Executing the Maritime Strategy: 2 Amphibs En Route To Bangladesh After Cyclone

  Forward Presence; Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (ASSOCIATED PRESS 18 NOV 07) WASHINGTON – The White House offered condolences Saturday evening to victims of a deadly cyclone in Bangladesh and said the U.S. government has provided an initial $2.1 million in emergency relief aide. A statement from press secretary Dana Perino said the amphibious…

Trying Something New

Given our predilection to trying new things around here (as opposed to say, oh, the local pro-football team)  we’re trying out a new PDF embed and share process from Adobe called, surprisingly enough, SHARE.  Of course it is in beta, so it may or may not work.  If it does, what you will see below…

Flightdeck Friday: Valour-IT Challenge Edition – The B-58 Hustler

 At the start of the ’07 Valour-IT Challenge fundraiser, we exhanged an offline challenge (and yes, a few snarks too…) with Mike over at team Air Force, the gist of which was whomever showed up Rocket Last (aka Tail-end Charlie) would host an article on the plane of the other team’s choosing – here as…

A Silent Epidemic?

They say: (CBS) They are the casualties of wars you don’t often hear about – soldiers who die of self-inflicted wounds. Little is known about the true scope of suicides among those who have served in the military.  But a five-month CBS News investigation discovered data that shows a startling rate of suicide, what some…

Final DSP Satellite Lifted to Orbit on First Operational Delta IV Heavy Lift

  The last of the 23-satellite Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites was lifted to orbit this past weekend on the newest heavy lift rocket in the US inventory. The Delta IV was developed as part of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program to replace the previous workhorse of US military and commercial heavy lift, the Titan-family. Consisting…