cannabineer
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My wild guess is AC-130s.
Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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DarkWeb
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Yeah that was definitely it. This pic I took a few years ago at a friend's place.
But this was much closer to the trees tonight.
raratt
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Just saying hello...
DO NOT piss her off!!
DarkWeb
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No fucking way would I want to do that!
LOL my wife never saw anything like that, it was funny watching her.....lol I almost ran her over trying to get out of the house to see because I knew exactly what was happening! Shit! those letters must be ten foot tall.....tonight was the lowest I have seen them over the house. They were right there!
raratt
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Someone hit the "cascade" button. IR flares for missile ECM.No fucking way would I want to do that!
LOL my wife never saw anything like that, it was funny watching her.....lol I almost ran her over trying to get out of the house to see because I knew exactly what was happening! Shit! those letters must be ten foot tall.....tonight was the lowest I have seen them over the house. They were right there!
raratt
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules - Wikipedia
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DarkWeb
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It was just over the trees......it was big. Thankfully I have never seen a commercial passenger jet that low. So all I have to compare it to was the small aircraft that I've seen that low. A friend had a shop by the strip of a small field. Small planes in and out all day.
raratt
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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy - Wikipedia
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DarkWeb
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Wow that's big! Man I'd love to bring the kids to see something like that!Lockheed C-5 Galaxy - Wikipedia
cannabineer
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Many years ago I drove past Dover, and a couple of the great gray beasts were visible from the road.
DarkWeb
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Dover Delaware?
raratt
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That's why I laughed about the 130 being large. I saw a C-5 leave after an airshow and tipped his wings to wave goodbye, The tips had to be moving 40' up and down.
cannabineer
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Yeah. Big AMC base.
My hub worked on those while he was stationed at Dover. He preferred the C-141. He came in with them and retired with them. He said the C-5 was too big but the C-141 was just right. You can see the 2 C-5s at the top of the pic for comparison.
DarkWeb
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That's easy once everything goes back to normal. I got family in that area.
raratt
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C-17's look more like a glorified jet powered C-130.
I think that's what they were going for. Hub did some coordination work with the McDonnell Douglas guys on that. She was coming in as he was leaving.
raratt
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More versatile when it comes to runways. It, like the C-130 can back up.