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Your Church Has a Safety Team — But Have They Actually Prepared? – USA Carry
On a quiet Sunday morning, the sanctuary is full. Children shuffle into pews. A greeter smiles at the door. The worship team begins to play. Now imagine this: a raised voice in the lobby. A door that should have remained closed swings open. A volunteer freezes for half a second too long. In critical moments, hesitation is not caused by…
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The F-111B Was Supposed to Be a US Navy Aircraft Carrier Fighter. It Exceeded 80,000 Pounds, Needed a Wingspan 7 Feet Wider Than the Air Force Version Just to Slow Down Enough to Land, and the Navy Walked Away in May 1968.
Summary and Key Points: In 1961, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara decided the Air Force and the Navy should buy two versions of the same aircraft. The logic was straightforward: shared development and shared components would save money. The problem was that the two services wanted opposite machines. The Air Force…
Air Force’s longest-deployed planes finally get to retire
The last of the Air Force’s longest-deployed airplanes finally retired earlier this month, as the last in-service EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare plane took its final flight over Arizona. For its final on-duty sortie, it shared the sky with the modern jet that is replacing it. An EC-130 Compass Call…
The US Navy’s New $23,400,000,000 Nuclear Trump-Class Battleship Keeps Getting Called Obsolete Thanks to Drones. Chinese Military Experts Just Tested That Theory Out
Summary and Key Points: The Trump-class battleship, designated BBG(X), was ridiculed by naval experts and enthusiasts the moment it was unveiled, on the well-worn grounds that battleships have been obsolete for eighty years. The first serious technical argument on the other side did not come from the US Navy. It…
F-22 pilot awarded Air Force’s top flight safety honor
A F-22 pilot had to think quickly and work out a plan to save his plane af. After losing a landing wheel, Capt. Michael Cloninger of the 90th Fighter Squadron had to find a way to safely land the jet. His successful belly landing of the F-22 earned him the…
45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.
Summary and Key Points: The USS Alabama measures 108 feet 2 inches across the beam. The locks of the Panama Canal are 110 feet wide. When the state of Alabama got its battleship back in 1964 and towed her home from Washington State, she went through with eleven inches to…
My Thoughts on September Being National Preparedness Month – reThinkSurvival.com
I would’ve totally forgotten that September was National Preparedness Month, except that my AI overlords like to remind me of such things, especially in my YouTube feed. My first reaction is usually something like, “didn’t we just do that?” But that’s probably because I’m getting old and the years are…