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2009-12-29 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2009-12-29 08:04|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Getting a B-52 to hover is quite a trick!

Posted by Parabellum 2009-12-29 08:15|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2009-12-29 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Helicopters "hover." A B-52 orbits... until his ordnance is expended or a relief on station, whichever comes first.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-29 08:16|| 2009-12-29 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Loiters?

Posted by Rhodesiafever 2009-12-29 08:22|| 2009-12-29 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Ja, ja brah, dat ooks.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-29 08:28|| 2009-12-29 08:28|| Front Page Top

#5 At the altitude they normally fly during a mission, would you even see a B-52?

RC-135, KC-10 or KC-135 would be the more likely as they're large, have 'swept-wings', and may fly at lower altitudes. I thought maybe even an E-3, but the dome would be pretty obvious to even a goat herder.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-12-29 08:39|| 2009-12-29 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 During the initial Afghanistan operations the B-52's would purposefully fly at an altitude guaranteed to produce contrails. It's PsyOps.

Posted by AllahHateMe 2009-12-29 08:48|| 2009-12-29 08:48|| Front Page Top

#7 When I was a teenager in South Central Nebraska - the B-52s out of SAC would, sometimes, practice low level bombing runs on the region. If you saw a Buff making a low level run over you now THAT was impressive.

Posted by 3dc 2009-12-29 10:35|| 2009-12-29 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 As long as it causes panic among the locals.

Posted by Bobby 2009-12-29 11:27|| 2009-12-29 11:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Are we sure that it, technically speaking, wasn't lollygaggging?

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2009-12-29 11:37|| 2009-12-29 11:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Arclight?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2009-12-29 11:43|| 2009-12-29 11:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Glad to see they've got mid-air refueling of Drones working.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-12-29 12:56|| 2009-12-29 12:56|| Front Page Top

#12 Lets just hope that the B52`s find some targets, and start dropping some bombs.

Posted by Dave UK 2009-12-29 13:19|| 2009-12-29 13:19|| Front Page Top

#13 A few years ago at Mt. Rushmore they had a joint flyover of a B-52 and a B-1. Fun watching them when they're just strutting - would sure hate to see them if they wanted to kill me. Also a P-51 and an F-15/16 (I know the difference, I just don't remember which was flying) - it was pretty neat - the Mustang was about wide open and the jet was nose high & flaps spread.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-12-29 13:37|| 2009-12-29 13:37|| Front Page Top

#14 Getting a B-52 to hover is quite a trick!

Actually, it's pretty easy: just hit the "P" key and pause Flight Simulator, then F11 for external view and use the cursor keys to pan around it.

Posted by Mike 2009-12-29 15:40|| 2009-12-29 15:40|| Front Page Top

#15 A B-52 orbiting over the border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan might look to be over Pakistan from the point of view of someone on that side of the border.

If you are 50 miles from the border, you can probably see a plane orbiting at 30,000+ feet if it is within about 200 miles of you.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-12-29 15:50|| 2009-12-29 15:50|| Front Page Top

#16 Do you think the drones may be relaying target coords to the B-52? The plane can carry a lot of ordinance.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2009-12-29 16:06|| 2009-12-29 16:06|| Front Page Top

#17 "jet exhaust was frying chickens in the barnyard!"

Posted by Don Vito Anginegum8261 2009-12-29 17:02|| 2009-12-29 17:02|| Front Page Top

#18 Anybody crazy or stupid enough to fly a BUFF low enough to fry chickens is asking to eat a hill.

Posted by mojo 2009-12-29 21:12|| 2009-12-29 21:12|| Front Page Top

#19 So they finally brought out the H.A.R.C.!

Posted by notascrename 2009-12-29 22:24|| 2009-12-29 22:24|| Front Page Top

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