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86. Glad this woman didn't know that...

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 12:49 PM

Feb 2012

And you can bet the grunts she was helping out are glad of that, too. She was flying the A-10 Thunderbolt, a damn big, ugly airplane. The Vulcan 6-barrel cannon alone in the A-10 is bigger than a VW Beetle. Its main job is supporting ground troops:

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Capt. Kim, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot deployed with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, surveys the battle damage to her airplane. Kim's A-10 was hit over Baghdad during a close air support mission on April 7.

Here's many pages of photos, showing female military pilots from all over the world - even Pakistan.

Even here, on a professional aviation website, some asshat brought up the "women shouldn't fly" crap. He got slapped down pretty quick. Mostly by male pilots who pointed that anybody capable of flying the damn plane "should" be flying it.

http://www.patricksaviation.com/forums/thread.php?t=1283&p=1

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Santorum: Women Are Capable Of �Flying Small Planes� [View all] ProSense Feb 2012 OP

OK, which unit did Rick serve in? CTyankee Feb 2012 #1

He was in the 1st Closeted Chickenhawks sofa king Feb 2012 #46

OH....I thought so! I could tell from the yellow stripe down his back...of course. thanks. CTyankee Feb 2012 #49

he commanded the gejohnston Feb 2012 #81

Fuck this guy... tallahasseedem Feb 2012 #2

+10 Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #16

plus google. I am glad he's acting like this. If it pisses you off then you know what womankind has roguevalley Feb 2012 #32

And Rick knows this based on how much action he's seen? muntrv Feb 2012 #3

Ok so which is it? Women don't have feelings when men are in trouble? Or.. MichiganVote Feb 2012 #4

They'll have people who listen to AM radio and Faux Snooze The Genealogist Feb 2012 #30

yeah, and he has the women newspeak Feb 2012 #87

Well, obviously SOMEONE votes for them, 29 states have Repub. Governors. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #77

Another idiot who has never served Cowboy8541 Feb 2012 #5

Oh, so men that end up fighting women in combat Aerows Feb 2012 #6

I know some terrifying 5'2 women. xmas74 Feb 2012 #51

The more Ricky opens his mouth, HockeyMom Feb 2012 #7

Jebus I hoped he'd last a little longer before he completely imploded. denverbill Feb 2012 #8

Ricky, you gonna tell your good buddies in Israel that women shouldn't serve? tanyev Feb 2012 #9

Israeli women aren't christian so they're expendable. kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #14

And Santorum is capable of functioning with a small brain. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2012 #10

No doubt, given his bluster, that's not all that's small. Faygo Kid Feb 2012 #13

and I said "Blah" not "Black"! Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #11

when he fabricated "blah." newspeak Feb 2012 #88

This is the same basic argument that was used in DADT noamnety Feb 2012 #12

Exactly. n/t vaberella Feb 2012 #37

And undisciplined we might add. Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #40

I thought all military "guys" are buds and come to each other's aid when in trouble. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #15

And basically Santordum Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #39

Stupid positions require even stupider rationales...somestime multiple stupid ones. Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #17

really is that all they have? madrchsod Feb 2012 #18

Ricky,"I was talking about men�s emotional issues, not women." Of course you were. No one yellowcanine Feb 2012 #19

So the all female flight crews of my latest flight on a 747 should be grounded? riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #20

how about Tammy Duckworth, Santorum? roguevalley Feb 2012 #33

Well, he'll squirm out of that one by saying that she lost her legs technically in a helicopter riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #65

I hope momrois Feb 2012 #56

I REALLY hope one of them does that. Please, please, please!!! nt riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #66

Guess he never heard of Jessica Lynch. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #78

And this asshole wants to be commander in chief. Fuck him! Initech Feb 2012 #21

Is it just me, or does that pic make him look a bit like Warren Jeffs? n/t moriah Feb 2012 #22

How is this not a campaign-ender? Blue Owl Feb 2012 #23

Except of course for his rapture ready idiot supporters who do want to go back to 1930 riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #24

It's not a campaign ender because the average Republican is even more dimwitted than he is Katashi_itto Feb 2012 #44

It's not because most of his supporters are misogynists. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #58

Hell, I thought "Blah People" would have been a campaign ender--but Republicans don't care. TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #64

He forgets to mention that... LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #25

Like these women in their li'l ol' bombers ? eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #26

beautiful. That picture of four looks like my aunts walking together. They could do anything. roguevalley Feb 2012 #34

I hate to point out the obvious, but aren't women unofficially fighting in combat? justiceischeap Feb 2012 #27

And women fighter pilots flew combat missions throughout the Iraq War pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #31

pic looks like Agent 86, tho Whisp Feb 2012 #28

I hope he's nominated flamingdem Feb 2012 #29

I'm too emotional to respond to this stuff. grantcart Feb 2012 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author trusty elf Feb 2012 #36

So the argument that women are unsuitable Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #38

I'm guessing because somebody has to be a barefoot & pregnant baby machine eShirl Feb 2012 #41

Please, please, please nominate this useless clusterfuck of an imbecilic goober. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #42

god, yes!!! The comedy gold BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #47

Not to mention the electoral landslide. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #73

not to mention! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #84

I almost hate to bring this up Sgent Feb 2012 #43

You'll need a link for tha statement please. AFAIC, most combat roles are closed to Israeli women riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #63

Hey Frothy, would you have said that to the face of these women? hobbit709 Feb 2012 #45

Women soldiers helped defeat big tough US soldiers mainer Feb 2012 #48

to react to try to help to protect and care for that person. AlbertCat Feb 2012 #50

He's only spewing Iliyah Feb 2012 #52

Spewing first class ... ... bayareaboy Feb 2012 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Occupy_2012 Feb 2012 #53

that sounds like an accurate analysis BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #85

What? Wait, When did Santorum say this? Raine1967 Feb 2012 #90

Women shouldn't serve in any jobs for the same reason. gulliver Feb 2012 #54

If men are unable to control their emotions around women LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #55

I do sort of like the logical conclusion where nobody anywhere's fit to serve in the military.. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #59

Small planes, yes--because the big ones are too hard for the ladies to steer or back up in. TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #60

as long as they are dainty, girly planes nt arely staircase Feb 2012 #61

Way to denigrate the professionalism of America's soldiers there, Rick. baldguy Feb 2012 #62

because women are too weak for combat... provis99 Feb 2012 #67

Russia also allowed female fighter pilots. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2012 #79

As the U.S. Air Force has since 1993 pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #80

only 50 years behind the times. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2012 #83

russia had female fighter pilots in WWII newspeak Feb 2012 #89

There were volunteer Russian female ground combat units in WWI who fought in the trenches aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #94

Isn't that the same thing that Bush scared up with about AlQaeda? - crop dusters underpants Feb 2012 #68

'Women are better suited to �flying small planes.' Aviation Pro Feb 2012 #69

And the F-16, the fighter that women have been flying in combat operations for years pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #70

Geez, Rick, glad to know this.. Zoigal Feb 2012 #71

HAW HAW...I taught a young small girl to fly small planes 20 years ago. Now she is a 767 captain. Skwid Feb 2012 #72

"We don't call it that any more," LOL! pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #74

Yeah, we call it a flight deck nowadays.... Aviation Pro Feb 2012 #91

There's more to the 'joke', as it were...think about it. If you knew Sam (Samantha) you'd know Skwid Feb 2012 #92

Someone should call Erica Jong nt MrScorpio Feb 2012 #75

Hey RICK Rex Feb 2012 #76

react to try to help to protect and care for that person? arely staircase Feb 2012 #82

Glad this woman didn't know that... onager Feb 2012 #86

Quick, someone tell Amelia Earhart! 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #93