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In reply to the discussion: Blue Angels conducting review after jet flies over Florida beachgoers [View all]Deminpenn
(17,682 posts)38. The F16 is a nice little airplane, but it can't hold a candle to an A-10 Warthog bearing
down on ground troops and tanks with that gatling gun, that shoots depleted uranium ammo, blazing away.
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Blue Angels conducting review after jet flies over Florida beachgoers [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
OP
It is a display or a machine that is designed to kill people. That is beyond sick but done daily.
twodogsbarking
Yesterday
#7
Went to an airshow in Charleston SC 20 years ago. The thunderbirds do a maneuver that right when you think its done
Cheezoholic
23 hrs ago
#17
Good to hear. Yes the Angels do a similar manuever but with the Tbirds its that F16. It's single engine is much louder
Cheezoholic
20 hrs ago
#29
The scariest thing I ever saw at an airshow were the AH-64 gumships popping up over
Deminpenn
17 hrs ago
#37
The F16 is a nice little airplane, but it can't hold a candle to an A-10 Warthog bearing
Deminpenn
17 hrs ago
#38
He's gone. He'll still be in the Navy, but I'm sure he's done with the BA.
JohnnyRingo
22 hrs ago
#20
Discipline after the most recent aircraft "incidents" has been overruled by Kegsbreath every time.
BumRushDaShow
22 hrs ago
#22
We'll see. Depends on what actually happened. If the pilot was actually trying to show off they're gone
Cheezoholic
20 hrs ago
#32
MAGA BLASTED As Trump-Inspired Flyover NEARLY Ends in DISASTER! - Really American
Rhiannon12866
2 hrs ago
#42