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  1. mike01606

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  2. ND Flack

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    #2 ND Flack, Nov 29, 2014
    B1 is what I would have said. Looks kinda like a T tail though, but that may be the photo angle.
     
  3. mike01606

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    #3 mike01606, Nov 29, 2014
    That's what I thought also....The tail was wrong.......but I didn't think there would be any of these in theatre also.
     
  4. kylec

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    #5 teak360, Nov 29, 2014
    One of those did a low pass right over my house in Boulder a few years ago. The neighbors freaked out and thought the world was coming to an end. I thought it was awesome. And it was.
     
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    #6 Gatorrari, Nov 30, 2014
    The only other airplane it could have been was a Tu-160, but as the article said, it was a B-1.
     
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  8. Pawilly

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    #8 Pawilly, Dec 1, 2014
    It is the B1 Lancer being used for close air support. Since our Turkish "friends" won't let us fly out of our base at Incirlik (and didn't in 2003 either), most likely the B1 is the best choice for support at Kobane due to combination of range/payload.
     
  9. sigar

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    #9 sigar, Dec 1, 2014
    I would just like to say the B1 is bad ass. That is all, carry on.
     
  10. mike01606

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    #10 mike01606, Dec 2, 2014

    Agreed....

    It should be going over supersonic at rooftop height for max shock and awe :D
     

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