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Old 10-22-2022, 09:04 PM
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https://www.local10.com/news/local/2...llier-airport/

That thing is so slow they probably thought it was a boat if radar even picked it up.
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Old 10-22-2022, 11:42 PM
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A boat is faster.
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He might have gotten a better asylum deal if he had absconded with a Mig-23.
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He might have gotten a better asylum deal if he had absconded with a Mig-23.
Probably not. We ashcanned all of our MiG 23s decades ago. The remaining ones are museum pieces:


https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Vi...in-the-desert/
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He might have gotten a better asylum deal if he had absconded with a Mig-23.
No way, at least an AN-2 can deliverer something and do what it was designed to.
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Probably not. We ashcanned all of our MiG 23s decades ago. The remaining ones are museum pieces:


https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Vi...in-the-desert/
I was joking about the state of the cuban AF. It would be a tossup whether an AN-2 or Mig-23 would have more intel value
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He might have gotten a better asylum deal if he had absconded with a Mig-23.
Naw… should have loaded the beast with Cohibas, Montecristos and Rum.
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Naw… should have loaded the beast with Cohibas, Montecristos and Rum.
Maybe he did...
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The guy knew to fly under the radar... haha.
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He came for better pastelitos and cafecito.
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