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• Phone Cards for Christmas

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Logan, my son, made Eagle Scout this last May. Logan’s Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project was to organize and collect cell phones for the organization, “Cell Phones for Soldiers”, which is run by Brittany and Robbie Bergquist of Norwell, Massachusetts. Cell Phones for Soldiers turns old cell phones into ...
  15 hours ago

• Today in History: Linebacker II Begins

  
  Chaotic Synaptic Activity — Authority: 103
  When the enemy thinks they can stall peace talks, how do you respond?  With a diplomatic tools that “communicates” beyond the Paris meeting room. On this day in 1972, Linebacker II , the largest air campaign since WWII began, with Air force and Navy planes filling the skies over North Vietnam. For 11 days, ...
  4 days ago

• Iraqi Militants Hack US Predator Drones

  
  ModCool — Authority: 157
  It’s a sad reality of technological sophistication: the more technology you develop, the more weapons you devise for your enemies to use against you, no matter how primitive they might seem. The current example of this truism are Iraqi militants, who used an off-the-shelf program to hack into the video feeds of ...
  5 days ago

• Obama threatens base closing, Senator Ben Nelson, Breaking News, Nelson rejects abortion component, Senators letter, Carl Levin, John McCain, Michael Goldfarb report, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, BRAC closure, US Strategic Command, Signed DeMint, Ens

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 558
  Breaking news: (Just announced) Ben Nelson rejects abortion component of Senate Health Care Bill. ***  More breaking news 1:00 PM ET, see below *** From Michael Goldfarb of The Weekly Standard, 11:01 PM, December 16, 2009. “20 GOP Senators Call for Investigation of Offutt Threat”  “Twenty Republican ...
  5 days ago

• Iraqi insurgents using $26 software to monitor Predator video feeds

  
  Engadget — Authority: 838
  We cant say weve ever heard of a $26 Russian program called SkyGrabber before, but its about to get famous real fast -- according to the Wall Street Journal , Iraqi insurgents have been regularly using the satellite-snooping software to monitor live Predator video feeds. Apparently the Predator transmits video over ...
  6 days ago

• Iraqi insurgents using $26 software to monitor Predator video feeds

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 163
  We can’t say we’ve ever heard of a $26 Russian program called SkyGrabber before, but it’s about to get famous real fast — according to the Wall Street Journal , Iraqi insurgents have been regularly using the satellite-snooping software to monitor live Predator video feeds. Apparently the Predator transmits ...
  6 days ago

• Packard Bell Dot VR46 gets the endorsement of Valentino Rossi, nobody else

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 163
  Wow. Original post:  Packard Bell Dot VR46 gets the endorsement of Valentino Rossi, nobody else
  6 days ago

• ‘Night witches’ or mere symbols? India debates induction of women fighter pilots

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Ritu SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) As India hotly debates whether to induct women fighter pilots, a look around the world reveals they have been so fearsome in some places that they came to be branded “nigh witches”. Pakistan and China already have them, but they have never faced direct combat.“If women are ...
  6 days ago

• Michael Goldfarb on Glenn Beck confirms White House call and threat to Senator Ben Nelson, Obama thugs, December 16, 2009, Ben Nelson threatened to vote for Senate Health Care Bill

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 558
  Yesterday, December 15, 2009, the Citizen Wells blog quoted a report from the Weekly Standard that indicated that the White House, Obama, threatened to close an Air Force base in Nebraska if Senator Ben Nelson did not vote for the Senate Health Care Bill.  “Source: Dems Threaten Nelson In Pursuit of 60 While the ...
  6 days ago

• Barack Obama Extorts Ben Nelson: We fund Abortions You Lose Offutt AFB

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 589
  The Weekly Standard reports that according to a Senate staffer, Rahm Emanuel and the White House are extorting Senator Ben Nelsons vote for the Senate health care bill. At the top of Nelsons objections to the legislation is abortion funding. Senator Ben Nelson Nelson (D-NE) has consistently said that ...
  1 week ago

• Who In The U.S. Air Force Is Going To Be First In The Surge To Afghanistan?

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 162
  A U.S. Air Force pilot aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle conducts a mission over Afghanistan, April 14, 2008. The F-15 frequently performs shows of force to deter enemy activities and protect coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung. Past Surges Offer ...
  1 week ago

• The End Of The B-2 And B-52H Bombers?

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 162
  A USAF B-52 Stratofortress Bomber and a USAF B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Fly In Formation Over Shreveport During the 2008 Defenders of Liberty Airshow and Open House at Barksdale Air Force Base, May 10, 2008. Shreveport, State of Louisiana, USA Bye-Bye Bomber? -- Newsweek For the first time in almost 40 ...
  1 week ago

• Palin blames the military

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 648
  By GottaLaff Blaming the military should ingratiate her to servicemen and women everywhere: (click on image to enlarge) Yes, its the fault of the U.S. Air Force that she didnt meet, greet, quit halfway and blow off her adoring fans. Why does she hate our troops? But at least shes going to hold a public ...
  1 week ago

• PG&E, Air Force Sign Wave Energy Pact

  
  Mendo Coast Current — Authority: 120
  DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle, December 12, 2009The waves off of Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast could one day generate electricity, if Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has its way.The utility reported Friday that it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to study the area’s ...
  1 week ago

• Is Obama Really Preparing For Civil War?

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 582
  Chuck BaldwinDecember 11, 2009According to an obscure report in the European Union Times (EUTimes.net), “Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued an order to his Northern Command’s (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to ...
  1 week ago

• General Officer Assignments

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 446
  The chief of staff, Air Force announced today the following assignments: Brig. Gen. Daniel O. Wyman, commander, 81st Medical Group, Air Education and Training Command, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to command surgeon, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. Col. Kory Cornum, who has been ...
  1 week ago

• PG&E Continues Its Ride on the Wave of Renewable Energy

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 125
  By: Kory Raftery If Jimmy Buffett were writing a theme song for PG&Es renewable energy department, his lyrics might read, "Mother, Mother Ocean: I have heard you call. I wanted to pull the power from your waters since I was three feet tall." Looking to add to its diverse power mix, Pacific Gas and Electric ...
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• ATK Successfully Ground Tests New CASTOR 30 Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 590
  Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) successfully tested its newly developed CASTOR 30 upper stage solid rocket motor today at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tennessee. The test was a significant milestone for ATK, which developed the motor using internal research and development ...
  1 week ago

• Tuskegee Airman who was profiled in Post-Dispatch series dies

  
  The Editors' Desk — Authority: 126
  Luther H. Smith, fourth from right in the front row, graduated from flight training with class 43-E on May 28, 1943, at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. (U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency) Luther H. Smith came back from World…
  1 week ago

• US Air Force Confirms ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Drone

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 468
  This week, the US Air Force confirmed that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the “Beast of Kandahar,” a drone spotted in photos and, until now has been shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed “to provide reconnaissance and surveillance ...
  1 week ago

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