Trump's military parade to cost $80M more than initial estimate: report

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Flyovers at Old Dominion are mostly something other than fighter jets. More often than not they are helicopters from a base less than 4 miles away. And most of the time they are flown by an ODU alum. The crew then returns to the stadium and honored on the field at the end of the 3rd quarter.

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Nobody wants a military parade except Trump.

And the French and British.

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CAA Flagship wrote:Flyovers at Old Dominion are mostly something other than fighter jets. More often than not they are helicopters from a base less than 4 miles away. And most of the time they are flown by an ODU alum. The crew then returns to the stadium and honored on the field at the end of the 3rd quarter.

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Pilots need stick time. It's required to maintain proficiency. Every single flyover counts as stick time.

People need to get the fuck over it. Unless they want the first time somebody climbs into the cockpit to be when the Ruskies are parachuting in on Colorado.
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93henfan wrote:Nobody wants a military parade except Trump.

And the French and British.

Commies.
If it pisses off the left, I want it. 8-)
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89Hen wrote:
93henfan wrote:Nobody wants a military parade except Trump.

And the French and British.

Commies.
If it pisses off the left, I want it. 8-)
This.

Also, they were not going to run tanks and missiles thru DC, it was going to be a proud demonstration of the red, white and blue.


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I know the fly overs in the Charleston area, that come from Joint Base Charleston, tend to coincide with a training mission or a units relocation.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politi ... st-n901576
President Donald Trump said Friday that he had canceled a planned military parade this fall in the nation's capital because of the "ridiculously high" price tag given by D.C. officials.

"The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it," Trump tweeted.

"Never let someone hold you up! I will instead attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, & go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters!"
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89Hen wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politi ... st-n901576
President Donald Trump said Friday that he had canceled a planned military parade this fall in the nation's capital because of the "ridiculously high" price tag given by D.C. officials.

"The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it," Trump tweeted.

"Never let someone hold you up! I will instead attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, & go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters!"
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89Hen wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politi ... st-n901576
President Donald Trump said Friday that he had canceled a planned military parade this fall in the nation's capital because of the "ridiculously high" price tag given by D.C. officials.

"The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it," Trump tweeted.

"Never let someone hold you up! I will instead attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, & go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters!"
Well played. :lol:
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89Hen wrote:
93henfan wrote:Nobody wants a military parade except Trump.

And the French and British.

Commies.
If it pisses off the left, I want it. 8-)
That what everyone wants now, whatever pisses off the other side. Our country is dumb.
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Silenoz wrote:
89Hen wrote: If it pisses off the left, I want it. 8-)
That what everyone wants now, whatever pisses off the other side. Our country is dumb.
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Ibanez wrote:I know the fly overs in the Charleston area, that come from Joint Base Charleston, tend to coincide with a training mission or a units relocation.
Of course it's a training mission.

My cousin at MCAS Beaufort used to maintain the sign-up list in his squadron for "weekend training flights" over Death Valley and Williams Brice

Any time you crank up a plane it's training

And it's voluntary - which means if you don't sign up, you don't get this "necessary" training


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