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A-10's flying Red Flag hops out of Nellis (with thanks to Gunrunner for the ACMI loadout solution)..

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Brrrttt!!!

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Friendly armour moving forward to mop up...

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And a pass at the gunnery range on the way home to use up the last of the ammo..

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Matt Pontowski doing BRRRRRTTT In South Africa...

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nice to see someone else know's Richard Herman's books!!

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opps!! dopey me put an Falcon in the "Thunder" thread. Now fixed. Sorry!!!
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Cool shot Stratos :good:

 

 

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Daily Screenshot Challenge - Day 5

Theme - Soviet-Afghan War

27th December 1979, Soviet forces, assault the Tadzh-Bek Palace on the outskirts of Kabul as part of the coup de main to take out president Amin and cement the invasion of Afghanistan...

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Afghan defences at the palace consisted of infantry and several tanks..

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Leading the Soviet force is the elite Spetsnaz group Grom ('Thunder')

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The Thunder team is supported by BMP-1s, BTR-60s and ZSU-23-4s

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Best THUD pit bar none compared to TW pit IMO!

Manditory Pic compliments of FARMER:

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First day of WW3, full squadron strike on Soviet AB in East Germany...

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Our escort tangling with the interceptors

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Another interceptor, an strange one...

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Rare view indeed

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Rolling in, 

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I configured the bombs badly and two get hanging out, they served to destroy a AAA

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Target aflame

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But the soviets bombed my home base, I landed avoiding craters, but my squadron had to divert, and the enemy tanks keep advancing...

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Like Homer said: Its just a lil airborne, its still good.

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RAF Thunderstrike egressing from the Parani coast..

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Thunderbolt CAS circa 1950 Korea

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I won the duel, but they got their licks in....

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Thunder!

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Someone forgot to arm their boomies...

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Thunder shadow

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RF-84 Thunderstreak can be lethal even against a Mig-21 because, "it's the man, not the machine!" -General Yeager

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Approaching Thud Ridge...

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