F-111 Redux???

Well, among ‘other’ issues with the F-35, these comments have been ‘released’… “The out-of-cockpit visibility in the F-35A is less than other Air Force fighter aircraft,” states the report from the Defense Department’s Directorate of Operational Test and Evaluation, referring … Continue reading

Embarrassment, I can haz it…

You know what is REALLY embarrassing… It’s when you go to an instructor training class and your first string of fire is 6 inches left of the bull at FIFTY frikkin feet… sigh… I can only wonder how hard my … Continue reading

The Reunion

I don’t know who the artist is, but it DOES get the point across… The Reunion So I’d say to him, “Barack, I know Abe Lincoln, And you ain’t Abe Lincoln ..” President Obama has made numerous attempts to quote … Continue reading

Interesting flying… This is for all those Air America guys…

This is for a friend of mine, Weird Neil… He used to do this for a living for Air America out of Laos in an early Pilatus Porter. These takeoffs and landings are down in Sumatra and Indonesia, so a … Continue reading

Gone shootin…

Light blogging and commenting for the next couple of days… Go read the folks on the sidebar- I’ll be back in battery on Monday.  

Privacy, we hardly knew ye…

More and more we are hearing reports, seeing articles, and coming face to face(book), with the lack of privacy today… Each time we log on, make a phone call, or in the urban areas walk down the street, we are … Continue reading

Another voice is heard…

We’ve all commented on the new BS medal for drone drivers… Now a different voice has spoken up, and “I” think this will get some attention! The creation of the new medal honoring unmanned vehicle pilots and cyber troops, “is … Continue reading

Stop it, just STOP it…

Harry Reid once again showed how disconnected from reality he is, blaming the tragedy in Nevada with seven Marines killed Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot in Nevada and seven or eight injured on sequestration… Hawthorne is out in the middle of … Continue reading

Seniors Texting Codes…

Young people have theirs, and now Seniors have their own texting codes… * ATD- At the Doctor’s * BFF – Best Friends Funeral * BTW- Bring the Wheelchair * BYOT – Bring Your Own Teeth * CBM- Covered by Medicare * CUATSC- … Continue reading

From the CMP, an update…

It’s STILL ugly out there for ammo and other things, but this is the first time “I” can remember ever getting something like this from CMP… LIMITED INVENTORY AT CMP STORES (March 2013):  RIFLES: The CMP currently has over 12,000 … Continue reading

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