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Title: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: texasmom on April 05, 2008, 01:12:02 AM
WASHINGTON —  A B-1 bomber that landed at Al Udeid Air Force Base and then caught fire while taxiing was safely evacuated by all four crew members, the U.S. Air Force confirmed to FOX News.

The Air Force operates out of the air base, but Qatar has an agreement with the U.S. military not to reveal that fact.

In 2007 the Air Force declared the B-1 the "Most Valuable Plane" of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The unit cost for the bomber is $283.1 million.

Does anyone else think that there's something wrong with that bold sentence above? *rolls eyes*
Not that it's really a secret. It's something that anyone could reasonably figure if they searched. Just seems inappropriately... revealing.
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: Xargos on April 05, 2008, 05:01:36 AM
What does it matter?  I'm sure Bush has already given it's blueprints to China. 
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: SD67 on April 05, 2008, 05:36:31 AM
Don't forget the dozens of Chinese sleepers working in sensitive positions all over the world :noid
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: Jackal1 on April 05, 2008, 07:26:03 AM
What does it matter?  I'm sure Bush has already given it's blueprints to China. 

You mean Bubba Billy forgot something?
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: Xargos on April 05, 2008, 07:28:04 AM
Him too.
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: Maverick on April 05, 2008, 10:35:28 AM
What does it matter?  I'm sure billary has already given it's blueprints to China in return for extensive campaign contributions. 

Fixed for accuracy.
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: Xargos on April 05, 2008, 10:43:56 AM
Yeah, looks like I left out a lot of names.  It would be funny if I didn't think it could be true.
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: FrodeMk3 on April 05, 2008, 10:52:08 AM
What does it matter?  I'm sure Bush has already given it's blueprints to China. 

The thing here is, not so much any design specifics' of the plane itself, but rather their basing.

Knowing where they are now, a suicide attack on the flight line becomes more probable.
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: AKIron on April 05, 2008, 11:10:33 AM
The thing here is, not so much any design specifics' of the plane itself, but rather their basing.

Knowing where they are now, a suicide attack on the flight line becomes more probable.

Unlikey they would get close enough to cause much damage. They are guarded and not with rubber bullets.
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: bj229r on April 05, 2008, 01:32:24 PM
The thing here is, not so much any design specifics' of the plane itself, but rather their basing.

Knowing where they are now, a suicide attack on the flight line becomes more probable.
Marines protect navy stuff, who protects Air Force?...Do those guys know how to shoot guns that aren't attached to multi-million dollar things which fly through the air? ;)
Title: Re: Agreement not to reveal... revealed?
Post by: Xargos on April 05, 2008, 01:44:12 PM
Marines protect navy stuff, who protects Air Force?...Do those guys know how to shoot guns that aren't attached to multi-million dollar things which fly through the air? ;)

Air Force Security Forces. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Security_Forces)