Terry Carlson and George Drago sent this one...... The attached video was filmed by some Air Force Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) in Tal Afar, west of Mosul in Iraq . A marine unit got pinned down in the street. They set their video camera on the bumper of their armored HUM-V, which they were using for cover. Keep an eye on the opposing van parked just down the street. On the audio you can hear them shooting back and forth. The rounds you can hear are from the Marines, and the ones you hear pinging against the side of the vehicle with no accompanying pop are from the bad guys. When the Marine says they just fired the "rifle," it means an F-16 aircraft just launched a Maverick missile. You can hear it come in and see it strike the vehicle the bad guys were using for cover. Talk about pinpoint accuracy! Listen for the word "rifle" and then listen for the pinging of incoming rounds hitting the armored vehicle. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0c0EMO7-mI
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Bud Hart sent this about a slightly modified C-130. (It reminds me that the Marines tried a STOL version years ago, successfully landing and take off of a Marine C-130 off an aircraft carrier! Look up the videos, they are unbelievable.)
Here's the test video … first of some "lead in" JATO firings in the air and on the ground .. Then a takeoff and then a landing test w. Firing the JATO bottles in the air, which caused a "firm" landing … to say the least!
The "Credible Sport" military operation was a new plan to rescue the Iranian hostages after the dramatic failure of the Operation Eagle Claw rescue effort. Eagle Claw failed when a C-130 Hercules and a Sea Stallion helicopter collided in the Iranian desert, killing 8 servicemen.
Credible Sport was abandoned after the election of Ronald Reagan as President in November, 1980.
The Credible Sport plan called for highly modified C-130 Hercules cargo planes to land in a soccer stadium not far from the American Embassy in Tehran and airlift the hostages out. Three aircraft were modified under a top secret project at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida to YMC-130H configuration with rocket packages blistered onto the forward and aft fuselage, which theoretically enabled the planes to land and take off within the confines of the sports arena.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSFjhWw4DNo&feature=related
The remaining plane is in the museum at Warner-Robbins AFB in Macon, GA.
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And another one from George…whew! I don't think I would want to fly with this 737 pilot!
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And finally from George Drago. Even if you’re not a golfer, honestly, this is one you’ll want to watch!
This is one of the very best things you will ever get on email.... I knew I always liked his color on the PGA broadcasts and thought what a great pal he would be to hang with, but he's much better than I could have imagined..... also a GREAT GREAT NEW AMERICAN CITIZEN! WOW!!! Too bad more people don't realize how good they have it and love their country as much!
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