Ambushed by the Iraqi Air Force
August 1990.Operation Desert Storm is considered one of the most effective air campaigns in military history. Here, an F-15 pilot in the Gulf War recounts one extremely close encounter behind enemy lines.
August 1990.Operation Desert Storm is considered one of the most effective air campaigns in military history. Here, an F-15 pilot in the Gulf War recounts one extremely close encounter behind enemy lines.
In 2011, declassified CIA documents shed light on a covert government program dating back to WWII. At its center was a submersible craft built for a hypothetical invasion of Japan. In the summer of 1986, a reader of Warship International posed a question to the well-known naval his- torical journal seeking to confirm the identity …
Soldier Orders Unit to Fire Artillery at Him, Approaching Enemy. By Katie Lange DOD Army 2nd Lt. Lee Hartell was born in Philadelphia on Aug. 23, 1923, and raised in Danbury, Connecticut. He joined the Connecticut Army National Guard in 1940 and went active-duty during World War II, serving in the South Pacific. He was …
VOA Mike O’Sullivan Lt. Daren Diviak is daily reminded of the violence of the streets as he passes a memorial dedicated to colleagues who lost their lives in the line of duty. He works for the Operation Safe Streets Bureau of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, which patrols the streets of South Los Angeles and nearby …
The ‘Sleeping Giant’ is Stirring; Now to Maintain Momentum August 27, 2018 By Dave Workman Friday’s decision by the Washington State Supreme Court to allow anti-rights Initiative 1639 on the November ballot – overturning the ruling by Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon that the measure be disqualified because it failed to meet state …
History in a Handgun: Dirty Harry’s .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson by Doug Wicklund, NRA Museums Senior Curator – Sometimes you have to ask yourself if you “feel lucky” when considering certain guns in the NRA National Firearms Museum collection. One in particular, a Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver in .44 Magnum, was touted …
Top Gun 2 : Maverick Official Trailer 2018 | F M .. Tom Cruise is back as Maverick in Paramount’s ‘Top Gun’ sequel. Early Thursday morning, the star tweeted a photo on day one of production on the highly-anticipated ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ Hollywood Reporter motionmovie
How we were dispossessed Anonymous |for politicsweb.za 28 August 2018 A former farmer tells the story of the Zimbabwean land seizures The story of Zimbabwe’s economic collapse begins in 1997, the 14th of November 1997, a day that is now known as “Black Friday” in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe currency lost 75% of its value against …