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12 Minute Response Time For USAF B1 Crew To Hit The "BIG ONE"
Reuters ^
| 8 April, 2003
Posted on 04/08/2003 9:37:42 AM PDT by Happy2BMe
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| Tue Apr 8,11:58 AM ET |
A U.S. B-1 bomber that tried to kill Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in Baghdad dropped four satellite-guided bombs only 12 minutes after receiving orders that 'this is the big one,' the plane's weapons officer said on April 8, 2003. 'We used four weapons on the target,' Air Force Lt. Col. Fred Swan, told Pentagon (news - web sites) reporters of Monday's attack in a telephone interview from the region. 'From the time we got the coordinates, it took 12 minutes to get the bombs on target.' A B-1B Lancer from the U.S. Air Force 28th Air Expeditionary Wing heads out on a combat mission in support of strikes on Afghanistan (news - web sites) in this file picture released December 7, 2001. REUTERS/Cedric H. Rudisill/USAF/Handout |
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TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: b1; dead; decapitation; iraqifreedom; jdams; responsetime; saddam; thebigone; warlist
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Twelve Minute Response Time - NOW that's pretty damned good!
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:37:42 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
To: All
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:39:30 AM PDT
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To: Happy2BMe
We served up Saddam a JDAM Sandwich within 12 minutes or its free!!!
To: Happy2BMe
Better than dialing 911!
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:39:45 AM PDT
by
AdA$tra
(Tagline maintenance in progress......)
To: Happy2BMe
Just wondering...are you surprised that they released the crew names.....?
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:40:43 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: Happy2BMe
I thought about this yesterday and today as I drove. I think the are roving flights up above just waiting their turn in line to advance on a target. There would have to be. Especially close air support.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:41:31 AM PDT
by
sit-rep
To: Happy2BMe
Candygram. ....... Would you open the door, please?
Candygram. .....
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:43:19 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.)
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To: ken5050
"Just wondering...are you surprised that they released the crew names.....? Now that is a JDAM good question!
Ollie North was plagued by Islamic hit men for years and years over stuff like this.
Hmmm....
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:45:11 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
To: Diogenesis
HEEELLarious!
Candygram for Saddam . .
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:46:21 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
To: ConservativeMan55; AdA$tra
We served up Saddam a JDAM Sandwich within 12 minutes or its free!!! LOL !
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:46:35 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: jbind
It's not clear from the article.
Any one read Nelson DeMille's book: Lions Game?
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:47:42 AM PDT
by
NYFriend
To: Happy2BMe
Hmm, only 12 minutes. Faster than Domino's Pizza. And a lot hotter too.
To: ken5050
In most cases the decision to release the name is up to the individual serviceman. They can choose to remain anonymous.
To: MeeknMing
LOL! I don't think he is all in one piece after last night! He is now in a gazillion little pieces!
To: Diogenesis
Saddam's Favorite (French) Restaurant . .
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:50:42 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
I know, but you'd think that somweone in the DoD would have "advised and counseled" this crew that for the foreseeable future anonymity might be the wise course of action, for them and for their families...
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:53:30 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: NYFriend
yes. it was excellent.
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posted on
04/08/2003 9:58:26 AM PDT
by
kallisti
To: Happy2BMe
I just hope those co-ordinates weren't some B.S.from a bogus source. We got "played" by these types in Afghanistan.
To: ken5050
I was very surprised to see the specific crew members named...hmmm? I wonder why they did that.
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