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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 10:43 PM Apr 2016

As God is my witness, I thought HummVees could fly.

During an airdrop in Hohenfels, Germany, three HMMWV’s (Humvees) detached from their parachutes and plummeted to the ground.

As The Tactical Air Network reports that the 173rd Airborne Brigade dropped HMMWVs from their C130 aircraft, only to lose three “Hummers” to our good friend “gravity.”

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As God is my witness, I thought HummVees could fly. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 OP
!!!!!!! vanlassie Apr 2016 #1
Bonus points for the WKRP reference Electric Monk Apr 2016 #2
Showing my......our?.......age. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #7
you win the internets today.... mike_c Apr 2016 #3
The paperwork generated investigating that episode will outweigh the Hummers by a factor sarge43 Apr 2016 #4
Thank you. It puts my own screw-ups in perspective. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2016 #5
Lolllll dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #6
'You had ONE job to do...." underahedgerow Apr 2016 #8
Oh the humanity!!! U4ikLefty Apr 2016 #9
K&R Ron Obvious Apr 2016 #10

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
4. The paperwork generated investigating that episode will outweigh the Hummers by a factor
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 08:52 AM
Apr 2016

Whoever packed those chutes better start digging a hole along with his/her supervisor.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)
5. Thank you. It puts my own screw-ups in perspective.
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 09:49 AM
Apr 2016

Yes, I dropped a piece of toast on the floor.

It coulda been worse.

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