I feel so much safer with the military in charge of things...
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[Sep 11,2007 6:51pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
From http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/09/..._aircombatcommand_standdown_070807/
ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday
By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Sep 10, 2007 17:38:42 EDT
On Sept. 14, flight lines will be very quiet at Air Combat Command bases.
The entire command — about 100,000 active-duty airmen — is standing down training flights and many other operations as part of a command-wide safety day.
Command boss Gen. Ronald Keys ordered the Sept. 14 safety standdown in the wake of the Aug. 30 nuclear incident at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., in which six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were loaded onto a B-52H and then flown to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., without anyone on the ground or bomber realizing the nuclear weapons were on the plane. It was not until the B-52H was parked at Barksdale that ground crews discovered the cruise missiles were carrying real warheads.
Command spokesman Maj. Tom Crosson said wing commanders would determine how their units review operations and safety procedures and checklists.
Just how serious Keys takes the lapse of regulations at Minot is reflected in the fact that the safety stand-down is the first commandwide safety day in recent memory. In the past, the command has singled out specific types of aircraft for safety days and in 1997 the Department of Defense held a departmentwide safety review day.
...So the CIA director is issuing warnings that attacks in the U.S. resulting in large casualties are likely... http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/cia_hayde...7/30766.html?s=al&promo_code=39AB-1
Hayden's address appears to be part of a coordinated White House public relations campaign leading up to the 6th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks next week.
Hayden also told the Council that:
"Al-Qaida has protected or regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability. That means safe haven in tribal areas of Pakistan, operational lieutenants, and a top leadership engaged in planning ... al-Qaida's success in planting operatives in this country, is less certain."
The CIA director warned:
"We assess, with high confidence that al-Qaida is focusing on targets that would produce mass casualties, dramatic destruction and significant aftershocks."
...And the Air force is standing down for a day...someone's full of shit.
[Sep 11,2007 6:57pm - pam ""]
LEEEAVEEE THE MILITARY ALLOOONNNEEE!!
[Sep 11,2007 7:17pm - SkinSandwich ""]
Wow, what a surprise. The sheep is back with her lame ass copy and paste bullshit.
[Sep 11,2007 7:19pm - Hoser ""]
Just don't pay attention to this feeble minded moron. I have learned to watch "it's" posts, then gently back away....just back away man...or you too may become infected with hippy stupidity.
[Sep 11,2007 7:24pm - SkinSandwich ""]
True, is that patchouli I smell or unwashed rotting vag? I can never tell the difference. I am backing away maaaannnn!!
[Sep 11,2007 8:29pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""]
This brings up the age old debate:
Do stupid people realize they're stupid?
Do retards know they're retarded?
[Sep 12,2007 9:24am - DestroyYouAlot ""]
According to Jay Severin listeners (which is where I get all my news), there were 6 nukes on the truck when they left, and 5 when they got there. Wheee!!!
[Sep 12,2007 9:31am - the_reverend ""]
are there any cities that people haven't heard anything from? well, anything besides thrash music?
DYA: you hanging with jay at Kowloon on friday?
[Sep 12,2007 9:32am - the_reverend ""]
oh and all the boys in this thread made such a compelling argument for nukes on planes. I'm shocked that I didn't see their points before and I'm changing my whole opinion on the matter.
[Sep 12,2007 10:11am - DestroyYouAlot ""]
the_reverend said:are there any cities that people haven't heard anything from? well, anything besides thrash music?
DYA: you hanging with jay at Kowloon on friday?
OMG I WISH. He's dreamy.
[Sep 12,2007 10:37am - the_reverend ""]
he said he's going to be there. if you are a woman with perky boobs he would give you a free ticket to hang out with him.
[Sep 12,2007 10:38am - the_reverend ""]
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[Sep 12,2007 4:50pm - Dankill ""]
He's gonna be at the Kowloon now?
[Sep 12,2007 6:22pm - yummy ""]
Do retards know they're retarded?
Some I worked with had no clue but others were well aware of their incapabilities. Which can be frustrating I imagine.
[Sep 12,2007 6:23pm - hungtableed ""]
Typical, Hailthequeef drive-by...
How come you didn't move to Islamabad yet?
[Sep 12,2007 6:25pm - HailTheLeaf ""]
pam said:LEEEAVEEE THE MILITARY ALLOOONNNEEE!!
I know right, I mean what's wrong with accidently flying nukes over civilians, and killing innocent people in other countries? We should really give them a break, it's not like those are big screw ups or anything.
[Sep 12,2007 6:28pm - yummy ""]
well it would have been on the news if it was. I didn't read it in the paper.