Congressional Oversight
Under the circumstances, thought it was time to resurrect this golden oldie…
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An Israeli Tipping Point?
The term tipping point describes a point at which a slow gradual change becomes irreversible and then proceeds with gathering pace. It is derived from the metaphor of a rigid solid object being tilted to a point where it begins to topple. Couple of observations from the region… Iran to launch 1st domestic satellite soon…
Touch Screens – The Next Step
This is just way too cool — imagine what a ship’s TAO or E-2C/D CICO could do with something like this: (sorry — plugin was misbehavin’ — see the video here) More on touch screens here (and yes, DARPA has a contract with them…)
BGEN Robin Olds, USAF-Ret.
Pinch passes word that Robin Olds is in the hospital and in poor shape (see his post over at Black5) and offers a link to pass along your best wishes. Back in YHS’ halcyon youth, Olds was well remembered for his exploits in the F-4 over SEA. As CO of the of the 8th Tactical…
The Best Four-Letter Word
S-O-L-D (Barely 30 days on the market – thanks Pat, Susan and Valerie, you guys rock!) It’s been a hectic month;Â between a decidedly ramped up optempo at work, courtesy our North Asia buds, writing and submitting the BMD chapter for a forthcoming book and putting the house on the market. Did we mention that…
Form = Function = Beauty
Is it just YHS or does it seem since the intrusion of CAD and other automated design devices that aesthetics have taken a back seat in aircraft design? There was a day when an aircraft both funcitoned well and looked, well, pleasing, was easy on the eyes and sprang from the worn pencil and…
Welcome USNI Blog Visitors
If you’ve arrived from the USNI Blog (or not…), welcome and please take some time to look around. At the top you’ll find some of the major topics we cover here — Flightdeck Friday, which focuses on the lesser known aspects of all matters related to naval aviation, Reflections – which is an ongoing recollection…