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lovuian

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Mon Oct-17-11 11:51 AM
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Big US airlift drill starts Monday

The United States launches a large-scale exercise over the Middle East deploying 41 giant transports of the 22nds Airlift Squadron Monday Oct. 17,

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Lint Head

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Mon Oct-17-11 11:52 AM
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1. Why?

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Desertrose

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Mon Oct-17-11 11:53 AM
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2. Yeah, that was my question,too.

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Poll_Blind

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Mon Oct-17-11 11:59 AM
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3. Here is a LINK to the article:

From http://www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/avi-wire-news-display/1520881907.html">militaryaerospace.com. I'm not excerpting them because I don't know them.

PB

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lovuian

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Mon Oct-17-11 12:46 PM
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7. Yes Why? When our Military budget is strained and US deficit

so high
WHY are we conducting a HUGELY expensive drill on this Magnitude

either War with Iran is eminent or We just like spending money having our boats planes and personnel
spinning their wheels

We have a HUGE DEFICIT lets not waste our Military budget on futile drills

unless you have plans on getting into WWIII

which I hope your not that stupid

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Poll_Blind

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Mon Oct-17-11 01:05 PM
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10. Oh, I assure you I'M not that stupid. But I can't speak for the people pushing around toy tanks...

...on a paper map in the war room. :)

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hack89

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Mon Oct-17-11 02:03 PM
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15. Why do you think it is futile? nt

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tridim

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Mon Oct-17-11 12:01 PM
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4. Looks like the President is about to keep another promise.

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arcane1

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Mon Oct-17-11 01:13 PM
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12. Which promise is that? n/t

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Doc_Technical

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Mon Oct-17-11 12:29 PM
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5. Is this called ECOMCON ?

n/t

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Fire Walk With Me

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Mon Oct-17-11 12:32 PM
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6. Encouraging the Iranian populace into final rebellion.

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Brother Buzz

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Mon Oct-17-11 12:47 PM
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8. All quiet around Travis Air Force Base

No behemoths flying around practicing touch and goes. No air refueling planes, either. Not even a quiet C-17 is gracing our air. Quiet.

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lovuian

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Mon Oct-17-11 12:49 PM
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9. Is this air cover for Israel? A story so Israel

can fly through Iraq to Iran

just a thought?

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Brother Buzz

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Mon Oct-17-11 01:09 PM
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11. Well, flying touch and goes in Northern California doesn't provide much cover to Israel

And as Rummy the Dummy would say, "They're Fungible, they can be here, or they can be there".

I'm inclined to believe this leans more towards saber rattling/posturing at this point then subterfuge for Israel.

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Poll_Blind

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Mon Oct-17-11 01:18 PM
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13. Looks like this will involve 41 C5 Galaxy aircraft coming from different bases....

...around the world and then operationally converging to support combat commanders "across the globe". Given the short length of the operation it's hard to imagine that their destinations aren't solely in the Middle East/Asia, where the bulk of our big wars are.

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hack89

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Mon Oct-17-11 02:02 PM
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14. They will be flying existing scheduled missions nt

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Poll_Blind

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Mon Oct-17-11 08:57 PM
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16. Maybe it's practice for delivery of the 400 M1A1 Abrams Greece is buying from us.

After all, you can't entrust delivery of a http://www.businessinsider.com/what-greece-to-buy-400-tanks-from-the-us-2011-10">battle tank to FedEx, right?

:rofl:

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Earth_First

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Mon Oct-17-11 09:09 PM
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17. Link?

The link provided above does not say anything about this occuring in the Middle East...

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