If A Picture Paints A Thousand Words…
Metaphor for the Raptor program?
(F-22 snowed under at Edwards AFB)
Metaphor for the Raptor program?
(F-22 snowed under at Edwards AFB)
Hitting the Big Silver-Winged bird for a part of the country without ready access to the UNCLAS ‘net. Fear not – we’ve some articles queued up for the next few days, including a Flightdeck Friday, until we return a few days hence. …and no, sigh, not *that* kind of silver-winged bird, alas…
Seems the ice in the polling place parking lot was the real winner Tuesday night. Butcher’s bill – one busted hand & wrist (possible depot level repair – awaiting NARF Team), severely bruised elbow and shoulder. Rotater cuff also pending NARF eval. Oh yes, that was the writing hand too…posting may be a little light…
In a nutshell: Nuclear Deterrence mission: “Back-to-basics”, increase by 2,000 number of nuclear support personel, add a 4th B-52 sqdn TACAIR: Accelerate retirement of 254 F-15, F-16 and A-10 a/c, validate remaining service life of residual legacy TACAIR a/c Space: Field new satellites including the Global Positioning Satellite Block IIF, Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF),…
44 Years + 3 Overtimes – Congrats Navy!
From strategypage.com comes this story of life imitating art: Snakes on a Plane Bring F-16 Down Apparently, a poisonous insect or snake in the cockpit brought down a Dutch F-16 in Afghanistan last August. After a 11 month investigation, that ended up as the only plausible explanation for the loss. The dead pilot did not…