Air Force
President Trump: Tehran’s forces largely “knocked out”
President Donald Trump said that Tehran’s forces have largely been knocked out. Reports indicate that 17 Iranian ships were destroyed and nearly 2,000 targets hit. Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander for U.S. Central Command provided an update on X and declared that Iranian naval activity has been halted along the most critical waterways. Cooper further said […]
F-15 loss, F18s. Up in the air.
“saw ships, sank same” – As a bit of military alliteration, Donald Mason’s that is a good one. According to Brian Garfield, who penned a good history of the Aleutian Islands WWII campaign called “The Thousand Mile War”, Mason’s quote was actually eclipsed by a pilot name of Smith who strafed and sank a boat […]
Top Aces
Top Aces is a “private military adversary” company that flies F-16s in exercises against regular Air Force and Navy units. Unlike typical aggressor-adversary units, they are flying highly modified F-16s which can successfully use a lot of the tactics and capabilities of modern 5th generation fighters in 4th-gen F-16 airframes. Reading the article, many of […]
Saturday Short Bits
Let’s stay with the mundane today, eh? Opening, I see that Mr. Man of the Poor People, Bernie Sanders, spent over a half a million dollars on private jets last year, most of it when traveling with AOC promoting their Red Green New Deal. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who crisscrossed the country last year on […]
Valor Friday
During World War II, Ireland remained neutral. This has become a hallmark of Irish foreign policy since they split from Great Britain. Some Irishmen, both from Ireland proper and Northern Ireland (which remains part of the United Kingdom) joined the British military to fight in the war. Today’s story isn’t about any of those men. […]
Search for missing Air Force plane to reopen after 75 years
January 16, 1950. Almost 76 years ago. A Douglas C-54 Skymaster departed Elmendorf AFB with 44 people aboard. 42 service members, and a pregnant dependent, Joyce Espes, and her infant son, catching a hop to go get medical treatment. The plane never arrived, and was never found. A new search is going to start – […]
Valor Friday
Last week I talked a bit about fighter aces. One category of ace that is confined to the First World War is that of balloon ace (aka balloon buster). These are the pilots who took out enemy observation balloons. As with the other categories of ace, a balloon ace shot down at least five enemy […]
Valor Friday
When it comes to those fighting in the skies, no warriors are more celebrated than the ace. An ace is a fighter pilot who shoots down five enemy aircraft. Each plane shot down is counted as a “kill”, though actually killing your foe isn’t a requirement. Crossing the line to become an ace makes one […]
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