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1 posted on 06/02/2016 12:49:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

G-damn shame.


2 posted on 06/02/2016 12:50:20 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: BenLurkin

Well, obunhole is still walking, so I’d say the pilot missed.


3 posted on 06/02/2016 12:50:55 PM PDT by dware (I don't care what bathroom they use, as long as it's in the nuthouse, where they belong)
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To: BenLurkin

All obvious joking aside...that sucks.

Pilot condition?


5 posted on 06/02/2016 12:51:56 PM PDT by mad puppy (E PLURIBUS UNUM)
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To: BenLurkin

More detail:

http://gazette.com/thunderbirds-jet-crashes-near-colorado-springs/article/1577424


6 posted on 06/02/2016 12:52:54 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: BenLurkin
That would apparently be this flyover...


7 posted on 06/02/2016 12:53:03 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: BenLurkin

When you only have one engine it’s hard to switch to your backup.


11 posted on 06/02/2016 12:56:17 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: BenLurkin

The kiss of death. That whole class is cursed.


14 posted on 06/02/2016 12:57:50 PM PDT by ryan71 (Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
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To: BenLurkin

Committed suicide out of shame.


16 posted on 06/02/2016 12:59:54 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: BenLurkin

What a perfect symbol of the Obama military.

Pray America wakes


18 posted on 06/02/2016 1:09:18 PM PDT by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: BenLurkin

Reported engine failure.


19 posted on 06/02/2016 1:10:56 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: BenLurkin

Obama sucks so bad he pulls airplanes out of the sky.


22 posted on 06/02/2016 1:14:47 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’d guess it might be a mechanical failure.

We are expecting the military to make due with awful equipment and terrible conditions.


28 posted on 06/02/2016 1:26:03 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: BenLurkin

How symbolic.


31 posted on 06/02/2016 1:33:49 PM PDT by MNnice
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Only TWO questions:

1. Is the pilot OK?

2. Did it crash on top of a Marxist, Mooslim, Kenyan, Steaming Pant Load Sissy Boy Goat humping, Allah FUBAR screaming Sand Uyghur?

32 posted on 06/02/2016 1:35:54 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: BenLurkin

When the jet was first fielded, they called it the “lawn dart.” When its single engine fails...


37 posted on 06/02/2016 1:47:25 PM PDT by afsnco
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To: BenLurkin

The crash scene was at the wrong place.

The USAF usually hits targets much better than this.


39 posted on 06/02/2016 7:22:19 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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Just got some inside poop on the recent Thunderbird crash near the AF Academy. This from a “connected” former AF pilot in Hurricane.

Not verified, but will it ever be?

……………………………………………………………………..

Opposing Solo (#6) ejected due to flameout on landing.

Below is from an AF friend…a rumor or leak, still sad if true.

Following their flyover at the AF Academy, the 6 ship Thunderbird formation remained in flight over the local area awaiting a join-up photo-op with AF#1 due to take off after graduation ceremonies ended. But Obama took his sweet time on the way back to Pete Field. Whoever was running this “photo op” ordered the flight to continue to “hold” causing them to exceed their bingo fuel limits.

Just got this by email, today.

Begin forwarded messages:
Not sure how much to make of this, unverified. Lack of post crash fire makes fairly credible.

Subj: Thunderbird crash

He ran out of gas.
They were holding waiting for POTUS. The whole team was bingo.
Boss and pilot fired.
Done for the season.


42 posted on 06/11/2016 4:56:48 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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Information is leaking around the Air Force aviator community that:

“Obama was late showing up for the graduation and the T Birds had to go into a holding pattern waiting for their part of the ceremony to take place. The entire flight ran low on fuel and being number six for landing he was on fumes and elected to head it for a field where he put it down as he ejected. The rest of the flight were also on fumes but landed safely. Flight leader and this pilot were just fired from the team. Meanwhile Obama blithely goes his way with nary an apology.”


44 posted on 06/18/2016 2:44:39 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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