Thats Odd? The Hurricane Hunters are....

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Thats Odd? The Hurricane Hunters are....

#1 Postby rtd2 » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:37 pm

Flying mission in ,over and around cuba gaining info. on charley. they (USAF)must have a new aggrement w/ cubans to allow U.S. military planes into cuban airspace
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#2 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:38 pm

NOAA recon can fly over Cuba, not Air Force
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#3 Postby Guest » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:38 pm

we gained a permit from the Cuban government allowing us to fly over Cuban airspace to investigate Charley. It was on TWC not that long ago.
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#4 Postby chadtm80 » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:41 pm

nikolai wrote:we gained a permit from the Cuban government allowing us to fly over Cuban airspace to investigate Charley. It was on TWC not that long ago.

Yep
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#5 Postby Air Force Met » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:43 pm

Derek Ortt wrote:NOAA recon can fly over Cuba, not Air Force


They got permission. We've got 20 jumpers ready to drop through the dropsond chute...they'll never know what hit 'em. :-)
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#6 Postby Pebbles » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:46 pm

HAHA cute AFM...cute!!!
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#7 Postby rtd2 » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:47 pm

Dereck..trust me on this I was suprised as you BUT THEY (USAF) did fly over cuba and will atleast once more. Check into it I was told by a co-worker at work (KAFB) before I left and local met even made mention of it!
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#8 Postby Guest » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:58 pm

bombs away!!! hehe maybe charley is a image drawn up by the military to gain airway access over cuba... meaning that there really is no charley and we are invading cuba! but on the otherhand...
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#9 Postby rtd2 » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:05 pm

"bombs away!!! hehe maybe charley is a image drawn up by the military to gain airway access over cuba... meaning that there really is no charley and we are invading cuba! but on the otherhand..."





Oh no! please Dont go there I'm waiting for the media to drum up a story that Bush and Noaa secretly created Charley in a lab to strike Fla. and take the attention of the Election in Nov. :roll: all kidding aside thoughts and prayers w/ ALL FLORIDIANS! :cry:
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#10 Postby Guest » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:06 pm

lol yea we really need a new president.
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#11 Postby frankthetank » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:23 pm

I bet it takes a while for Fidel to load all the looping/streaming bandwidth hogging sat images on a 28.8K modem???! I wonder how many times hes gotten the BSofD tonite, any wagers??? J/K

New IMAGE of Charley-STUNNING!

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gall ... 5.500m.jpg
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#12 Postby rtd2 » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:27 pm

How would you like to live on one of those SPECKS just east of the isle of youth? oh wait those arent SPECKS they are Islands!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
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