by Lee Cloer | Apr 22, 2019 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering
China Burma India Theater – It’s a bit of WWII history that is not known as much as the Pacific campaign or the landings at Normandy. But in this area of operations, something significant occurs that goes mostly unnoticed as the Allies assist the Chinese army...
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...
