If you are, you may want to cast your eyes to the skies above a little after 1pm up towards the south. You’ll see what should be a wonderful collection of historical warbird aircraft flying a tribute to all US airmen who have died fighting for this nation from WW II to the present day. [...]

Good Article on the current status of all of those helicopters we know and love: WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 18, 2008) – The Army’s $14.6-billion aviation modernization program includes fielding the Lakota UH-72A, along with a number of modifications to existing helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. UH-72A Lakota Since the Army took delivery of [...]

Murdoc over in his place posts this tidbit from the McMinnville, OR News-Register about their scheduled F-14D Tomcat museum aircraft (the planned centerpiece of their collection, no doubt): But the flareup of violence between the Israeli army and Hezbollah and Hamas militias in Lebanon and Gaza led to a change in plans. The Navy, which [...]

I thought that I would do a post on Air Assault School, to give some insight on current Army training, the National Guard, and the general shape of things on the ground level of the state-side military. “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon” -Napoleon Bonaparte, 15 July 1815. [...]

Faithful readers, I have returned from the US Army Air Assault Course. Now, since I’ve been gone, apparently Zarqawi got wacked, In local Virginia politics, James Webb, author of one of my favorite books: Born Fighting How the Scots-Irish Shaped America won the Democratic nomination against sitting Senator George Allen, plus -Taliban have been getting [...]