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Delta regional pilot makes 'aggressive maneuver' to avoid B-52 collision
ABC News ^
| July 20, 2025
| Sam Sweeney
Posted on 07/20/2025 2:56:00 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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“Sorry to pull all of those G’s on you. It felt like I was back at Top Gun.”
To: crusty old prospector
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posted on
07/20/2025 2:58:18 PM PDT
by
LukeL
To: LukeL
The interweb says most are exempt.
To: crusty old prospector
Were they playing Love Shack or Rock Lobster?
To: crusty old prospector
The kind of story you get on a slow news day.
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:03:05 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: Round Earther
I would guess Private Idaho.
To: pfflier
C’mon, man. It was an aggressive maneuver. Probably a barrel roll.
To: crusty old prospector
“...because the Air Force base DOES have radar..”
I guess the AF hasn’t cleansed their ranks of DEI hires yet!
Great move by this pilot; he saved a lot of lives!
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:10:15 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
B-52s do seem to be big fellahs.
Best to avoid.
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:21:21 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(YMMV)
To: crusty old prospector
Should have just called it turbulence.
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:25:57 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Paladin2
Maybe an original B-52 with 60s electronics?
To: crusty old prospector
A near miss is actually a near hit. George Carlin
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:26:31 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: crusty old prospector
Maybe he went full Denzel Washington...
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:27:28 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: crusty old prospector
So…the pilot got on the PA and told the passengers that the Air Force was to blame?
He’s going to have some gigantic problems with that
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:28:02 PM PDT
by
stanne
(Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
To: stanne
He’s probably a former navy man.
To: stanne
The pilot seems like a chatty guy/gal.
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:32:04 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: crusty old prospector
The B-52 pilot was a bit distracted trying to authenticate an attack order.
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:38:00 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary?)
To: crusty old prospector
Don’t think I’d want to tangle with a B-52..They’re beautiful but HUGE!
To: crusty old prospector
We love the Navy guys. Some times they’re here for a blue angels demo. They are just great.
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posted on
07/20/2025 3:48:43 PM PDT
by
stanne
(Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
To: crusty old prospector
A commercial regional jet flying a routine route to a civilian airport in the same town that has long had an Air Force Base with B-52s. Didn’t the civilian ATC Tower notice the B-52 & Delta jet so close to each other?? That question wasn’t addressed in this report for some reason. Does this happen often that commercial pilots have to take an aggressive maneuver to avoid B-52s in greater Minot??
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