(USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT) Warplanes to begin supporting ground troops

cnn ^ | 3-25-03 | embedded

[doug from upland]

A catapult crewman protects his ears as an F/A-18 Hornet is launched during flight operations aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CNN) -- Warplanes aboard this aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea will move away from carefully crafted bombing missions in Iraq to fly less-structured support missions for ground troops, according to sources on the Roosevelt.

[VOA]

Warplanes aboard this aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea will move
away from carefully crafted bombing missions in Iraq to fly
less-structured support missions for ground troops, according to sources on the Roosevelt.

All right...now we move to the "free style" portion of the competition!

Actually, I don't think I've yet heard a reporter yet utter my favorite verbiage
from Gulf War I:

TARGET-RICH ENVIRONMENT

I just hope that as many Feyadeen and other true believers (in Saddam)
get "neutralized" by these planes.
The fewer of them left alive at the end of the conflict...the quicker
Iraq can be made a functional country.

[illumini]

GO GET 'EM!

[TUX]

With the 3rd. in the front and these hornets in the back door the Repugnant Guards are tethered goats with nowhere to go.

[fuzzy122]

More than 8.3 million people have signed Defend America's online Thank You Note to the men and women of the U.S. military.

Whooo-raaah!!!

Stay Strong
Fuzzy

[VOA]

early morning bump for the USS Theordore Roosevelt