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From: A-10 Dude (Wed Jun 20 14:49:35 2007)
if anyone thinks its doctored its not because i read in an old Boing book that these pilots got there rudder shot off when they were bombing a city but i forgot which city
From: Dom (Thu Jul 05 08:07:46 2007)
Here is the Boeing article :
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/b52-strat/b52_50th/story3.htm
From: PDelta41 (Wed Oct 31 17:43:40 2007)
Tough old BUFF!
From: compnerd (Mon Dec 17 15:28:53 2007)
i think one of them came home with a SAM missile in its wing
From: me (Thu Jan 17 14:34:07 2008)
i feel sorry for it lol
From: Obi-Wan (Fri Jan 25 14:26:24 2008)
They were doing low altitude test flights in mountainous areas when they encountered some severe turbulence that snapped off the vertical stab & rudder. The pilots got it back home using differential throttles for rudder control.
From: Shizz (Thu Mar 27 03:58:15 2008)
"Did you hear something?"
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