Times are hard these days, and for those living on fixed incomes, many of them being our disabled veterans, they are indeed perilous. Over at Lex’s place comes a request from one such who is seeking advice. Stop by, ponder and offer your wisdom, your experience — your assistance. Thank you. – SJS
…where the Scribe channels one notable childhood camping experience of his own: and it wasn’t cold ravioli – it was cold spaghetti-O’s…
(h/t The DEW Line) This was just too good not to pass along…’Phib, figured you’d especially appreciate the comment at 0:25…
Your humble scribe is on travel this week, gov’mint business and all, out in the land of real mountains. Posting may or may not be spotty (non-specific enough? There’s plausible deniability for you), so here are a couple of items from around the blogsphere to chew on. Fear not, Flightdeck Friday is not in jeopardy……
The Government of India (finally) tendered it’s offer for the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) – a deal estimated at $10B and one of the largest of it’s kind offered. Plan is to purchase a total of 128 with the first 18 bought in a "flyaway condition" to equip the first squadron. The remaining 108 will…
Light posting this week — That Which Makes Other Things Possible (otherwise known as YHS day job) is keeping him quite occupied in the early part of the week and issues of greater import take precedence later this week (Holy Week – more to follow). Flight Deck Friday will take a pause here this week,…
 Next Generation airborne electronic attack plans revealed? After years of debate about the future of tactical, airborne electronic attack for the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, it appears the F-35 will become the next-generation, digital warfare aircraft for both services. The platform most in demand in combat today is some kind of electronic attack…
