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R EAD NARRATIVE BEFORE Clicking on Link below The attached video was filmed by Air Force Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) in Tal Afar, west of Mosul in Iraq. They were with a U.S. Marine Corps ASTs (Advisor Support Team) attached to Iraqi units to help train their forces day-to-day. They were in a fairly sustained fire fight in the streets of Tal Afar with about 30 Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF - bad guys) and got clearance to fire a Maverick AGM-65 air-to-ground missile. They set a video camera on the bumper of their armored humvee, which they were using for cover. Keep an eye on the opposing direction van parked just down the street. On the audio you can hear shooting back and forth. The rounds you hear are from the Marines and the ones you hear pinging against the side of the vehicle with no accompanying pop are from the bad guys. When the JTACs say they just fired "rifle" that means the F-16 aircraft just launched the Maverick missile. You can hear

image courtesy of BookshackUSA Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram Click here for more information from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Boyd-Fighter-Pilot-Who-Changed/dp/0316881465 This was one of the most enlightening books I have read on the development of the F15, F16 and A-10 as a sidelight to the career of a remarkable man. tcp

During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. And a bear smelled it. This is what he did to the plane. The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched (taped) the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME! Click on the photos for more detail. thanks Jack

time lapse of the Moody Aviation Cessna 182 aircraft assembly http://vimeo.com/4531775 thanks Tim

A link to the Pima Air and Space Museum website http://www.pimaair.org/ project.php?rid=1 thanks barratt

that had to hurt.... thanks Ralph