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Fox News is reporting that Francis Currey passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at age 94. https://www.foxnews.com/us/francis-currey-world-war-ii-medal-of-honor-recipient The article is quite informative.

Unfortunately the links to the COURANT are behind a PAY-WALL for those of us who have clicked more than 4 times for previous articles. Thanks for sharing the gist of the stories though.

I have consulted BOTH the online dictionary and the online thesaurus to abate my detailitis concerning vocabulary. Are you talking about our beloved PapaBear, donner of the Pink Tutu, purveyor of perfectly restored green iron, and one of the most up-standing troops the SS has ever known??? If...

Inquiring minds want to know!

Great! Could you please post a link to your online information? And please also add the date(s) here as well. Thanks! This is an event close enough to me to be VERY interesting.

Looking forward to your AAR (After Action Report) and hope to see lots of photos of the event too. nopics

A companion thread to this one has been created in the Chaplains Corner of these SS Forums. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?191209-Nine-0-nine-RIP Please feel free to post in that thread any prayers, words of encouragement for families and friends of those who perished and those...

Our local online news posted an interesting article today. The San Angelo LIVE's publisher was a B-52 crewman and writes very good aviation stories. Here's a link to that story...

Let's chase this Air-Traffic-Count tangent for a moment. Last month an interesting video was shared about the SHUTDOWN of U.S. Airspace immediately following the events of 9/11 (2001). I'm sharing it again here to illustrate just how many aircraft are in the air simultaneously. PLEASE bear in...

Looking forward to the OCTOBER 2019 entrants signing up and posting their best. Some of the runners-up from our previous months should consider taking another run at it, too! My votin' finger is twitchin' again !

GREAT conversation here, guys! Why to I so easily get sucked into the vortex of most any aviation discussion?!?!?!? Oh, well.... Carry on!

!!! CONGRATULATIONS !!! Please feel free to SWIM a VICTORY LAP around the pond. You've certainly earned it!

With that in mind, go back and view the C-17 segment of this video..... (Time Tick: 1:16 - 1:43 of the video) Watch as the C-17's main landing gear touches down. This action closes the "WEIGHT ON WHEELS" switch(es) which in turn triggers the actuation of the Thrust Reversers (set in flight in...

FYI... There are tons of videos on YouTube showing several different Thrust Reversing Technologies. Check 'em out! One of those videos even describes what happens if the Thrust Reverser(s) is/are deployed IN FLIGHT. :shock: :doh: . . . . . :usafss:

2019-10-02 Chinook overflight @ our LZ Late Wednesday afternoon I heard the distinctive thump-thump-thumping of a Chinook about to pass over our home. I stepped out in time to catch a couple of quick pics on my phone. I'm also including zoomed screenshots of those pics. Zoomed in --->...

Ahab, That is an excellent technical question deserving of a sound explanation. While I could compose something of reasonable quality, I am both too tired and presently lack the confidence to make my answer adequate. Hence, I will do for you what I so often advise to others..... GOOGLE is our...

Donning my chaplain's persona for a moment here..... We are taught to be good stewards of everything that God has put on this earth. I believe that that extends even to the machines that man has designed and built, by the grace of God and our God-given industrious abilities. With that setting...

Anit-gravity forces.... aka: Electromagnetism ! Cantchya hear it BUZZING ?

Ok, Troops! The first clip on this video is a LOW FLYING C-17. And, as a bonus, the other clips on this video are also pretty cool! Enjoy!!!...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ZjiKPhSkQ