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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAs God is my witness, I thought HummVees could fly.
During an airdrop in Hohenfels, Germany, three HMMWVs (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
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vanlassie
(5,676 posts)1. !!!!!!!
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)2. Bonus points for the WKRP reference
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. Showing my......our?.......age.
That was a good show, I miss the characters.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)3. you win the internets today....
eom
sarge43
(28,941 posts)4. The paperwork generated investigating that episode will outweigh the Hummers by a factor
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.
Yes, I dropped a piece of toast on the floor.
It coulda been worse.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)6. Lolllll
underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)8. 'You had ONE job to do...."
Tighten down THAT strap.
'Whoopsie''
U4ikLefty
(4,012 posts)9. Oh the humanity!!!
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)10. K&R
Because of the WKRP reference!