Military finds a bunch of old, rusted planes in the iraqi desert...

[radwriter0555]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93483,00.html

WASHINGTON — Some of Iraqi's missing air force has turned up down below.

Search teams, some hunting for Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, found dozens of fighter jets from Iraq's air force buried beneath the sands, U.S. officials say.

At least one Cold War-era MiG-25 interceptor was found when searchers saw the tops of its twin tail fins poking up from the sands, said one Pentagon official familiar with the hunt. He said search teams have found several MiG-25s and Su-25 ground attack jets buried at al-Taqqadum air field west of Baghdad.

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He said the planes were not considered weapons of mass destruction for which coalition troops have been searching for months, "but they are weapons (Iraq) tried to hide."


Right. They tried to 'hide' them by parking them next to an airport, where they got covered with sand

[slackmaster]

1. Sounds kind of like that art project in Texas

Cadillac Ranch, I believe it's called.

[punpirate]

3. That's it...

... outside of Amarillo off of I-40. Fins sticking out of the ground. No jet engines, though....

Cheers.

[jagguy]

2. read the article

only some of the aircraft were old. Some were new. THere's not much rust in the desert but they had not been sealed, apparantly hastily stowed.

[JHB]

4. I'm sure being buried in a sand dune will do wonders...

...for the operating efficiency of those planes.

Hidden weapons my Aunt Petunia! Those planes are nothing more than the coolest-looking scrap metal in Iraq.

[mhr]

5. Hmmm

Why the fuss!

If they are buried then they can't be flown now or maybe ever!

These guys are grasping at straws just like we all expected.

[GOPisEvil]

6. Rusty planes, huh?

I figured the Iraqi WMD plan: They planned to give us all TETANUS and have our jaws lock. :eyes:

[TacticalPeek]

8. Frankly, just witnessing this debacle

is enough to make my gaping jaw lock.

[NYC]

7. Is it possible a sand storm buried them?

"Our guys have found 30-something brand new aircraft buried in the sand to deny us access to them," Goss said. "These are craft we didn't know about."

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. I bet those planes were a serious threat

Once they shook all the sand out of them, which would probably take a little more than 45 minutes.