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  1. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Just implied.
     
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  2. CAC

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    Which one of these shouldn't be there?
     
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  3. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    The prop job? Otherwise I'll SWAG and say one of them didn't reach production.
     
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  4. CAC

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    I'll give you a hint...Its not a real Russian fighter...But its been seen as one in a movie.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Then I probably wouldn't have a clue unless it's over Hanoi in the movie.
     
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    The Felon is really a F-5 TigerII fighter. Excellent aircraft that has never seen combat. Used at Top Gun as enemy aircraft.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    Did look familiar.
     
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  9. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    The F5 Tiger is virtually an T38 on steroids !
     
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    The MiG-3 was real, although not very successful, one of new generation of inline-engined monoplanes just entering service at the time of Barbarossa. Of its stablemates, the LaGG-3 was also not that great, but it begat the La-5, -7, -9, and -11 (postwar).

    The Yak-1 led to the Yak-7, -9, and -3 which were widely used and produced. The Yak-3 was one of the best dogfighters of the war.

    The MiG bureau was tasked with developing jet fighters and produced the Soviet Union's first, the MiG-9.
     
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  11. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    WW2 and regular posting aside, I talked to a voice from 49 ! Years ago. Time is but an illusion and I'm truly 17 again today.
     
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  12. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Check which thread I'm on... .......... Yep, okay then...

    Recently found out my oldest grandson just received an Acceptance letter to Bradley University. To top that off they also included a four year Scholarship. So now the conundrum is : What do we get him for high school graduation ? I'm thinking a Breitling chronograph.
    Uh wait maybe a Sam's Club knockoff. Those damn things are expensive ! Most likely a visit to Red Lobster.
    Pride doesn't begin to express.
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    A gas card, he will need it when he comes home to have mom do his laundry. Congrats.
     
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    Get him a fake ID so he can party off campus. Mine was endlessly useful at Purdue. (Well, I was 31 when I enrolled.)
     
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  15. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    One of the things that blows my mind is he’s level headed and has common sense. Unlike his grandpa.
     
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    Good for him!

    He must have got those brains from somewhere o_O

    I'd suggest a present with sentimental value. My Grandad gave me an Arab knife he picked up while serving in the Middle East. Not suggesting something that grand, but you get the idea
     
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    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    I do have a few things of his Grandfather’s & and his Great Grandfather’s Model 12 is just sitting there in the gun cabinet . Thanks for the suggestion.
    Oh wait a minute…. I’m his Grandfather so add a few generations to the above ! Jesus I’m getting old.
     
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    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    I've been thinking , okay and maybe drinking and enjoying Life, but Ricky has given me an idea. Let me just say five Generations are involved and it will take me a few months to complete. Hopefully the G-Son will appreciate.
     
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  19. CAC

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    I have a feeling this will make OP and USMCPrice smile…

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    My guys after they had their first weekend liberty on Magsaysay.
     
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