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Mission For The Space Force
May the US Space Force (USSF) Be With You U.S. military spox reported that Russia had carried out an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test recently in Earth orbit, defined as a “debris-generating” event . ASAT weapons that reduce their targets to shreds pose orbital hazards by creating clouds of fragments. These fragments then can collide with […]
Angel Fire Veteran’s Memorial
Angel Fire Memorial Poetrooper was kind enough to send this along. The visually stunning memorial and grounds that began to commemorate a lost son and the men he died with, became the first major Viet Nam Veteran Memorial and only state park in the United States. The Memorial was dedicated in 1971 and Congress recognized […]
Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight
Jeff Bezos became the second billionaire this month to fund the development of a civilian space program and then fly on said rocket into space. Last week Sir Richard Branson of Virgin [Records|Galactic|Group] fame beat Bezos into space, but the crew that went with Bezos is the more interesting story here. As I type this, […]
Former UFO Program Director Outlines Theories
Former Director of Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (ATTIP) Luiz Elizondo Let’s level set what a theory really is. the•o•ry n. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about […]
Remember? Marine Mech’s A-4 Joyride
A-4M Skyhawk Pretty impressive, if not exactly career enhancing. At least in the Marines- read on. That Time a Marine Mechanic Took a Joyride in a Stolen A4M Skyhawk By Blake Stilwell How much could a Marine Corps fighter cost? That was probably one of the questions running through 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Howard Foote’s mind […]
Honorary Air Assault Wings
One wonders why the folks who wrote the book on Air Assault weren’t awarded the wings as a matter of course. Poetrooper sends, and approves. Honorary Air Assault Wings for Vietnam Era Vets! 50 years after the Vietnam War ended the U.S. Army has recognized the contributions of combat veterans of the 101st Airborne and […]
Coast Guard’s Greatest Recsue
SS Pendleton Nearly seventy years ago SS Pendleton, a T2-SE-A1 class oil tanker came to grief bound for Boston, Massachusetts. She encountered a powerful Nor’easter storm generating waves up to 70 feet in height, and basically broke in half. Most of the crew was able to evacuate to the stern section, which amazingly still had […]
Texas’ Wind Power Cut By Half- Winter Storm
Winter storms have halved the output of Texas’ wind turbines over the weekend; the winter weather leaving between 2.5 and 3.5 million people without power. Rotating power outages were initiated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) early Monday, with thousands going without electricity for periods of time as temperatures fell into the teens […]
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