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7 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Did you ever train with them?
Si.
The 17, 21 and 23.
Operation Constant Peg.
Tonopah Test Range.
It was an extremely well kept secret until declassified and books written about it.
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And they were quite a disappointment.
The Mig 21 was OK, the Mig 23 was a piece of trash.
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For what it's worth, the US did indeed acquire Soviet fighters, and had them for years.
Not for reasons of launching some false flag operation, but to exploit them and expose US fighters to them.
Quite a secret that went on for years.
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Sources say Pepe La Pew is on the lamb and looking to leave the country.
A serial harasser for sure.
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48 minutes ago, westerndecline said:
I already said both parties are equally religious psycho cults. Only the Jews decided to keep it going in 48
So you're saying two Crazy ppl saying the earth is flat add legitimacy to their conflict
No, you're both nuts.
Who's going to take their meds first and leave is the question
By the way, this is an extremely ignorant post, and nobody needs any meds, so quit with the high school message board nonsense.
You look foolish.
The fact is that is that "both parties" are not "religious psycho cults."
That is an extremely ill informed, preposterous claim.
Israelis are not all Jews, and the Palestinians have a justifiable claim as well.
Neither group is as silly as you.
The problem is in resolving reasonable claims without exterminating on or the other.
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That doesn't address what I said about Yom Kippur or the Six Day war.
But...What happened in '48 was a joint war against the newly established state. (by an international body), of Israel by Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan.
They lost, resulting in a huge amount of Palestinian refugees.
They started it, and against a brand new country inhabited by the remains of the Holocaust.
They started it.
They lost.
In 56, Nassar, (Egypt), nationalized the Suez Canal. That was part of the end of of France and England's gross mis-colonization and mismanagement of North Africa and the Med., and we've been paying ever since.
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Ya....Right.
They kept it going by the Yom Kippur war in 1973 and the precipitating the Six Day war in 1967.
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The Palestinians have been thrown out of numerous Islamic Middle East countries who claim to be sympathetic to the Palestinian issue, but only express a proposed solution to this issue as hatred of Israel.
I expect they could come up with "very nice areas."
What should happen is a resolution that includes a Jewish and Palestinian presence in the religious center, a guarantee that Israel will not be subjected to incessant attacks from very close neighbors, supported by more distant entities, and an admission that the Palestinian issue should be resolved by Muslim Middle East countries.
Supposedly, the have "very nice areas."
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"Very nice areas" is as wasteful a postulate as it is stupid, in this context.
The "Jews" have settled it, owned it, developed it and defended it against countless aggression, against all odds, besides being thrown out of it and enslaved before moving back to it, twice.
They are never going to give it up.
Nor should they.
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17 minutes ago, westerndecline said:
The point is there was dozens of other very nice areas that would have been a million times easier. Thts why I have no sympathy for the Jewish ppl on this issue
I personally think a racial or ethnic state is idiotic and hateful
But if anyone deserved one the Jews did, just not the worst area EVER!!!
It isn't about "very nice areas."
The "Jewish ppl," I suspect, have very little respect for an individual who thinks like this, with total disregard for 5000 years of history tied to this land.
I'm not judging one way or the other, but to state that some other place would have been "easier" is ridiculous.
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Oh contraire!
Anchors Aweigh My Boys!
And for good measure-------
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And here's a "for instance" about using the glasses to watch them.
Right after I posted that, I put the glasses on and watched them.
They have a real preference for various foods in the birdseed mix, as most people know.
One of the items in the mix I am using is cashew, and it is their favorite. You can clearly see the cashew inside the glass feeder because of its color contrast and side.
On of them was pecking away at the glass cylinder that houses the mix as it drops out the bottom.
The bird was pecking away at the glass because there was a big cashew inside, but at the top of the mix, and and he was trying to knock it down, unsuccessfully.
Would not have seen that without the glasses.
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13 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said:
the binocs were for a tree 20 feet away? Um Sure OK I buy that. (no I don't)
Absolutely.
It's 20' off the front porch, which is about 8' wide, so the total distance from eyeballs in my dining room window to the feeder is about 28 1/2 feet.
You can't see detail at that distance without them, and the interest is in the detail.
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I feed them. We have a maple about 20' off our front porch and I hang the feeder from it at about the six foot level.
I keep a set of binoculars on a window inside, and I check them out every day.
This year I decided to only use high end bird food. Its a little more expensive, but the cost is worth it to me.
I always wondered how they eat the bigger stuff, but this year I watched them on through the binocs.
The trap the larger nuts between their feet and peck away to break them down.
My daughter told me I was getting to be an "old man."
Oh well.
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On 11/28/2017 at 8:11 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said:
Toto's owner got paid more than the Munchkins.
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5 hours ago, row_33 said:
what is CNBC and why should anyone care what they have to predict?
CNBC is a network that has guests.
There is no "CNBC prediction."
I saw the Larry Summers spot and Ken Langone's rebut.
Summer's views are his own.
Langone is a Home Depot founder and philanthropist.
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Let's not get over dramatic over this.
I say we go "Old Testament" on him.
A little smiting is in order.
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On 11/20/2017 at 2:32 PM, /dev/null said:
Senior Chief won't have a say but they do have ears
It was completed as I said it would be.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sd-me-sky-penis-20171130-story.html
Convened a Field Naval Aviation Evaluation Board.
No loss of wings.
Lot's of apologies. Lot's of senseless, wasted training time.
The guy who did it already had orders to the training command as an instructor. Not career desirable.
He'll be out in a year and a half.
End of stupid story.
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1 hour ago, Boyst62 said:
What year was that?
1981.
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4 hours ago, DC Tom said:
Reason I asked is because I was wondering what you were flying in a "landing pattern toward the deck" of a WWII-era light carrier. An A-7's a might big to touch down on the Melbourne. I'd have laughed my ass off if you'd said RA-5.
Simple.
They asked us to.
That isn't unusual at all when allied ships are in the same operating area.
Flying a landing pattern to a go around is not landing on it.
I believe Melbourne had a wooden deck.
The A7 would go right through it if you ever touched down.
We did one flyby, one landing pattern to a go around, then rejoined for a low, close formation flyby so their sailors could get their pics.
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4 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:
I so want to make up a story about before I was this black father of 3 Vietnam veteran I was a navy flier in wwi and landed many planes.
But I'm grateful. Thanks guys.
If you do make up that story, don't use the phrase "Navy flyer."
Use "Naval Aviator."
That's what we call ourselves.
Anything else would be suspicious.
"Flyer" would be fatal.
Best wishes.
Just now, DC Tom said:What were you flying?
You're lucky that jinxed boat didn't shoot you down.
A7.
They invited us via message, and we were in contact with them.
Great flyby.
As my wingman said, you know its a great flyby when you're at three miles astern and they ask you where you are.
They were looking up and we below flight deck level right at mach, so they couldn't hear us.
I took the left side and he the right. We went by on both sides at 90 degrees bank, so all they saw was our bellies.
Then we joined up and flew the approach, as I mentioned.
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Harriers don't deploy anywhere near deployed US Navy carriers, so it doesn't matter.
On this subject, we were once invited to fly near the Australian carrier, HMS Melbourne.
Gave them the best flyby ever, then flew a landing pattern towards their deck.
They waived us off at 500', but I continued to about 50'.
Good guys. Good sense of humor.
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21 minutes ago, DC Tom said:
Generally...what sherpa said.
There is no "generally" about the issue.
It simply would never be done.
Landing on an aircraft carrier is extremely complicated.
Not possible.
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11 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:
I don't see any country putting boots on the ground as an offensive. best Korea is too unstable
Different question, what is protocol for US jets or other nations needing to crash land/mayday on to a carrier not of their countrys origin?
That's a weird question, but I have significant carrier experience.
The answer is that you would never "crash land," intentionally, on any carrier, your's or otherwise.
You would get close by and eject, and let the search and rescue forces pluck you out of the water.
You don't, one day, land on a carrier. Most planes aren't equipped for it, and unless trained extensively, it isn't possible.
That includes the US Air Force.
Simply not possible, and the damage would far exceed a simple "give it back to the taxpayer" ejection.
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Cali Mileage Tax
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Your friend has no women in his life either.
Seriously, there is no way to generate enough electricity from a single solar panel to survive, unless you live like the Unabomber, and he wasn't subscribing to an internet service of Netflix, per your friend's claim.
Surviving on rainwater alone is another very suspicious claim.
Green energy is not "so cheap."
It is heavily subsidized.
Getting cheaper, but not nearly competitive with normal utilities.