by Lee Cloer | Jan 8, 2019 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering
The combat radius is the distance an aircraft can fly to enter air combat, stay, fight and return to base. When supporting the troops on the ground by controlling the airspace or providing close-air-support, the longer the time an air asset can remain nearby for...
by Lee Cloer | Dec 4, 2018 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering
In 1961 during the beginning of the American Civil War, Thaddeus Lowe held a demonstration of a balloon’s ability to carry a man above the battlefield and telegraph enemy troop movements and direct artillery fire. President Lincoln was present for one...
by Lee Cloer | Nov 2, 2018 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering
The whop-whop-whop of helicopter blades breaks the night silence. Suddenly, two AH-6M Little Birds and two MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters pop up just over the low ridgeline and sink back down toward the valley trying to stay undetected. The flight is part of the Army’s...
by Lee Cloer | Oct 1, 2018 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering
It’s about the carrots, or at least that’s what the propaganda said. Have you heard that carrots are good for the eyes? It’s been passed along by moms for decades. The vitamin A and beta-carotene are fantastic for healthy eyesight. But, when did carrots and...
by Lee Cloer | Aug 14, 2018 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering
The F-4 Phantom was born out of what McDonnell Aircraft determined was a need to get the U.S. Navy a superior attack fighter. In 1953, McDonnell began by redesigning their F-3H Demon, one of the Navy’s carrier-based fighter aircraft at that time, to have better...
