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Old 05-22-2008, 06:31 AM
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"...were "starting their engines" shortly after the U.S. Navy plane was detected."
Both of them!

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...OwznQD90QEVOO1
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Chavez will use anything he can to spite us, not surpising. I'd like to see our reaction to him launching fighters at us.
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I wonder who Venezuelan fighter pilots get their training from? ERAU or UND?
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Originally Posted by Ewfflyer
Chavez will use anything he can to spite us, not surpising. I'd like to see our reaction to him launching fighters at us.
Yeah, it's about time for another Gulf of Sidra
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Old 05-22-2008, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Ewfflyer
Chavez will use anything he can to spite us, not surpising. I'd like to see our reaction to him launching fighters at us.

After the laughing subsides....."Spash 1........Spash 2"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...incident_(1981)
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Old 05-22-2008, 09:47 AM
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[ strange..link won't work..]
but google it and you get the same link with info...
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Old 05-22-2008, 05:34 PM
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and who would win in a dog fight??
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I wonder who Venezuelan fighter pilots get their training from? ERAU or UND?
Cuba probably.
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This link works:

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and who would win in a dog fight??
It would never get that far, but the guy with the skills...few third-worlders have the skills.
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