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hlthe2b

(102,429 posts)
3. I clicked on quickly and saw a plane and what looked like a helicopter on one side and a
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 07:05 PM
Jul 2019

smaller plane or fighter jet on the to other. It looked like nothing. Again, I only got a quick glance because I wasn't going to watch at all and had the sound muted... They were up high and really nothing special. Perhaps someone else can add.

I'm guessing the Blue Angels must have cancelled due to weather.

Now it looks like they have a stealth fighter surrounded by two smaller fighter planes. Again, just flying over and pretty high. Nothing remarkable to me.

SunSeeker

(51,748 posts)
7. You could barely see it against the dark gray sky. Pitiful. Embarrassing.
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 07:11 PM
Jul 2019

Way to make our military look small, dotard!

Tanuki

(14,924 posts)
8. Well, since the rapist believes you literally can't see our stealth planes,
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 07:13 PM
Jul 2019

maybe the Air Force told him a whole fleet of stealth planes is doing a flyover at this moment!


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indy100.com/article/trump-stealth-planes-invisible-g20-summit-iran-watch-video-8982551%3famp

"During his press conference in at the G20 Summit, Donald Trump once again revealed that he thinks stealth planes are literally invisible.

With tensions between the United States and Iran heightening, the president confirmed that F-22 stealth fighters will be deployed to Qatar.

The US has not confirmed how many jets will be sent to the Middle East, but Trump may be disappointed to learn what the actual capabilities of a stealth fighter are, as he seems to think that they are literally invisible.

This is far from the first time that Trump has tried to claim that stealth planes are invisible. At several points throughout his presidency, he has made this wild point which seems to be based on a pure misunderstanding of the word 'stealth'......(more)

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
13. They wanted the exhaust smoke to match the flag that Chump colored,
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 07:19 PM
Jul 2019

but couldn't get the right shade of brown he used for his stripes.

nolabear

(41,999 posts)
16. There have been several, all pitiful.
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 07:21 PM
Jul 2019

Three helicopters, the shocking looking stealth bomber which is the only one that got much reaction, four jets that didn’t match and...a couple of helicopters again.

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