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#3083380 - 08/30/10 09:11 AM Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun
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Read It - Do It: Volume 5: Raid on the Sun
by Chris "BeachAV8R" Frishmuth

"The book we'll be looking at today is "Raid on the Sun" by Rodger W. Claire which is the first in-depth look at the historic 1981 raid on the Al Tuwaitha nuclear facility in Iraq."

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#3083389 - 08/30/10 09:23 AM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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I knew the Dutch had something to do with that raid! Been away from Falcon for a while. Was not aware of all the new theaters.


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#3083486 - 08/30/10 11:39 AM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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LOL..those sneaky Dutch. Yeah..I wish I could have used IAF skins and an F-16A..but all the other versions of Falcon gave me fits. So I had to improvise.. wink
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#3083682 - 08/30/10 04:54 PM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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awesome work Beach good job and a great tribute to the mission.
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#3083819 - 08/30/10 07:54 PM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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That was well done Beach. thumbsup
I really liked the video too.


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#3083935 - 08/31/10 03:05 AM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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Great stuff.

Love the series, keep them coming!

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#3084274 - 08/31/10 02:57 PM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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Excellent read! Very much enjoyed that.

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#3084354 - 08/31/10 05:05 PM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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Awesome read, I think there is a video documentry about this raid, can't remember what series it was though. Maybe 'Dogfighters'?

Looks like I have a book to buy.
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#3084382 - 08/31/10 05:46 PM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: Deigs]
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Originally Posted By: Deigs
Awesome read, I think there is a video documentry about this raid, can't remember what series it was though. Maybe 'Dogfighters'?

Looks like I have a book to buy.

Raid on the Reactor was the documentary.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2295792449224502914#


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#3084530 - 09/01/10 12:23 AM Re: Feature: Read It - Do It: Raid on the Sun [Re: guod]
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Hey Beach. Great vid, and what a fantastic idea. I have two queries;

Do you have a link to a higher rez video? Even 480p on youtube is a bit.......low.

You arent using TFR as far as i can see. Is this a F-16A thing or just you showing off? wink

and.......erm..... if this is vol5, where are the other 4? (i've had a rummage but if i missed something obvious, please forgive me, its early here and i am still on my first morning coffee so haven't reached 'cro-magnon-man' stage yet).

Whats next? The gulf war would be a good one. The raid on saddams palace for instance, (from 'vipers in the storm'), would be do-able with the PMC addon theatre.



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