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2003-02-24 Iraq

B-52s begin training runs over Gulf region

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Posted by Steve 2003-02-24 01:59 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 When you care enough to send the very best....

Who's that knocking at my door, who's that knocking at my door.....

Posted by Hungry Valley 2003-02-24 19:36:34|| 2003-02-24 19:36:34|| Front Page Top

#2 The BUFF's formal name is "Stratofortress." BUFF stands for Big Ugly Fat F***er."

Posted by ereynol 2003-02-24 14:32:20|| 2003-02-24 14:32:20|| Front Page Top

#3 After Afghanistan, it would seem appropriate to give the BUFF another nickname:

BUFFy the Taliban Slayer

Posted by Mike 2003-02-24 14:56:44|| 2003-02-24 14:56:44|| Front Page Top

#4 BUFFy the Taliban Slayer - LOL
I would like to ask knowledgable readers if B-52s and other heavy ordnance is being used in direct tactical support and, if so, when we resumed doing so. IIRC, after the botched "Cobra" preliminary bombings in '44 that killed so many of our own troops--and a general--that heavy bombers were not to be used for tactical support. Have GPS and other, better navigational aids since WWII caused that to change? Or are we still using them strategically and when friendly troops are way, way out of the area?

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-02-24 15:17:37|| 2003-02-24 15:17:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes Dar, 52s are being used for tactical support. The new GPS guided bombs are so accurate you could shove them out of the back of a C-130 and still land them within feet of the target.

Posted by Parabellum 2003-02-24 16:03:04|| 2003-02-24 16:03:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Say what you like about our newer weapons, but there's just something about a B-52 strike that really gets the point across. It conveys a certain seriousness of purpose.

Posted by Matt 2003-02-24 16:49:35|| 2003-02-24 16:49:35|| Front Page Top

#7 BUFF = Big Ugly Flyin' Fuckers

Posted by mojo 2003-02-24 16:51:31|| 2003-02-24 16:51:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Let the thunder begin.

Posted by Drew 2003-02-24 20:35:26|| 2003-02-24 20:35:26|| Front Page Top

#9 But...
But...
You can't arc light a whole country!

Or, can you?

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-24 21:22:32|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-24 21:22:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Murat,
I agree that a federated Iraq state is the best of a limited range of options.Giving every seperate group in the world with an autonomise state would result in world wide chaos.
However while your waving those maps around lets see if you can find an independant Palistinian state.If I remember my history there never has been one(at least in the last 4,000 years)

Posted by raptor 2003-02-25 08:38:01|| 2003-02-25 08:38:01|| Front Page Top

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