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Santa to get Canadian crack fighter escort
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| Fir3start3r |
Hellz yea!!
Don't mess with Santa!!! 
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Santa to get crack fighter escort
From correspondents in Winnipeg, Canada
December 18, 2004
SANTA Claus is coming to town ... and in these uncertain times, he's being offered a jet fighter escort.
Canadian pilots seconded to the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) who normally spend their nights scouring the skies for intruders, will scramble on Christmas Eve for a special mission.
"Santa has communicated to NORAD that he intends to begin his journey at 3am, December 24," the Canadian armed forces said in a tongue-in-cheek statement.
Two CF-18 Hornet interceptor fighters based in Quebec were on standby to meet the festive visitor when he crossed into Canadian airspace over eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, the statement said.
Another pair of warplanes based in Alberta would see Santa off as he crossed Canada's west coast, presumably en route to Asia, the statement said.
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...I still think he just should have retrofitted his reindeer with friggin' lazers... :toothless :tongue2 |
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| Playa24_7 |
| hahaha lasers. santa doesnt take from no one! you better watch out, you better not cry, cause santas got fighter jets, or is that a lie? lol |
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| Cal |
| The canandian military actually has fighter planes? Did Canada get them used from the brits as well? :haha: |
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| EvilTree |
CF18 Hornets. About 20 yrs old. There is an upgrade program going, but who knows when that's going to get finished.
And the fighter escort for Santa thing happened last yr too... |
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