Posted by oldtanker on December 03, 2011 at 06:47:35 from (66.228.255.223):
In Reply to: O.T.. BUFFs posted by Pete in MD on December 02, 2011 at 20:32:37:
LOL Willie.......they did not drop tanks.......they dropped M551 Sheridan lite armored reccon vehicles that looks like a tank. The weighed in about 16 tons, fired a 152MM round and could launch an anti tank missile through the gun tube. A real tank from back in the 60's was M48s and M60s and those were about 60 tons. Now they do low altitude extractions which that are very interesting to watch. The 551 is long gone and had never been replaced. Now all the airborne guys have to do is secure an area large enough to take a C 17 Globemaster and they can fly in the M1's.
The first air strike launched for the first gulf was a B52 mission launched from an air base in La. By the time it arrived on target the missions to take out Iraqs anti air and radar had been completed and many aircraft had flown multiple missions. That mission had the distinction of being the first mission wheels up and the longest bombing mission in the history of flight. I don't remember how many in flight refuels they did but it was more than one.
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