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Old May 15th 08, 06:08 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Phil Rhodes[_2_]
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Oh yeah, I'm laughin' now.....


"Lynn in StLou" wrote in message
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Phil Rhodes wrote:
When I went to US Army Air Defense School in Fort Bliss in the 1960s (the
Marines couldn't afford such a school , all 'disabled' missles (HAWK
and
NIKE are what I remember) were painted black and white. After I got
posted
to a unit, all 'abled' USMC HAWK missles were olive drab.
And I don't know what a bitumen is....


"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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Do the markings on the bitumen mean the missile is disabled? ;-)




He was making a joke about all the handicapped
(disabled) parking spots around the launcher

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Lynn in StLou
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