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Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy: Part II
Me ^ | 9/22/01 | Randy Lormand

Posted on 09/22/2001 11:01:55 AM PDT by lormand

Meet the B52 Stratofortress

This is the plane that made the Iraqis cower in fear. After the carpet bombing by our B52s, the Iraqi "soldiers" could not wait enough for the US ground forces to "liberate" them.

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Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy Part 1

B52 Stratofortress

The B-52H, with a weapons payload of more than 70,000 pounds, is capable of carrying the most diverse range of weapons of any combat aircraft.

The nuclear weapons capacity includes 12 AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles (ACMS), 20 AGM-86A Air Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM) and 8 bombs. The conventional weapons payload is 8 AGM-84 Harpoon missiles, 4 AGM-142 Raptor missiles, 51 x 500 lb bombs, 30 x 1000 lb bombs, 20 AGM-86C Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles (CALCM), 12 Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW), 12 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and 16 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD). JDAM is due to enter service in 2001, WCMD and JSOW in 2002.

The B-52H can also deliver 51 x 500lb, 30 x 1000lb and 20 x 2000lb navy mines.


A rack of 6 ACMSs to be loaded internally.



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To: Aaron_A
Was that not known as a hamburger bomb in Vietnam (no explanation needed).
61 posted on 09/22/2001 9:20:34 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: lormand
Wow great pics thanks

Let's</font color="#ff0000"> Roll</FONT COLOR="#0000ff"></font size="8">

62 posted on 09/22/2001 9:20:39 PM PDT by apackof2
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Could have been....I have heard that they were used to clear helo landing zones in Vietnam. A few were dropped during Desert Storm aswell.
63 posted on 09/22/2001 9:24:30 PM PDT by Aaron_A
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To: apackof2
That would be cool nose art on a BUFF, "Lets Roll!"
64 posted on 09/22/2001 9:24:35 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Aaron_A
BLU-82 was strapped down to a cargo pallet and rolled out the back of C-130, no other delivery system.
65 posted on 09/22/2001 9:26:56 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: bootless


66 posted on 09/22/2001 9:33:24 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
Which came first, the Backfire or the Lancer? The Space Shuttle or the Buran?
67 posted on 09/22/2001 9:40:58 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: lormand
Let's not forget this little puppy:

Or better yet, maybe they'll recall what this babe did:

And lets hope they don't go begging for:

68 posted on 09/22/2001 10:16:48 PM PDT by AnalogReigns
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Which came first, the Backfire or the Lancer? The Space Shuttle or the Buran?

Backfire. Don't know about the Buran. It would have been closer had Carter not cancelled the B-1A. Anyway one more picture and something that goes with it.

"Death from Above"

69 posted on 09/22/2001 10:19:51 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: lormand
For the A10 warm and fuzzy...


70 posted on 09/22/2001 10:25:00 PM PDT by bootyist-monk
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To: lormand
I don't know HOW you did it, but you not only made me feel warm and fuzzy, but MOIST, too! (That's just between you and me, OK?)
71 posted on 09/22/2001 10:27:05 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: All
Standing near a BUFF (B-52) takeoff, the first thing you'll notice is how low their wings droop, you think they are going to drag on the ground.

Next thing you quickly notice is how loud their engines are, only a KC-135 tanker is louder in my experience. Something to do with the water injection in the jet engine I think if my memory is right.

72 posted on 09/22/2001 10:43:47 PM PDT by spectr17
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To: lormand
Sorry friend, can't help you with UNIX.

FRegards!

baa

73 posted on 09/22/2001 11:12:30 PM PDT by woollyone
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To: lormand
I found that one at this website.

Ping me when you get the nest thread up.

74 posted on 09/23/2001 5:38:49 AM PDT by TomB
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To: lormand
rm -rf /pub/bin/laden

Basically, it kills, nukes, deletes, annihilates, removes, does away with, blows away, nixes, makes go away, banishes, vaporizes, converts to dust, facilitates the ceasing to exist, leaves only memories of, makes go bye bye, everything in the /pub directory, and subdirectories, after the command is issued, without prejudice.

Very convenient and useful indeed, but not to be used lightly, as there is no way of recovery.

Yes! I like it!

75 posted on 09/23/2001 7:48:40 AM PDT by Hoosier Patriot
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To: lormand
I wonder, is it legal for a man to marry a wonderfull machine such as that ?

If it isn't I want support for a bill to be placed in CONGRESS !

Cheese .

BUMP!

76 posted on 09/23/2001 7:57:18 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood
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To: lormand
Here's another handy Unix treasure:

bin laden - pid 2859

kill 2859

However, the kill command is only a request for process id 2859 to kill itself. If uncooperative, the nifty -9 option can be invoked, whereby pid 2859 (bin laden) will be immediately killed by issuing:

kill -9 2859

At this time, process 2859 (bin laden) takes the infinite dirt nap.

Aint Unix grand?

77 posted on 09/23/2001 8:20:39 AM PDT by Hoosier Patriot
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To: Chong
These pictures made me feel warm and fuzzy, AND....... well, never mind, my husband might get jealous. ;-)

LOL - I wasn't thinking warm & fuzzy, I was thinking hot and bothered . . . . .

78 posted on 09/23/2001 8:36:55 AM PDT by WIladyconservative
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To: lormand
When I was a kid, my WWII Army aircorp vet dad always took us on driving vacations (ho hum, when you're a kid) - except he made sure we always went by SAC bases and such. I recall seeing B-52's on the ground and thinking they were some wicked looking planes. C-130's regularly fly missions over my home, and I tear up everytime I see them.

Last month, my family was on vacation and F-15's kept buzzing the lake we were fishing . . like Father like Daughter!

79 posted on 09/23/2001 8:47:07 AM PDT by WIladyconservative
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To: lormand
These threads sure do make me feel good!

Here are some more.

FILE--The U.S. Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, shown in this undated file photo, has a crew and airwing of nearly 5500 Sailors and Marines and a full complement of about 70 warplanes aboard.

A greeting from us to them during the Gulf War.

And here is what happened to Baghdad.


80 posted on 09/23/2001 9:49:32 AM PDT by LBGA
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