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| US B-52 bomber hovers over FATA |
| 2009-12-29 |
| PESHAWAR (Agencies) - America's B-52 heavy bomber aircraft, which can carry nuclear and conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability, was again seen hovering over Pakistan's tribal areas on Sunday. The flights of US B-52 bomber, along other spy planes, continued over Fata for last several weeks, causing panic among the locals. Quoting sources, a private TV channel reported that the US drones and B-52 warplanes were hovering over areas of North and South Waziristan and Kurram Agency for the last several weeks. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #19 So they finally brought out the H.A.R.C.! |
| Posted by: notascrename 2009-12-29 22:24 |
| #18 Anybody crazy or stupid enough to fly a BUFF low enough to fry chickens is asking to eat a hill. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-12-29 21:12 |
| #17 "jet exhaust was frying chickens in the barnyard!" |
| Posted by: Don Vito Anginegum8261 2009-12-29 17:02 |
| #16 Do you think the drones may be relaying target coords to the B-52? The plane can carry a lot of ordinance. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2009-12-29 16:06 |
| #15 A B-52 orbiting over the border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan might look to be over Pakistan from the point of view of someone on that side of the border. If you are 50 miles from the border, you can probably see a plane orbiting at 30,000+ feet if it is within about 200 miles of you. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-12-29 15:50 |
| #14 Getting a B-52 to hover is quite a trick! Actually, it's pretty easy: just hit the "P" key and pause Flight Simulator, then F11 for external view and use the cursor keys to pan around it. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-12-29 15:40 |
| #13 A few years ago at Mt. Rushmore they had a joint flyover of a B-52 and a B-1. Fun watching them when they're just strutting - would sure hate to see them if they wanted to kill me. Also a P-51 and an F-15/16 (I know the difference, I just don't remember which was flying) - it was pretty neat - the Mustang was about wide open and the jet was nose high & flaps spread. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-12-29 13:37 |
| #12 Lets just hope that the B52`s find some targets, and start dropping some bombs. |
| Posted by: Dave UK 2009-12-29 13:19 |
| #11 Glad to see they've got mid-air refueling of Drones working. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-12-29 12:56 |
| #10 Arclight? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2009-12-29 11:43 |
| #9 Are we sure that it, technically speaking, wasn't lollygaggging? |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2009-12-29 11:37 |
| #8 As long as it causes panic among the locals. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-12-29 11:27 |
| #7 When I was a teenager in South Central Nebraska - the B-52s out of SAC would, sometimes, practice low level bombing runs on the region. If you saw a Buff making a low level run over you now THAT was impressive. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-12-29 10:35 |
| #6 During the initial Afghanistan operations the B-52's would purposefully fly at an altitude guaranteed to produce contrails. It's PsyOps. |
| Posted by: AllahHateMe 2009-12-29 08:48 |
| #5 At the altitude they normally fly during a mission, would you even see a B-52? RC-135, KC-10 or KC-135 would be the more likely as they're large, have 'swept-wings', and may fly at lower altitudes. I thought maybe even an E-3, but the dome would be pretty obvious to even a goat herder. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-12-29 08:39 |
| #4 Ja, ja brah, dat ooks. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-29 08:28 |
| #3 Loiters? |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2009-12-29 08:22 |
| #2 Helicopters "hover." A B-52 orbits... until his ordnance is expended or a relief on station, whichever comes first. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-29 08:16 |
| #1 Getting a B-52 to hover is quite a trick! |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-12-29 08:15 |