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Title: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Weatherman on August 02, 2009, 08:28:35 AM
QuoteWASHINGTON – The remains of the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, after struggling for nearly two decades with the question of whether he was dead or alive.

The Pentagon said the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology on Saturday had positively identified the remains of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his fighter jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the 1991 war.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_gulf_war_missing_pilot (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_gulf_war_missing_pilot)
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Razgovory on August 02, 2009, 08:30:12 AM
So was he alive or dead?
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Strix on August 02, 2009, 11:33:18 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 02, 2009, 08:30:12 AM
So was he alive or dead?

They said they found his remains in the desert and not his parent's basement.
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Jaron on August 02, 2009, 12:16:30 PM
Ground control to Major Tom!
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: C.C.R. on August 02, 2009, 07:01:27 PM
In related news, the first American pilot shot down over Germany was never found...

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...because he landed in a German dessert...

Get it?  Because of the latent German disposition towards canibalism?  Oh, COME ON!!!  This is the "A" material!  Don't make me use the "B" material, people...
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Admiral Yi on August 02, 2009, 07:06:11 PM
:weep:
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on August 02, 2009, 07:12:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 02, 2009, 07:06:11 PM
:weep:

:console: Don't worry, you'll soon forget all about CCR's "joke".
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: garbon on August 02, 2009, 10:00:48 PM
Quote from: Jaron on August 02, 2009, 12:16:30 PM
Ground control to Major Tom!

Came back to earth, is a junkie.
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Siege on August 03, 2009, 01:12:20 AM
You guys should be ashamed of making fun of this.

Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: KRonn on August 03, 2009, 07:42:53 AM
At least his family has had verification on him, and now have his remains for a burial.   :(
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on August 03, 2009, 08:09:36 AM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...

Yeah. The Post had a whole article about this.
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Caliga on August 03, 2009, 08:37:36 AM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
:huh:

Why did his wife remarry if they were certain he was still alive?
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Warspite on August 03, 2009, 08:41:19 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 03, 2009, 08:37:36 AM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
:huh:

Why did his wife remarry if they were certain he was still alive?

She had needs.
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Gambrinus on August 03, 2009, 03:06:17 PM
Quote from: Mr.Penguin on August 03, 2009, 07:52:47 AM
Wasnt it the guy who's family was certern that he was rotting in one of Shadam's sercet prisons?...
At least they got the first part right.
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: Barrister on August 03, 2009, 03:21:35 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 02, 2009, 10:00:48 PM
Quote from: Jaron on August 02, 2009, 12:16:30 PM
Ground control to Major Tom!

Came back to earth, is a junkie.

Not according to Peter Schilling. :nerd:
Title: Re: Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Post by: garbon on August 03, 2009, 03:30:13 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 03, 2009, 03:21:35 PM
Not according to Peter Schilling. :nerd:

Bowie vs. Schilling...is that even a fair contest?