History, Politics And Current Affairs

Flossy and Jang's kill, photographed from the east side of the base.

An interesting incident in between missions: 335th TFS, Sheppard AFB, TX. 0920 Hours Central War Time: In the CO's Office, Major Matt Wiser was going over some paperwork. At times, the CO felt that he was fighting two wars; one with the Soviets and their lackeys, and another one with the AF bureaucr...

A new chapter! Nicely done, and BZ as usual, my friend. Always glad to help out. So to business: Comrade Putin is very unhappy to say the least. Some people are going to be lucky just by being shot. No doubt he'll find more suspects and have them subjected to "Rigorous Interrogation" befor...

Kara's Daughter makes her choice as to her AF career: Kacey's Choice 23 June, 2013, Thrace Residence, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 1720 Hours MDT: Cadet Second Class Kacey Thrace came into the living room of her mother's house on the base. Kacey's mother was Lieutenant Colonel Kara Thrace, a decorated ...

We're not going to invade Venezuela over this. Maduro has to be more of a pest-like invading the Dutch Caribbean Islands, say, before we start pulling triggers. Now, mining the shipping channel into the oil terminal at Maricaibo and on the Mexican side at Vera Cruz, OTOH.... Different story. Seems ...

Folks, the next segment is in preparation.

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Fri Aug 29, 2025 4:31 pm Pretty sure that by 2040 what is today the Security Zone will have formally become part of the USA.

We need four new states like we need a hole in the head. Commonwealth status similar to Puerto Rico's may be more likely.

We're not going to invade Venezuela over this. Maduro has to be more of a pest-like invading the Dutch Caribbean Islands, say, before we start pulling triggers. Now, mining the shipping channel into the oil terminal at Maricaibo and on the Mexican side at Vera Cruz, OTOH.... Different story. I thou...

We're not going to invade Venezuela over this. Maduro has to be more of a pest-like invading the Dutch Caribbean Islands, say, before we start pulling triggers. Now, mining the shipping channel into the oil terminal at Maricaibo and on the Mexican side at Vera Cruz, OTOH.... Different story.

Prize of war. And yes, the destroyer crew got their money.

There's been a couple of Bermuda Triangle books out since the early 2000s that mention this. One author notes that no one in the boarding party, or on the destroyer that found the Koni, could speak "Cat" and thus find out what happened.

Visiting Lexington (and Midway in San Diego) is on my "to do" list.

It was also in both Hackett books, and even GDW took the idea and listed it as a "What-if" in their editions of Harpoon. FWIW, I'm going with Fusilier here and the TU-22DP.

They were already receiving M-60s from the U.S. from 1980 until the war began.

How's this: The Egyptians go along initially with the LeClerc deal, but cancel it after the war when they see how well the M-1A1 did. The LeClerc wasn't ready for the East European Campaign in 1989, and the French still fought with AMX-30s.

Good to see a new chapter! BZ, my friend, and so to business: Chinese are up to something.... They likely don't want to get into their own war with the Soviets as they would like to be able to exploit the postwar world to their advantage. I'll agree with the view that NATO would rather have the 39th...

And we weren't the only ones: Kelly Ray took her Wing King (or should it be Queen) bird out over those clowns. Fifi did, along with at least one B-17, and so did the Blues. Yes, those idiots have a First Amendment right to make total asses of themselves, but if the Tower says "Takeoff Runway 14...

Did better than that: our departure took 512 right over those clowns.

Had a good Seafair! Never seen Hydroboat racing before, and for both Goalie and myself, it was an eye-opener. Told one of the organizers that it looks like "NASCAR on water", and he said that wasn't far off in the description. The Blue Angels, were, as usual, excellent, and we gave an F-4 ...

According to the USN Fact File, the Graylings were SSN-800 onward. That file is canon.