They also have a squadron at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota. That's where I have seen them. They are awesome as hell.
On Sep 19, 2013, at 9:15 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > I love the B1. Many are based in Wichita, near where my brother lives. > > You have not experienced anything until you've been underneath a B1 on > approach. My god...the entire earth shakes. > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> To me this showcases the versatility of the B-1B. This is a weapon >> platform that was designed to deliver nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union. >> The Cold War ended and thus it seemed the plane was doomed, until someone >> decided that it would be a good idea to refit it to carry conventional >> weapons. I've seen this plan in action and my ex has a friend who's husband >> it a bomber for this plane, and he told me things about it that I can't say >> in public, but it's bad ass. And this exercise confirms that. Imagine >> flying X feet in the sky and you have to hit a small boat, and that's a >> huge feat to accomplish. Now I'll admit that there are other less expensive >> ways to dispense with such a target, like maybe another boat shooting at >> it, or sending a fighter jet to do some gun runs on it, but still I find >> this example of expertise and precise targeting impressive. >> >> On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:32 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/09/17/the-air-force-blew-up-this-tiny-pirate-boat-with-a-2000-pound-smart-bomb-because-america/?wpsrc=AG0002994&clsrd >>> >>> Talk about overkill. >>> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367225 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
