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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:38 PM Original message |
They called McVAIN "Top Gun" followed by repeated .... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tom Cruise only lost one plane. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought the Tom Cruise character |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Couldn't have been. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Good point. |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. ROFL! |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. What's the etiquette of calling him "Top Gun" |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well, at the very least, he'd have to actually be a fighter pilot. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. it's my understanding that strike fighter pilots do attend |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Having known some Vietnam era Navy pilots, I'm sure that ... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Top Gun |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. No, he didn't fly "bombers." He was an "attack" pilot. nt |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. He flew bombing missions. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. A friend of mine was an A-7 pilot on Forrestal with McCain. "Bombers" suggests.... |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Right, but the MSM is always talking about him as a "fighter pilot"... |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. good question. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. It's not correct at all. He's an attack pilot, not a fighter pilot and if he'd been a good flier.. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Actually, "Reverse Ace" is the correct term. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. lol ... good'un! |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Do "top Guns" graduate in the 480'th spot out of 485? He did worse than the idiot bush |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Naval Air Fighter Weapons School aka Top Gun was not established until 1969, |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. As a former servicemember |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. He also had plane sex with Goose |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Anyone got a cigarette? |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. I believe the real "Maverick" was Randy "The Dukester" Cunningham. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Please get it right |
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postmanisu (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. won't dog any Military god bless'm all!!!.. but |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. McCain's real nickname is "Crash" |
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