History, Politics And Current Affairs

Mach 2 cruise? 6 weapons stations, little thin there, Take off/landing seem a little short w/o help. The artist drawing shows a pretty airplane though.

I am in an interesting position right now regarding modelling. I have not done any for maybe 20 years. The last was, bear with me, my 40K space doggies army. If I want to start modelling again I have Tamiya, prob 1/48, kits for F16A, A10 and F15E. And 5 1/700 WW2 battleships. But all paints, washes...

Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 2:52 pm I just sold my homing pigeon on Ebay




again…..

well done...making any money off it?

donations is good. Scrapping some of the older exhibits is possible, especially if they don't meet your current standards.I have a permanent exhibit of models at Seymour Johnson AFB showing the history of the 4th Fighter Wing, and I donated a family tree of models to the 67th Fighter Squadron at Ka...

In my younger days we used M80's for ship models pushed out on the pond and firecrackers for planes set loose on a string line. did that a few times, build a gravel dam off the curb of the street after a rain and used rocks to sink the Arizona. in later years I used a 22 for some target practice on...

there are some real gems there.

donations is good. Scrapping some of the older exhibits is possible, especially if they don't meet your current standards.I have a permanent exhibit of models at Seymour Johnson AFB showing the history of the 4th Fighter Wing, and I donated a family tree of models to the 67th Fighter Squadron at Kad...

jemhouston wrote: ↑Sun Sep 28, 2025 1:56 pm

Just remember CV 80 is the new Enterprise!

it fries my mind when I start thinking about the vastness of the universe, and then start thinking of the ending of MIB II comparing sizes thinking we could be a particle in an atom from a larger universe.

We knew it was coming, it's still a bummer. I been a Sabbath/Ozzy fan since I first heard them in the early 70s. I saw Sabbath a couple times after Ozzy left and Ozzy once shortly after Randy Rhoads died.

A bouncing baby boy...bounce check good! Glad he'll be ok.

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:12 am Point of order.

Why not, Minot was not a name for the installation.

It was the tourist bureau ad campaign slogan.

maybe so but we tacked the response to it and the whole thing stuck.

I'll start. Seymour Johnson AFB: Surgemore Johnson, Shady J, the Plantation, or See My Johnson, Langley AFB the Laughing Academy, Pentagon, Disneyland on the Potomac, Altus AFB: It's not the end of the world but you can see it from there, Asshole AFB, Kadena: The Rock

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 4:12 am Why not? Minot!

The whole place - civilian or military - is just that weird.

"Freezin's the reason"

love it fortunately I left the coffee on my desk for this

Poohbah wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:38 am TurboTax is the worst video game ever.

yeah

ping

On Sunday 23 Feb 2025 Mike and I visited the Marine Corps Museum at Quantico. They had the first flag on display with the second one. I was astonished by the condition of the first flag. Granted it wasn't up very long but they had to carry it up and down that hill.

Share https://www.twz.com/air/massive-wwii-b-29-bomber-base-fully-reclaimed-for-future-pacific-fight Satellite imagery shows the extent of the massive amount of work that has been done in the past year to restore more than 20 million square feet of runways and other World War II-era infrastructure a...

This one isn't about training, but rations, and has some specific components where hopefully some of the Amis, Britischers and the Continentals might be able to assist: 1.) When did the US Army switch over from providing free chow to the men to having them pay for it, even if indirectly? 2.) Was th...