21 sats \ 9 replies \ @Nuttall 19 May \ on: Iran president, foreign minister on missing helicopter after ‘hard landing’ news
Hmmm, how did the Iranian's get a Huey?
They have the world's finest fleet of my favorite aircraft - The F-4 Phantom and some F-14s. They used to be homeys.
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Got to sit in them as a kid and I have a photo of my step-father (Aviation Electrician's Mate) sitting on one like a horse pulling out the wiring harness off the coast of Vietnam in the early 70s. He's nearly at the tail, which is hanging over the deck.
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Cool for their era, but would stand no chance against any modern fighter aircraft.
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That's kind of true for anything in its era, right?
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B-52 is few years older, but still flying. :)
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Amazing mass death bringing platform for sure.
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These are still flying. Just not for the country with the dominant, by orders of magnitude, Military-Industrial Complex and defense contracting companies in every Congressional district.
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They mainly used Western equipment before 1979 revolution.
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