Thanks for pointing out the error in my ways.
Posted on 02/15/2007 7:21:04 AM PST by jmc1969
Thunderous booms were heard across Baghdad as US and Iraqi forces launched a major operation in a Sunni insurgent-infested neighborhood on Thursday, a spokesman said.
Iraqi Army Brig. Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for the Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security plan, said a joint US-Iraqi force had moved into the southern neighborhood of Dora.
The statement came a day after thousands of US troops swept house-to-house through mostly Shiite areas near a militia stronghold in northeastern Baghdad in the opening phase of the long-awaited Baghdad security crackdown.
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"When I was a young lad in the USAF, I worked on the defensive testing for the B-1b at Edwards.
I can tell you, when it flys over your head at .95 mach at 500 ft off the ground, its really impressive. You don't hear it till its right on top of you."
There's a proposal for a B1-R upgrade, which would upgrade the engines, avionics, and external hardpoints. It would get the B1 back into the Mach 2.0 regime, with massive payload AND the ability to carry a swarm (32 IIRC) of AAMRAM air-to-air missiles.
Seems to me to be a very cost effective and interesting upgrade... After all we only have what, 12 B2s?
Thanks for pointing out the error in my ways.
Lord, hear our prayers.
I saw a fly-by when the Sec-Def delivered the first B1 to CinC-SAC at Offut AFB. You didn't hear a thing until it was too late, then you heard a sound that makes you want to pull your ears out.
That's without any bombs - just the engines.
One impressive airplane.
OK, so the fact that the first one needed some spare AC parts flown in and CinC-SAC had to get a second plane to deliver to the oprational base was a little less impressive, but glitches happen.
Very cool!
Excellent.
It's too bad that Mookie al-Sadr isn't making a paternity claim. Then Fox could cover both stories easily!
Funny thing is I thought the same thing. ;-)
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-1b_gallery.htm
Photo Gallery Of B1 Bomber
Go get em!
LOL!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM :-)))))
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