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January 14th 04, 09:44 PM
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:05:54 GMT, "John R Weiss"
wrote: "Mary Shafer" wrote... I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb. Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an A-6 once! :-) This raven was sitting on the ground (well, probably on part of the target or something, not the actual ground) when my friend dropped the ordnance on it, I think from an F/A-18. It wasn't a bird strike in flight. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer 
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January 15th 04, 12:23 AM
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"Mary Shafer" wrote...
This raven was sitting on the ground (well, probably on part of the target or something, not the actual ground) when my friend dropped the ordnance on it, I think from an F/A-18. It wasn't a bird strike in flight. Now THAT would have been REALLY impressive -- taking a bird out of mid-air with "blue death"!
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January 15th 04, 02:58 AM
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Mary Shafer wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:05:54 GMT, "John R Weiss" wrote: "Mary Shafer" wrote... I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb. Most of us use the whole airplane for birds... Got 2 ducks at once with an A-6 once! :-) This raven was sitting on the ground (well, probably on part of the target or something, not the actual ground) when my friend dropped the ordnance on it, I think from an F/A-18. It wasn't a bird strike in flight. Mary We've also disturbed the occasional jack rabbit or burro with a sand-seeker... -- - Rufus
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January 15th 04, 03:32 AM
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"Rufus" wrote...
We've also disturbed the occasional jack rabbit or burro with a sand-seeker... Jack rabbits are better dispatched via the "rabbit rodeo" -- a "road trip" into the Nevada desert prior to the first brief of the day at Fallon, armed to the teeth and with plenty of ammo... :-)
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