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2004-10-20 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by ed 2004-10-20 6:10:54 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Steel rain on call."

I like that. "Steel rain." Nasty.

Posted by Mike 2004-10-20 9:18:01 AM|| 2004-10-20 9:18:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The unit motto is probably "We make house calls" or possibly "Weddings our specialty."

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-20 9:29:33 AM|| 2004-10-20 9:29:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 In three or four seconds the smoke cleared and there was nothing there at all. The militia had been vaporised.

What a nice thing to read to start my day...

Posted by tu3031 2004-10-20 9:33:30 AM|| 2004-10-20 9:33:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 And likewise, just started my day the same way ...

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-10-20 9:52:49 AM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-10-20 9:52:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Brodieâs job was to lure them into the open so an AC-130 Spectre gunship overhead could destroy them with its cannons and howitzers.

Militiaman shredded down to the cellular level? Damn, I'd pay to see that.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-20 10:24:09 AM|| 2004-10-20 10:24:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 This has been SOP with US forces for some time - going back to Vietnam - and ya gotta have bait to lay a trap. Glad to see the cousins are comfortable (???) with the ploy, now. The accuracy and devastation of the "on call" Spectre is first rate. Being inside an armored (armoured? heh) personnel carrier is a nice improvement over trying to find a depression in the elephant grass - improves your survivability and guarantees the identification of friend vs foe. Good show, chaps!

Posted by .com 2004-10-20 10:39:33 AM|| 2004-10-20 10:39:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 My favorite AC-130 patch:

Posted by gromky 2004-10-20 10:44:24 AM|| 2004-10-20 10:44:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 "steel rain on call"

Now THAT's a catch phrase that should endure....

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-10-20 12:03:45 PM|| 2004-10-20 12:03:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 The SPECTREs are flying in Afghanistan, SPOOKY is on the job in Iraq.

Posted by a fan 2004-10-20 4:00:05 PM|| 2004-10-20 4:00:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Spooky was the Vietnam era AC-47 gunship. The AC-130 is Spectre.

Posted by Steve 2004-10-20 4:23:18 PM|| 2004-10-20 4:23:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Anybody know if they've ever thought about tricking out a C-5A/B with some firepower? It might not be feasible, but I'll bet it'd be something to see.

Posted by tu3031 2004-10-20 4:30:59 PM|| 2004-10-20 4:30:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Anybody know if they've ever thought about tricking out a C-5A/B with some firepower?

Geebus, I'll bet Sgt. Stryker would have a few choice words about that. LOL. Sgt. Mom?

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-20 4:38:30 PM|| 2004-10-20 4:38:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 "That's no moon..."

Posted by eLarson 2004-10-20 4:40:42 PM|| 2004-10-20 4:40:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 The AC-5B would be something to see when it cut loose, but I don't think it would be practical. The C-5 is built for lift capacity, not maneuverability. The C-130 is pretty darned maneuverable for something that big--I've heard it's sometimes referred to as "the only four-engine fighter plane ever built"--and that's how come it can lay down the fire so precisely.

Posted by Mike 2004-10-20 6:12:34 PM|| 2004-10-20 6:12:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 This sounds like a variation of an SAS "Quick Response" technique. Where three shooters sit in the back of a Jeep. To possibly draw and return massed firepower in a wide spectrum.

An AC-5B would be a waste of an aircraft. Since the 5 is very susceptable to stalling in a banked Pylon turn. Which is what a Spectre uses to deliver such pinpoint devastsation.

The C-130 is incredibly maneuverable, Mike. And does handle like a fighter. I've got dents in my scalp from not being strapped in when a Herk flew through mountain passes and ridges.

Dodging simulated SAMs. On its way to drop fuel bladders and Ground Contollers at a lake bed for A-10s in Vegas during training exercises.

Jack.

Posted by Jack Deth 2004-10-20 8:19:06 PM|| 2004-10-20 8:19:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 The C-130 sounds like a wonderful toy to not play nice with.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-20 10:11:18 PM|| 2004-10-20 10:11:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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