October 2009 - Argghhh!

Yesterday, the Ecuadorian Air Force celebrated its 89th Birthday. To blow out its candles, their Air Force had a pass in review of its 7 brand spanking new Drhuv HAL Helicopters ...

Caption reads: PAKTIKA PROVINCE, PAKTIKA - OCTOBER 15: US Army soldiers in the 1/501st of the 25th Infantry Division shield their eyes from the powerful rotor wash of a Chinook cargo helicopter as they are picked up from a mission October 15, 2009 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Soldiers of the 1/501 scoured the Afghan countryside near the Pakistani border on a two-day mission into a tense part of Paktika province, an that American soldiers had not patrolled for over three years. The troops were...

Okay, yep, ya got it - the Czech Vz-58 rifle, as made in a US-legal semi-auto version by Century, which is why it has a slant-style muzzle brake on it, and the barrel is a touch longer to match US law on the subject. Close as you're going to get to one of those in this country for most of us. You can get it with the proper barrel length, if you're willing to go through the NFA (National Firearms Act) hoops to buy a semi-auto build that is registered as a SBR, or Short Barreled Rifle. I chose...

Posting from me has been light due to PSSO+1 incorporating under Kansas law getting married, and SWWBO and I had +1 for the weekend while PSSO had a very short honeymoon free from the attention-sucking food processor bundle of joy that is Miles. Miles (+1) likes the beard. Hmmm. I have to come up with new acronyms now that Prodigal Son and his Significant Other have merged. Last Saturday found 1SG Keith celebrating a natal anniversary, and despite being warned by the Adjutant, I spaced it. Happy...

And he isn't in the caption... our very own rotorhead Bill is in this picture. No, he's not on board - but the product of his labor sits in the front seats. Air Force instructors assigned to the 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron fly on a training mission here with their Iraqi students, Oct. 8, as the Iraqi pilots perform aerial formation flying procedures. The U.S. Airmen train them on approaches, take-offs, landings and remote operations consisting of landing in unfamiliar landing...

Pendant que nous tergiversons... Boq

October 23rd through October 26th in 1944. Sixty-five years ago this weekend, the greatest naval battle in history took place in the Pacific ocean. The Allies, led by the United States Navy successfully fought the Japanese Navy

First, the good news.Although I missed it on Friday, Chuck pointed it out in an email. 42 years ago, on 9 October 1967, Che Guevara was stood up in front of a wall and shot without trial (hey, it was Che who said, "judicial evidence is an archaic bourgeois detail" so he had no objections, I'm sure), and a very lucrative t-shirt and poster marketing idea was born.Now the bad news. Do Pikachu's lords and marketing masters know about this?H/t, Boquisucio for the landmine pic....