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In reply to the discussion: Photos show heavily damaged US radar jet at Saudi base [View all]turbinetree
(27,534 posts)40. Well since this country had 16 of these planes and 6 of them are over in the Middle East area, this means
that well, we are down to 15 overall and 5 in the region...........what could possibly go wrong.............Hey Marco did you tell your sniffling boss about this or did you just say screw it and not have National Security meetings.........so are you and your boss going to send the Wedgetail to make up for this loss...............were any personnel associated with this plane hurt...........I have the funny feeling that some got injured............
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Tail number 81-0005, according to another site. The "OK" on the tail means it's from Tinker AFB.
mahatmakanejeeves
Sunday
#1
Our previous policy had "acts of god" which wasn't supposed to mean hurricanes.
rubbersole
22 hrs ago
#31
Holy crap -- that's the radar antenna (or at least its aerodynamic shell; the "flying saucer") lying on the pavement. nt
eppur_se_muova
Sunday
#7
I didn't get that Note, but I did watch Tora! Tora! Tora! -- I thought THAT was when we learned to disperse aircraft. nt
eppur_se_muova
17 hrs ago
#37
Well, it wasn't a monkey with a hand grenade dangling from a balloon (from the movie dialog) but it was effective. nt
eppur_se_muova
16 hrs ago
#41
Hmm . . I'm no aviation professional, but I'm wondering about that plane's airworthiness . . .
hatrack
Sunday
#11
Probably a fuck up in the control tower. The guy directing the planes was fired.
3Hotdogs
Sunday
#21
The drone must have homed in on the residual RF emissions from the radar
LiberalArkie
22 hrs ago
#30
The WH will claim that was not from Iranian missiles, but, um, you know, insect damage.
tclambert
Sunday
#19
Well since this country had 16 of these planes and 6 of them are over in the Middle East area, this means
turbinetree
16 hrs ago
#40