’s a two-fer:
not sure if it’s a special deployment or just standard rotational??

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7858861/Pentagon-sends-six-B-52-strategic-bombers-key-military-base-3-000-miles-Iran.html

[Helicondelta]

[Ciaphas Cain]

Seeing all that concentrated firepower makes me hear Hux’s screaming in The Last Jedi. “That’s enough. THAT’S ENOUGH!! Do you think you got him???”

[ImpBill]

Elephant Walk

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[reintarnation]

The photos are copyright by the Air Force, you're clear to post. I live on the south side of the base, lots of beautiful noise for most of the day.

[NormsRevenge]

Quite the roar, I bet.

We should have had 52 F-4s taking care of business back in the infancy of the Islamic Infestation. Backed by a couple squadrons of B-52s, all armed to the teeth.

[Salamander]

Holy carp!

That’s a lot of fire.

[tenger]

Talk about sending a very pinpointed message. 52 targets for the number of hostages; 52 aircraft.

[Salamander]

More like Pat Travers...boom, boom, out go the lights.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Fungi]

Any lethal ascomycetes on those bombs?

[Mariner]

That’s an intimidating sight for any and every nation of the world.

We’re going to buy 1,100 of these.

Think on that for a moment, and smile.

[Bob434]

I would love to see Pres Trump tweet the names of terrorist leaders with a “3-2-1...” after each name-

The left will melt down

[Mariner]

The number 52 is far more significant in the context of the deck of trading cards the US produced with our 52 most wanted Iraqi’s.

Saddam was Ace of Spades.

[Cobra64]

Shoulda had fifty-two B-52s.

[stars & stripes forever]

PRESIDENT TRUMP knows how to send a message!

[dp0622]

I can take em in my Dodge Challenger

[nuconvert]

Wow. Thanks for the post

[CJ Wolf]

I have a feeling the world is about to change again. Pretty darn quickly I might add.