The Junkers Ju87 Sturzkampfbomber, known to the British simply as the Stuka, had already acquired a deadly reputation across Europe, its siren screaming as the ungainly dive-bomber struck terror into the hearts of those below. In 1940 its pilots crossed … Continue reading
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I’m asking my readers to please assist us in this endeavor… We’re trying to stop the PC BS games being played with the Navy over the rate/rating removal to remove ‘man’ from the rates/ratings… Restore the Traditional Navy Rating Specialty … Continue reading
100 years (give or take) of Bite Me! Pulled from Vintage Wings, HERE! Two the three-man crew of an A.E.G G.IV show off their shark mouth bomber in 1918. Desert Sharks of the Royal Air Force’s North African war plough … Continue reading
These two have been making the rounds, but it’s worth cross posting them here… Some folks will deny these are real, they’ve been edited, etc… Make up your own mind. h/t BZ, LL and others … Continue reading
The fact checkers… In this case, the NRA ‘fact checked’ Politifact… It didn’t end well… First, HERE is the link to the actual Aussie gun laws. And this is an ad that ran in the Aussie papers, back in the … Continue reading
48K words in so far… It’s turning into a real story! 🙂 Back to work About a month after the set to with the Silverback, Drogan messaged Fargo about working a site during the installation of a new subfeeder. Picking … Continue reading
Typical AVG Odds is a painting by Alaskan Artist Terry Pyles. His website is HERE. He’s a photorealistic painter, and all his work is excellent! Thanks to Hunter for the link, and always happy to feature an American artist! … Continue reading
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence is unexpected and oft times very humorous. If I had a dollar for every girl that found me unattractive, they’d eventually find me attractive. I … Continue reading
It’s time for the Littoral Combat Ship, better known in the Navy as the Little Crappy Ship to be a thing of the past… The Yemeni rebel’s attack on the MV Swift last week should be making people stop and … Continue reading
The US Navy is 241 years old today.. Sadly, it seems 241 years of tradition have pretty much been destroyed in the last 8 years by the current administration’s use of the military as a social justice experiment… And the … Continue reading