I wouldn't bet the farm on that .... or your next paycheck.
Speaking of which, what ever came of that incident w/ the Vincennes Skipper's car bomb thing? Was that ruled terrorism, or some kind of domestic foul play?
Brett
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GOING DOWNTOWN -- ISRAELI Style
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Speaking of which, what ever came of that incident w/ the Vincennes Skipper's car bomb thing? Was that ruled terrorism, or some kind of domestic foul play?
Brett
You may not get a bomb in your home, but if I remember the classes in SERE correctly, even in Vietnam the POWs were shown pictures of their homes, families, etc demonstrating that the bad guys can reach out and touch you where it hurts. I sure wouldn't want to be identified publicly.
The Feds ruled it was someone with a "personal grudge" against him ... but the former CO knows of "no one with a personal grudge" against him ... except for a bunch of Iranians, perhaps ???
The Feds won't comment on it --- just offer the "belief" that it was non-military and non-Airbus shootdown related ...
Maybe a rogue group of J.O.'s ... ???
wow...what a "Hollywood" way to make someone talk....still, it probably works
MasterBates
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Nah, the Air Det had it out for him. Just kidding.
There is nothing Hollywood about it. We've used the same tactic.
Nothing hits much closer to home than that, literally....
I just deleted 20+ posts in this thread with absolutely nothing to do with the topic. Threadjacking is one thing, personal conversations about your college/frat/rotc unit can all be done in PMs.
As far as the hamburger thing, enough. Eddie's first comment was funny, leave it at that.
As far as the hamburger thing, enough. Eddie's first comment was funny, leave it at that.
JetJunkie said:
He finished his CAG tour (participated in opening act of OIF) and is a Rear Admiral now working in the White House.
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=115
That intercept was.... shall we say... less than textbook
Though perhaps the most famous F/A-18 pilot of that war is LCDR (now CAPT) Scott Speicher...
http://www.freescottspeicher.org/
(oddly enough, the photo in the banner shows a Super Hornet..)
Whatever happened to him we may never know... but it's embarassment how little of an effort we made to find him when it became clear he survived the shoot-down.
Though perhaps the most famous F/A-18 pilot of that war is LCDR (now CAPT) Scott Speicher...
http://www.freescottspeicher.org/
(oddly enough, the photo in the banner shows a Super Hornet..)
Whatever happened to him we may never know... but it's embarassment how little of an effort we made to find him when it became clear he survived the shoot-down.
Probably the works of an underground SWO mafia.The ultimate in SWO backstabbery.
Brett
That intercept was.... shall we say... less than textbook
Though perhaps the most famous F/A-18 pilot of that war is LCDR (now CAPT) Scott Speicher...
http://www.freescottspeicher.org/
(oddly enough, the photo in the banner shows a Super Hornet..)
Whatever happened to him we may never know... but it's embarassment how little of an effort we made to find him when it became clear he survived the shoot-down.
I just read that whole 6 piece article... I had no idea how little effort had been placed on this. It almost seems like there was effort to hide it and just make it go away. Crazy.
And Speicher is just one guy...
How about ... Vietnam? Korea? WW2?? Between the WW's ??? And that's just in the past century. Our government always does that --- once the shooting is over --- it's time to "officially" put on a new face and move on ...
This country has a sorry record for going the distance in an effort to bring EVERONE home. Rather, the general tendency seems to be an overwhelming desire on the part of politicians and bureaucrats to avoid any "messy loose ends" at all costs.
Loose ends. Like POW/MIA's ... ???
