Warthogs are back in action!!! Three months after Congress put the brakes on Air Force plans to retire its fleet of 162 A-10s this year, the versatile Warthog is back in the fight, this time in a maritime mission chasing … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
42 years ago… We were deployed to Keflavik, IC and it was one of the worst winters on record. This was just another day for us to go flying. The ones that had it the worst were the maintainers that … Continue reading
A ‘slightly’ different version of capture the flag… In a strange turn of events, even for the U.N., the World Health Organization held the U.S. flag captive in what seemed to be an act of defiance after the American government … Continue reading
A long overdue reward for what he did, that was classified for over 50 years! Naval aviator Capt. Royce Williams, 100, is set to be awarded the Medal of Honor for his 1952 actions during the Korean War, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced … Continue reading
USS Abraham Lincoln SG is currently 500nm SOUTH of Iran… A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday, threatening to … Continue reading
Or 10 ways Veterans drink coffee, in or out of the military. 1. Black – Because additives are a luxury and suffering builds character. 2. Black – No cream, no sugar, no feelings. 3. Black – Drank it this way … Continue reading
From out of the dim dark past… The Brass Nut!!! This was the patrol squadron’s highly illegal bar in the BOQ in Iceland. MWR hated it, tried for years to get it closed down, yada, yada… But it stayed open! … Continue reading
Or unexpected. It was actually brought up at least 15 years ago. On the heels of 12 major mishaps in the last four years, the military’s first tiltrotor aircraft program must take “immediate and decisive action” to avoid more loss … Continue reading
This…gah… Democrats have a knack for downplaying political violence when it suits their political narrative, but Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) took it to a new, disgraceful low on Thursday. During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, the Mississippi Democrat, … Continue reading
Lives in infamy… Let us never forget. … Continue reading