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Hardware Monday
The A-10 just keeps getting better than ever. Seems they are testing refueling A-10s with aerial refueling probes (as opposed to the traditional high-altitude booms.) (First off – there are those of you who really know this topic – and I don’t – so if I make a stupid error, call me on it. My […]
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Franchi SPAS-12 A Florida car dealer tried to ship a stolen $460,000 Rolls-Royce overseas. It did not go well for him Story by Rebecca Payne Tampa Bay, Florida car dealer and wholesaler Mohamad Jihad Fakih, 27, is facing prison time after being found guilty in a scheme involving fraudulent loans, straw purchasers, bogus insurance claims […]
President Trump drops expletive in ultimatum post directed at Iran
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to give Iran an ultimatum. During the post, Trump said, “Open the Fuckin’ Strait” along with a message that the power plant and bridge were up for targeting. Trump indicated that the consequences for failure to opening the straight would be a “living hell.” He closed his post […]
Toilet malfunction on lunar mission
The Astronauts on the Artemis II mission are days into their historic lunar flyby mission. However, for the second time during the mission, the toilet had issues. NASA suspected an ice blockage that’s preventing the toilet from fully functioning. Luckily, the Astronauts have a backup plan. Debbie Korth, program deputy manager, said that the toilet […]
Rubio revokes green cards for Qasem Soleimani relatives
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked the green cards for a couple of Qasem Soleimani’s relatives in the U.S. Soleimani was the Revolutionary Guard corps major general taken out during the first Trump presidency. The relatives were Soleimani’s niece, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, and her daughter. Both were taken into custody and are currently being held […]
Rescued!
HH-60 Pave Hawk Trump announces press conference after rescue of ‘seriously wounded’ F-15E crew member President Donald Trump says he and members of the military will hold a press conference at the White House on Monday after the successful rescue of the second F-15E crew member shot down over Iran. Trump said the crew member, […]
Brig Gen Bud Anderson, triple ace, laid to rest
It’s been almost two years since Clarence “Bud” Anderson died on 17 May 2024. We talked about it at the time. The backlog of burying heroes at Arlington National Cemetery is long, and so it wasn’t until this week that Bud was finally interred. You’ll remember Anderson as the last living triple ace (15 or […]
Holiday Open Thread
Christus resurrexit! Happy Easter everyone! Today is the first of 50 days of Easter. The first 8 days is considered a continuous celebration (Easter Octave). One of the meanings of this season is the move to abandon our animalistic tendencies (yoke of the beast/death) in favor of aligning ourselves with God’s divine purpose for us […]
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