EMCON Charlie
Setting EMCON Charlie until after Christmas and various guests are departing the pattern/outbound. ’til then, limited posting (Flightdeck Friday returns next week).
– SJS
Similar Posts
Plane Pr0N, Vapes…and such
UPDATE: Happy 60th Birthday to the USAF (18 Sep 1947 – 2007) (thanks for the reminder Mike) Frequent readers of this site (all 3 of you…) know that we tend not to cut the Junior Service too much slack, especially since their idea of a tailhook has not much more heft than a bent…
Valour-IT Challenge: It’s A Wrap
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright, The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out. Well – comes the time to settle one’s just debts and that’s…
India Confirms Purchase of P-8I At $2.1B
According to today’s Times of India, on January 1, India’s Defense Ministry’s Joint Secretary and Acquisitions Manager (Maritime Systems) signed a purchase agreement with Boeing’s Integrated Systems and in-country lead for eight P-8I Poseidon’s at a price of $2.1B(US), more than double the previous major US sale to India ($962M for six C-130J in 2007). …
The Problem(s) With Debris – 2009 Edition
A little over two years ago, China conducted the now notorious direct ascent ASAT shot on the Fengyun-1 satellite which was in a polar orbit. We’ve commented extensively at the time and a year hence on the issues raised by this shot. So where do we stand just past the second anniversary? Well, like rabbits,…
Valour-IT Challenge: It’s Not Over Yet!
Some teams are looking at a snapshot of the talleys thus far and think they’ve got it in the bag. *Ahem* Bluto says it best
Sometimes…inspite of ourselves luck kicks in t…
Sometimes…inspite of ourselves luck kicks in to save our butts…