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Offline RAIDER14

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Defcon level?
« on: August 19, 2008, 09:45:57 AM »
Does the United States still use the defcon levels to show the state of readiness?

If so what defcon level are we currently at?

Offline 007Rusty

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2008, 09:49:16 AM »
"""Get sac on the line tell em to flush the bombers'"  "Get icbms in the bullpen and ready to fly""
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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2008, 09:51:42 AM »
"""Get sack on the line tell em to flush the bombers'"  "Get icbms in the bullpen and ready to fly""

What the heck is sack?

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2008, 09:53:16 AM »
ya thats what the said in the movie ""war games"" sorry i missed spelled it its early no coffee yet  :rofl ""fixed""
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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2008, 09:58:55 AM »
1 to 5
If it is 1 you will know by the contrails going from the ground up.

SAC gone by-by  :cry  it is now ACC  Air Combat Command.
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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2008, 10:36:38 AM »

SAC gone by-by  :cry  it is now ACC  Air Combat Command.

Or is it..... :noid

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2008, 11:17:21 AM »
Or is it..... :noid

Bah semantics. different name but they do the same job plus a few added stuff.
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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2008, 11:21:52 AM »
SAC gone by-by  :cry  it is now ACC  Air Combat Command.

Pfft, best thing that ever happened to those toolshedders was combining them with TAC to make ACC. :D

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2008, 11:43:45 AM »
Pfft, best thing that ever happened to those toolshedders was combining them with TAC to make ACC. :D

The worst thing that ever happened to TAC was when they combined us with those toolshedders to make ACC...  :P

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2008, 01:55:40 PM »
Pfft, best thing that ever happened to those toolshedders was combining them with TAC to make ACC. :D


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Offline Hornet33

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2008, 02:02:43 PM »
Well I have to go with my dad on this one and just say, back in the day SAC, and TAC wouldn't be able to do a damned thing unless MAC brought them their stuff.





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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2008, 02:05:24 PM »
MAC  :rofl  "what'ya mean I need a haircut?"

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2008, 02:13:46 PM »
MAC  :rofl  "what'ya mean I need a haircut?"

Pretty much. The MAC guys didn't need to look spiffy for the brass, they just had to haul the freight.

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Re: Defcon level?
« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2008, 02:25:35 PM »
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