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2023-01-08 -Land of the Free
With Kinzinger gone, so are RC-26s
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Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ]  Top

#1 "Those efforts had been blocked by advocates on Capitol Hill, most vocally former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), an RC-26 pilot in the Air National Guard."

Anyone want to bet against that his vanity photo shows him in a flight suit kneeling next to the nose gear of an A-10?
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-01-08 00:43||   2023-01-08 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 "It's not supersonic, air-to-air, multi-role AND data-linked ...scrap it!"

"...Who cares if it does things the other planes can't -- it's UGLY!"
Posted by magpie 2023-01-08 00:49||   2023-01-08 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Converted civilian cargo planes from Wisconsin, able to conduct a persistent FMV (Full Motion Video) surveillance sortie over a target area for 8-9 hours, what good are they ?

[sarc off]
Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-08 02:31||   2023-01-08 02:31|| Front Page Top

#4 
Posted by Frank G 2023-01-08 06:08||   2023-01-08 06:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Ben West is a great guy.
Posted by James  2023-01-08 08:04|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com  2023-01-08 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 That looks like a modified Sort Bros (UK) 360, B.

Basler does do really good retrofit work though, and this may be one of them.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-01-08 10:21||   2023-01-08 10:21|| Front Page Top

#7 'Short Bros'
Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-01-08 10:21||   2023-01-08 10:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Good eye Rich.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-08 12:52||   2023-01-08 12:52|| Front Page Top

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