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Bo Zarts

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4. Trojan Horse?

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:07 PM

Jun 19

Nelson DeMille wrote a novel, “By the Waters of Babylon,” about a Concorde that had an intentional “Trojan Horse” defect built into the airframe during manufacture in Toulouse, France.

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

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tRumps new Air Force One, ya know from Qatar...... [View all] a kennedy Jun 19 OP

omfg Skittles Jun 19 #1

Will the next Democratic POTUS re-paint it?? a kennedy Jun 19 #2

they need to get rid of it Skittles Jun 19 #5

First fumigate - then repaint. 11 Bravo Jun 19 #11

The most compromised plane ever RockCreek Jun 19 #9

right??? Skittles Jun 19 #12

I like how he gets to keep it. Kid Berwyn Jun 19 #3

when I was 19, enlisted and working in an Air Force personnel office Skittles Jun 19 #7

Thank you for serving to protect the nation, Skittles Kid Berwyn Jun 19 #13

That's because at age 19 you had more class and integrity in your fingernail clippings ... 11 Bravo Jun 19 #14

Get to keep the plane canetoad Jun 19 #8

no issues if it happens earlier RockCreek Jun 19 #10

Maybe Dear Leader could be entombed in a National Hangar Queen mausoleum. Kid Berwyn Jun 19 #16

I understand the sentiment. Kid Berwyn Jun 19 #15

Trojan Horse? Bo Zarts Jun 19 #4

I know, exactly what I've been thinking...... a kennedy Jun 19 #18

It's seriously scary how far the media has fallen. Initech Jun 19 #6

Hey Trump, will Allah Force One come with prayer rugs? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jun 19 #17