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2015-01-16 Iraq

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Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 I have that t-shirt and the bumper sticker. I can't wear the shirt to my music festivals.

Posted by texhooey 2015-01-16 00:17|| 2015-01-16 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe this will save it for the upteenth time from being mothballed. But I'm sure obama and his minions will try like hell to get rid of it before they leave office.

Posted by chris 2015-01-16 00:23|| 2015-01-16 00:23|| Front Page Top

#3 The zipper sound they heard as they lay bleeding out, music to my ears.

Posted by Steven 2015-01-16 02:53|| 2015-01-16 02:53|| Front Page Top

#4 A culturally appropriate translation

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-01-16 06:25|| 2015-01-16 06:25|| Front Page Top

#5 the aircraft sparked panic in the ranks of ISIS.

And this is one of the best features of that plane. (I think it's good looking except when it buzzed me on the 4th tee)

Posted by AlanC 2015-01-16 07:24|| 2015-01-16 07:24|| Front Page Top

#6 The Fugue of Wild Boar.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-01-16 08:33|| 2015-01-16 08:33|| Front Page Top

#7 But I'm sure obama and his minions will try like hell to get rid of it before they leave office.

Before there was an Obama and well after he's gone, the AF fighter mafia will strike from hell's heart with even its last breath (as unmanned aircraft move them out) to kill the Warthog.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-16 09:02|| 2015-01-16 09:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Before there was an Obama and well after he's gone, the AF fighter mafia will strike from hell's heart with even its last breath (as unmanned aircraft move them out) to kill the Warthog.

This is an old management technique to prove they are right.

Posted by gorb 2015-01-16 10:04|| 2015-01-16 10:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Love that A-10. A low and slow head on approach even if you know the gun is safed is enough to start legs quivering and trying to find a big hole to hide in.
Only thing even close is having a HueyCobra drop in on you and watch the gun slew around as the pilot seeks his target ( even if the bird is facing north and you are to the east, that gun can find you.
And from under the helmet's lens, the pilot smiles/////

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-01-16 12:23|| 2015-01-16 12:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Our family Marine told us that, even though our guys were beat up, bleeding and exhausted during a prolonged firefight with an entrenched foe, the sound of those turbofans made even the badly wounded guys on their stretchers grin in anticipation of what was to come next.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2015-01-16 13:55|| 2015-01-16 13:55|| Front Page Top

#11 When the Last Trump sounds and God sends out his Angels to gather the Elect, I would not be surprised if they sound like the A10 on an attack run...

Posted by ptah 2015-01-16 16:15|| http://crusaderwarcollege.org 2015-01-16 16:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Needed yes. Niche yes. Affordable in the current budget? Don't know.

This is sounding so very similar to the battleship wars of 1990.

Posted by Shipman 2015-01-16 17:04|| 2015-01-16 17:04|| Front Page Top

#13 ..well, they're still using the M2. If it works well for what it's intended for it's hard to find a good substitute.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-16 19:12|| 2015-01-16 19:12|| Front Page Top

#14 That's true to.

Posted by Shipman 2015-01-16 19:42|| 2015-01-16 19:42|| Front Page Top

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