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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 – […]
Monday – what?
Seemed a quiet weekend to me – dunno what my neighbor spread on his farm last week but it got dust ALL OVER every vehicle, so my main project was determining their original colors via washing. Mission accomplished – but you know, with a stock of clean cars, torrential rain has gotta be on the […]
A brief reminder
Today marks the 84th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Many of us remember the Nine-Eleven attack on September 11, 2001. It killed 2,977 people, primarily because so many workers were trapped in the World Trade Center buildings. Pearl Harbor saw 2,403 killed, the vast majority of whom (2, 000+) […]
Memphis Man Arrested for Stolen Valor
In a plot twist that absolutely no one saw coming (except literally everyone), 30-year-old Damien Flowers has been arrested for pretending to be a member of the U.S. Air Force—a career path that apparently conflicted with his actual full-time job of getting arrested in Mississippi. Flowers’ elaborate military fantasy came crashing down after he submitted […]
SCOTLAND ACCIDENTALLY APPROVES “TITTIES FOR CITIES” INITIATIVE
The following is from Scottish Aye. Think of them as a kilt-wearing Babylon Bee. Scottish Aye Just a bit of fun. What began as a potato growing scheme has somehow become legal permission tae get yer baps oot in public. Scotland is in a state of pure confusion this morning after ministers officially approved a […]
Cutting edge stuff
Some interesting stuff starting to take shape. The world we know now… I wonder how much of what is cutting edge now will be considered cutely quaint in a few years. Starting off the show, Sweden is introducing what it describes as the world’s first 5th generation submarine. We know the F-35 fighter is 5th-gen, […]
House Votes Yes
By a 229-206 vote, the House of Representatives passed the long-awaited spending bill. President Trump was expected to sign it before you read this. The Senate approved the same package on Monday night after seven Democrats and one independent who caucuses with the Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans in supporting the measure. […]
A bit of history
Ran across an interesting bit of WW history on Military.com. Think of communications we no longer use which can’t be spoofed, MIJI’ed, monitored. Carrier pigeons. Seems the Navy started a carrier pigeon program as far back as 1891, and officially established the U.S. Naval Pigeon Messenger Service in 1896. If you think about it, […]
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