Tag Archives: Air Force

LinkSwarm For January 26, 2024

The biggest story right now is that Abbott isn’t backing down from securing the border, and a whole bunch of states are backing him in his high-profile fight with the federal government. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, normally a cautious, … Continue reading →

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Busting F-35 Myths

Lockheed Martin just assembled the 1,000th F-35, making it one of the most widely produced and successful modern fighters ever. Here’s a pretty good video busting various myths about the F-35. “There are more F-35s in the world today than … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 8, 2023

Biden family corruption tops this week’s LinkSwarm (with a lot of links to go through), Juicy heads back to jail, and the Houthi’s tug on Superman’s cape. Despite years of claiming that Hunter’s business was completely separate from that of … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day: Living Celebrities Who Served In World War II

To observe Veterans Day, here’s a Mark Felton piece on World War II veterans who not only became celebrities, but are still alive: They are: American actor William Daniels, most famous for St. Elsewhere and the voice of KITT in … Continue reading →

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Is It Finally Time To Retire The A-10?

If you’ve been following the A-10 Thunderbolt II (AKA Warthog) saga here, you’ll remember that the Air Force tried to kill the A-10 back in 2015, going so far as to accuse airmen who opposed retiring the A-10 of treason. … Continue reading →

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The Sky Warden: “An Up-Armored Crop Duster With Rocket Launchers”

At first, I was not at all enthused about the Air Force’s new Sky Warden platform, a step back to a single-seat, propeller-driven combat aircraft not used since the Douglas A-1 Skyraider was retired in 1973. Some background: U.S. Special … Continue reading →

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The Bomb That Ended A War

The title overstates the case, but this story of the red-tape cutting, round-the clock efforts to field a bunker busting bomb during the Gulf War is fascinating stuff. (Today has been a bear for a variety of uninteresting reasons, so … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 20, 2021

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! I sort of want to put all the horrible news out of Afghanistan in one blog post, but it will probably have to wait until next week. Democrat voting fraud straight outa Compton. … Continue reading →

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SR-71 Pilot Brian Shul On Being Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving! Dwight put this up a while back, and I decided to tuck it away to use on Thanksgiving. It’s a speech by SR-71 pilot Brian Shul about going from being severely burned in a crash in the jungle … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 20, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Coronavirus is up around the world again, Democrats keep behaving badly (talk about your evergreen themes), some fun dog links, and it’s time to celebrate Life Day again! Good news, everyone! No more … Continue reading →

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