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I'm not a military guy at all . My question is this aircraft still worth the money ?
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If Biden gets us in a war and it comes here, yes.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Are you looking to buy one?
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Whatever happens, Bones are now just a rearguard option until such time as stealthy RPV's can fly ordnance to the drop point. We still need the 1s and 2s.
Up hills slow,
Down hills fast
Tonnage first and
Safety last.
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They fly over me every day. Cool looking bird and very loud when making low passes. The pilot that crashed one of the them in Kentucky in 1989 was one of my CHL students later on. He was able to get his crew all out, then ejected last. Thankfully they all survived. He said ejecting REALLY sucked. 🤪 IIRC, the plane or one of its wings caught on fire ? He was an B1 Lancer instructor after that, and then went to work as a simulator instructor for Boing for the B1 after he retired from the AF. Said he could get me a ride in a B1. I passed. 😬 http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/18/B1.crash.update/index.html
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Supersonic bomber
Hell yeah
The jimmy johns of carpet bombing and other goodies
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I think they’re one of the coolest aircraft flying today
NRA Life,Endowment,Patron or Benefactor since '72.
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They fly over me every day. Cool looking bird and very loud when making low passes. Or taking off. I've been on the flight line when they're taking off, the sound is stupendous.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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Someone up close once at Patrick AFB. Once.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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AND….. you can always use that search box thingy to look up those designations on the type of ordnance ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/dVvp9C80/079-F43-AA-9157-431-A-8-FAC-6755-A196-A8-EE.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/L8T7QsT3/77-AE1788-7-E6-F-4-BBD-937-A-33452-CA97-FBE.jpg)
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They fly over me every day. Cool looking bird and very loud when making low passes. Or taking off. I've been on the flight line when they're taking off, the sound is stupendous. Yep. When I still lived in town, my house was about 4 miles from the Base. You could hear them all day and all night. All over most of the town. 🤪
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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They have nap of the earth capability too.
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had the pleasure to tour one. awesome plane
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We had a pilot in my ANG unit that transferred to the GA ANG unit that had B-1s. He was the first (maybe only) pilot to land one with the wings swept back. He's a great pilot.
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