User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 4/14/2001 9:05:17 AM EDT
[#1]
Here, here!!!
I can't stand it when people, sitting safely behind their computers, second guess life and death decisions a half a world away. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/14/2001 9:09:22 AM EDT
[#2]
Shame Shame,
Chewing gum in uniform...on T.V. no less. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/14/2001 9:10:54 AM EDT
[#3]
Its allowed in Aviation... :-)
Aviator |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/14/2001 6:57:49 PM EDT
[#4]
Yeah, thats what I thought.. no comments from those who were crying the loudest...
Aviator |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 1:19:36 AM EDT
[#5]
Right On!!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 9:53:38 AM EDT
[#6]
BTT
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 10:07:34 AM EDT
[#7]
OK, when is the pilot/commander going to be brought up on charges? Couldn't ditch but can make a landing on a runway and give up the plane. Ya thats the kind of hero we need.[V]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 10:14:24 AM EDT
[#8]
Excellent observation! BTW, where are the
infamous critics? It would be nice if one of them would respond here, wouldn't it? [-!-!-] |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 11:34:37 AM EDT
[#9]
I would like to know how many people on this board have been in a midair collision with the Chinese and had to decide wether to kill 24 people or land safely.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 11:41:43 AM EDT
[#10]
Quoted: OK, when is the pilot/commander going to be brought up on charges? Couldn't ditch but can make a landing on a runway and give up the plane. Ya thats the kind of hero we need.[V] The reason they did not ditch, is because of the radome on the lower forward part of the airframe. the aircraft would flip end over as soon as it hits the water. the nose was also gone. They had no airspeed, or altimeter, very little control, and had just completed a 5,000 + uncommanded roll and dive. Had it just been 3 persons in the crew, they may have tried to ditch, but with the cabim full of people, no way. You may feel that dying for your country is heroic, but its just stupid. The goal it to make the other guy die for his. They had time and were able to destroy the most sensitive stuff on board. They did the right thing. Aviator |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 12:21:08 PM EDT
[#11]
Lets see, ditch the aircraft and you have:
No plane 24 dead crewmembers to replace 2 nuclear capable nations escelating the aggresion even further The only eyewitness statement is now from the pilot of the other Chinese plane Currentley we have: No plane, what we left behind was pretty well sterilised before the Chinese boarded 24 live crew members ready to go back to work( these folks are not easy to replace) Lower tensions 24 eyewitnesses who can tell us exactly what happened The pilot brought his crew home safely so they could fight again another day. That's the end result, and the right one. As Patton said "You don't win a war by dieing for your country, you do it by making the other bastard die for his" |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/15/2001 12:32:26 PM EDT
[#12]
Excellent point, Garandshooter. In taking the time to land, you also have...time to destroy what needs to be destroyed. In ditching, there is always the chance that, while the crew is killed, something mya survive that you didn't want to. As it was, What needed to be destroyed was, the crew is alive, and we are not at war. Although from some of the posts I see, there are some here who are disappointed. (probably those who have "done their time", or never were military, past military age, and have no children of military age)
|
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
