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		Working an anti-aircraft gun for the first time with only one barrel firing couldn't stop one Libyan from shooting down a Gaddafi jet (w/ video) (bbc.co.uk)		189
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Captain Steroid		2011-03-05 04:11:48 PM

Nice shootin', Tex!

dkendr		2011-03-05 04:21:52 PM

#WINNING

Rusty Shackleford		2011-03-05 04:45:30 PM

"Great kid. Don't get cocky!"

Fear_and_Loathing		2011-03-05 05:19:21 PM

Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man.
With an eye like an eagle and as tall as a mountain was he.
Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man.
He was brave, he was fearless and as tough as a mighty oak tree.

From the coonskin cap on the top of ol Dan to the heel of his rawhide shoe
The rippin'est roarin'est fightin'est man the frontier ever knew.

Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man.
And he fought for America to make all Americans free.
What a Boone. What a wonder. What a dream comer truer was he.

elvisaintdead		2011-03-05 06:00:33 PM

Taught him everything he knew -
thumbs.fliqz.com

Roook		2011-03-05 06:32:03 PM

Dead for Tax Reasons		2011-03-05 06:32:55 PM

hey man, nice shot

Barfmaker		2011-03-05 06:45:40 PM

I suppose I'll go ahead and call bullshiat.

So they hit this thing, with one barrel, on the first day, and not only shot it down, but the pilot and the guy who wishes he was a pilot didn't eject?

I'm not saying there isn't a jet embedded in the desert, I'm just saying this probably isn't how it happened.

Charlie Freak		2011-03-05 06:48:29 PM

Barfmaker: I suppose I'll go ahead and call bullshiat.

So they hit this thing, with one barrel, on the first day, and not only shot it down, but the pilot and the guy who wishes he was a pilot didn't eject?

I'm not saying there isn't a jet embedded in the desert, I'm just saying this probably isn't how it happened.

This ain't GI Joe - not everybody gets a chance to eject.

TheShavingofOccam123		2011-03-05 06:56:13 PM

One shot, bro, one shot!

vgss		2011-03-05 06:58:25 PM

>>The BBC's John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf, where the rebels were filmed celebrating the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>fighter bomber

HoozierDaddy		2011-03-05 07:00:10 PM

Yay, freedom! Whatever comes, the pride of this day will live forever.

Mugato		2011-03-05 07:00:18 PM

When did we start spelling Gaddaffi with a G? When I was a kid it was with a K. Then a QU. I mean it doesn't matter. Since they don't have the same alphabet as us, it's all arbitrarily made up anyway. I just think there should be a consensus.

Norad		2011-03-05 07:03:51 PM

Mugato: I just think there should be a consensus.

There wasn't a consensus back in the mid 1980's, when Libya was front and center in the news either. There were similar "How do we spell this guy's name?" sidebar stories back then, too.

Some things never change.

Kar98		2011-03-05 07:04:28 PM

vgss: >>The BBC's John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf, where the rebels were filmed celebrating the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>fighter bomber

What? A Sukhoi 22 _is_ a fighter/bomber. I doubt you can shoot one down with a thirty cal AA gun though.

larrylboberry		2011-03-05 07:05:35 PM

TheShavingofOccam123: One shot, bro, one shot!

No one said it was one shot.

One barrel - yes
One day - yes....

This guy could have been peppering the sky all day and accidentally hit the bomber.

MinkeyMan		2011-03-05 07:05:43 PM

Glad they destroyed the plane.
Hope the guy ejected and lives to enjoy a free, democratic Libya. Wish this whole thing could happen without more bloodshed, but know that it can't.

Airfoilsguy		2011-03-05 07:08:02 PM

Working an anti-aircraft gun for the first time with only one barrel firing couldn't stop one Libyan from shooting down a Gaddafi jet (w/ video)

But not video of the actual downing

Nice troll subby

-1

ThisNameSux		2011-03-05 07:09:00 PM

Any proof other than a downed jet and some people that have every reason to make shiat up?

DreamWeaver		2011-03-05 07:10:13 PM

Mugato: When did we start spelling Gaddaffi with a G? When I was a kid it was with a K. Then a QU. I mean it doesn't matter. Since they don't have the same alphabet as us, it's all arbitrarily made up anyway. I just think there should be a consensus.

"Gadhafi" is how the man himself spelled it, in a letter.

SgtKashim		2011-03-05 07:11:00 PM

Kar98: vgss: >>The BBC's John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf, where the rebels were filmed celebrating the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>fighter bomber

What? A Sukhoi 22 _is_ a fighter/bomber. I doubt you can shoot one down with a thirty cal AA gun though.

If you hit the cockpit? Sure... If you hit a hydraulic line... on a poorly maintained soviet scrap-heap reject? Yeah.

While we're at it, fighter-bomber is indeed a correct term. The F15E and 18 both fill that role, in various configurations. We usually call them "strike fighters" in the west, though. Fighter-bomber is a bit of an outdated term.

LouDobbsAwaaaay		2011-03-05 07:15:05 PM

It still only counts as one!

Fubini		2011-03-05 07:15:06 PM

SgtKashim: If you hit the cockpit? Sure... If you hit a hydraulic line... on a poorly maintained soviet scrap-heap reject? Yeah.

While we're at it, fighter-bomber is indeed a correct term. The F15E and 18 both fill that role, in various configurations. We usually call them "strike fighters" in the west, though. Fighter-bomber is a bit of an outdated term.

Not to mention, I thought on some of those models (particularily older ones) you had to manually arm the ejection seat before takeoff, to prevent accidental ignition during handling. They are, essentially, seats with bombs and rockets strapped to the bottom.

Dinodork		2011-03-05 07:15:38 PM

fusillade762		2011-03-05 07:16:36 PM

Are we sure it just wasn't hit at random by the celebratory wasting of ammunition they all seem so fond of?

Cman1982		2011-03-05 07:19:35 PM

I hope all these countries get hard line islamists in power and they all ally with iran and finally push israel in the sea.

OnmyojiOmn		2011-03-05 07:20:15 PM

1:09 in the video: I see Rob Liefeld is designing uniforms for the Libyan rebels.

Rug Doctor		2011-03-05 07:20:40 PM

fusillade762: Are we sure it just wasn't hit at random by the celebratory wasting of ammunition they all seem so fond of?

Seriously. And they are aware that those bullets will eventually come back down? Going very fast?

Kar98		2011-03-05 07:21:12 PM

Dinodork: Kar98: vgss: >>The BBC's John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf, where the rebels were filmed celebrating the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>fighter bomber

What? A Sukhoi 22 _is_ a fighter/bomber. I doubt you can shoot one down with a thirty cal AA gun though.

Stills from other sites seem to show a SU-24. IIRC Libya only had 6 to begin with.

Right. I was just playing the odds here. 6 SU 24 vs. 40-ish SU 22.

Coelacanth		2011-03-05 07:21:55 PM

I want that guy to buy me lottery tickets.

dervish16108		2011-03-05 07:22:51 PM

Big deal. I shot down over 100 krauts with anti-aircraft gun in "Secret Weapons Over Normandy".

Barakku		2011-03-05 07:22:57 PM

Dinodork		2011-03-05 07:22:58 PM

SgtKashim:
What? A Sukhoi 22 _is_ a fighter/bomber. I doubt you can shoot one down with a thirty cal AA gun though.

If you hit the cockpit? Sure... If you hit a hydraulic line... on a poorly maintained soviet scrap-heap reject? Yeah.

Also: weapon appears to be an old ZPU-4, firing 14.5mm ammo from quad KPV. That caliber ammo can really ruin your day.

shawn82		2011-03-05 07:24:35 PM

The Face Of Oblivion		2011-03-05 07:25:53 PM

shawn82: Hence the bread.

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A WINRAR IS YOU

RocketRay		2011-03-05 07:26:55 PM

Youtube video (new window) of the jet, anti-aircraft fire, big explosion in the desert, smoking wreckage, and dead pilot (graphic). From TV5Monde.

SgtKashim		2011-03-05 07:27:29 PM

Kar98: Dinodork: Kar98: vgss: >>The BBC's John Simpson reports from Ras Lanuf, where the rebels were filmed celebrating the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>the shooting down of a fighter bomber

>>fighter bomber

What? A Sukhoi 22 _is_ a fighter/bomber. I doubt you can shoot one down with a thirty cal AA gun though.

Stills from other sites seem to show a SU-24. IIRC Libya only had 6 to begin with.

Right. I was just playing the odds here. 6 SU 24 vs. 40-ish SU 22.

Can you cite sources on those numbers? I'm curious myself. All I can find, though, is about 450 planes total and 50-ish helicopters.

Did find some nice photos, though...
Needs some repair...

Je5tEr		2011-03-05 07:27:46 PM

dervish16108: Big deal. I shot down over 100 krauts with anti-aircraft gun in "Secret Weapons Over Normandy".

Meh, grandpa killed over 80 men on the beaches of Normandy with a BAR. Too bad it was 1954....

Benjimin_Dover		2011-03-05 07:28:43 PM

Airfoilsguy: Working an anti-aircraft gun for the first time with only one barrel firing couldn't stop one Libyan from shooting down a Gaddafi jet (w/ video)

But not video of the actual downing

Nice troll subby

-1

I enjoyed more the video of the chick with the nice rack on the sidebar: Carol's saucy tongue...

zenobia		2011-03-05 07:31:05 PM

I've been buried in work for the past 5 days. I heard an NPR broadcast of some rebels stealing a tank -- almost made me cry -- and not much more. Is anybody going to help these guys?

ipsofacto		2011-03-05 07:31:57 PM

shawn82: Rug Doctor: fusillade762: Are we sure it just wasn't hit at random by the celebratory wasting of ammunition they all seem so fond of?

Seriously. And they are aware that those bullets will eventually come back down? Going very fast?

Hence the bread.

Some people call it a helmet, I call it a Kaiser Roll mmhmm.

zamboni		2011-03-05 07:33:08 PM

RIP: Ra's Al Ghul

CliChe Guevara		2011-03-05 07:35:21 PM

ThisNameSux: Any proof other than a downed jet?

You know, after claiming to have downed a jet, 'only' having a downed jet to show for it seems like pretty good evidence, actually.

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2011-03-05 07:37:30 PM

approves:

McManus_brothers		2011-03-05 07:37:35 PM

Too bad Charlie Wilson's dead. These guys could really use some Stingers.

NoWhiskeyWeGoNow		2011-03-05 07:38:02 PM

HoozierDaddy: Yay, freedom! Whatever comes, the pride of this day will live forever.

And in one, two, maybe ten years, one of the guys we see in that video will be the next one whose picture is being burned and whose jets are being shot down as the people once again "liberate" their homeland by burning it down and the idiots in the media cheer on democracy in action.

dothemath		2011-03-05 07:38:27 PM

I guess the pilot wasnt pedaling fast enough.

way south		2011-03-05 07:38:35 PM

Rug Doctor: fusillade762: Are we sure it just wasn't hit at random by the celebratory wasting of ammunition they all seem so fond of?

Seriously. And they are aware that those bullets will eventually come back down? Going very fast?

No, they aren't aware.
The chances of hitting someone with a bullet shot in the sky are slim. The chances of doing it when you live in a farking desert are practically zero.
It only happens in the US because our idiots go out on new years and shoot into the sky over a crowded city full of party goers who went outside to watch the fireworks.

/Even then, its a pretty rare event.
/I bet most of us only know because of the Mythbusters.

Now That's What I Call a Taco!		2011-03-05 07:40:02 PM

What flag are they flying? I thought Libya's flag was just plain green

Kar98		2011-03-05 07:40:04 PM

CliChe Guevara: ThisNameSux: Any proof other than a downed jet?

You know, after claiming to have downed a jet, 'only' having a downed jet to show for it seems like pretty good evidence, actually.

I didn't see a downed jet.
Pics of pile of jet bits? Pics of tail number? Pics of smoldering wreckage? Video of jet going down? Since they had video of firing the AA gun and video of waving mystery metal bits around?

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