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#3496562 - 01/17/12 08:04 AM If Desert Storm was a person...
bones Hotshot Registered: 04/11/01 Posts: 5373 Loc: Earth	...it'd be able to drink right now. It's the 21st anniversary of Desert Storm. Where does the time fly? Especially since back then GPS was still kinda primitive... v6, boNes _________________________ "Also, I would prefer a back seater over the extra gas any day. I would have 80 pounds of flesh to eat and a pair of glasses to start a fire." --F/A-18 Hornet pilot
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#3496621 - 01/17/12 09:44 AM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
Alicatt Member Registered: 05/13/10 Posts: 515 Loc: Limburg	One good thing was that they dropped the "selective availability" for Desert Storm and my GPS was accurate for once rather than the +/- 100m it had up to then _________________________ Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil Sons of the hound come here and get flesh Clan Cameron
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#3496628 - 01/17/12 09:48 AM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
Sauron Successor to Bill the Cat! Hotshot Registered: 11/09/09 Posts: 5872 Loc: Quantum Superstate	God I'm old! Cheers! Rick... _________________________ "We are extending ourselves in Space and Time not because of capitalism or socialism but in spite of them. The Right/Left Capitalist/Socialist establishments are psychologically unprepared for our emerging situation in Time and Space." - F. M. Esfandiary, Upwingers
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#3496636 - 01/17/12 10:01 AM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
PanzerMeyer Albatros pilot for the Kaiser King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 72154 Loc: Miami, FL USA	That was the same year I graduated from high school. Sigh. _________________________ I aim to misbehave.
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#3496648 - 01/17/12 10:12 AM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
JimK Senior Member Registered: 08/23/01 Posts: 4897 Loc: New Ulm, MN	I was 29 and out on a lake ice fishing. Had my portable TV along in my fish house and had just caught a 12 lb pike when the news broke in to announce the start of Desert Storm. I`m with ya Rick, beginning to feel my age. At least winter has been easy so far. _________________________ Dell XPS 730x: Windows 7 Pro 64bit:Intel core i7 2.6ghz 8mb cache: 12gb Ballistix RAM DDR3: GPU Zotac GTX 580 AMP2 3GB: X-Fi Extreme Music Digital 7.1: 1Kw PSU: 42" Insignia LED 1080p: LG Blu-ray burner, Sony DVD/R: hd1/750GB,hd2/2TB,hd3/1TB,hd4/1TB My Youtube videos My Flickr Photos High Def Vimeo videos
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#3496654 - 01/17/12 10:23 AM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
Kontakt5 Senior Member Registered: 09/30/09 Posts: 4612	Originally Posted By: bones ...it'd be able to drink right now. It's the 21st anniversary of Desert Storm. Where does the time fly? Especially since back then GPS was still kinda primitive... v6, boNes It was a world apart from what the Iraqis had. The Coalition could navigate through the empty desert on the western flank and slip behind the Saddam line. The Iraqis thought it was impossible, since when they tried maneuvers out in the desert they got lost without any recognizeable features. Consequently, they weren't set up to deal with it. _________________________ No one gets out of here alive.
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#3496665 - 01/17/12 10:40 AM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
Arthonon Air Combat & General Aviation Editor Hotshot Registered: 09/28/04 Posts: 5480 Loc: California	I just read "Vipers In The Storm" am currently reading "Warthog," (late to the party, I know), but it's interesting to read about what they were doing and compare that to the equipment in use today, especially the A-10C. _________________________ Ken Cartwright No single drop of rain feels it is responsible for the flood. http://www.techflyer.net
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#3496885 - 01/17/12 02:51 PM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
Dart Contributing Editor Just upgraded from intern Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 16536 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	(130 degrees and still drinking coffee in one of the few times we were in the rear) _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#3496886 - 01/17/12 02:51 PM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
Ajay Reverse engineered CloD simmer Veteran Registered: 12/18/02 Posts: 14662 Loc: Brisbane OZ	A guy i worked with at the time was of middle eastern descent. When Desert Storm broke i remember him saying " you watch, now those Americans will get their ass kicked big time, Saddam will walk all over them" He had not been in Oz long and obviously being brought up in the region he really thought that Saddam and his military was that good of a force.Clearly not a big Western fan either. I didn't even worry with a rebuke to his comment, wasn't worth it. _________________________ My il2 page Seelowe Campaign Cliffs of Dover page CloD My character somehow got all twisted up. I was playing the mission where you have to infiltrate the Golden Glow Estate and do multiple things. When I was out burning beehives and fighting I just eventually ran away to view my success from a distance. I first noticed it when I squated down on a tree trunk. Coot..the squatter../simHQ/2011
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#3496923 - 01/17/12 03:32 PM Re: If Desert Storm was a person... [Re: bones]
magicalflyer Member Registered: 05/05/11 Posts: 381 Loc: Indonesia	Then it's been 21 years since I first fell in love with F-117. I think I was in 1st grade back then. _________________________ "It ebbs and flows, shipmate. A hot woman and a cold beer will put all this in proper perspective."
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