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BAE Systems announced that it is closing a plant in Tennessee due to decline in demand for their body armor products. Changes in budget priorities...
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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We’ve been repeating this pledge since grade school, but have you ever taken the time to analyze what each part truly means? The Boy Scouts have, and below you’ll find their translation for each part of the Pledge. Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share th...
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We just came across this M.R. Gustafson’s handy Ribbon Checker for USMC , Navy and Coast Guard uniforms. If you aren’t sure where your new ribbon goes, check it with this page. Just check off the ribbons from the list presented, and the site presents a visual guide to help you get them in the right order. Nifty.
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Our Knot of the Week series continues today with an interesting binding knot called the Miller’s Knot. There are quite a few different names for this knot, including the Sack Knot and the Bag Knot, but we’ve chosen the terminology that the Ashley Book of Knots uses to describe this knot. The Miller’s Knot was originally used as a binding knot by Millers to tie up the necks of flour and grain sacks, but it can also be used as a temporary seizing for whipping the end of a rope. Share this on del.icio.us Di...
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Here’s one we’ve been itching to tell you about since we saw it at Shot. The Mystery Ranch Overload is the Clark Kent of backpacks. It looks pretty mild mannered just sitting there — but unclip a few buckles, and the frame opens up like a taco to reveal an adjustable area that is ideal for carrying heavy and awkward items such as mortar system parts or ammo cans. This arrangement makes the load more manageable because the weight of the “overloaded” equipment is carried centered and close to the back, ins...
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By mid-February, Marines will be out of Iraq.After almost seven years of bloodshed, 850 Marines killed in action and a pedigree of hard-won victories that toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime, propped up a new government and quelled a tenacious insurgency, Col. Scott Aiken’s boots will be among the very last in the sand.But before he can step on a flight home, Aiken must lead Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Responsible Drawdown and coordinate shipment of thousands of pieces of remaining equipme...
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For this week’s Knot of the Week we’ll be going back to our fishing knots with the Palomar Knot. The Palomar Knot is one more fishing knot for the toolbox, or tackle box, that can come in handy while fishing or in a survival situation. Used to secure most any kind of fishing line to a swivel or hook, including traditional monofilament, the Palomar Knot is nearly impervious to being pulled out. Your fishing line has a greater chance of breaking before this knot goes anywhere. If your line does break, you’...
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Well, this brings back the old days when Flug Revue would pop out some over-the-fence shots obtained from the Military Missions in East Germany, and the assembled reptiles at Flight would adjourn to our secret analysis facility to figure out what it all meant. First of all, for anyone contemplating the use of the word "Raptorski": don't. While this is an airplane that could have been the answer to the Advanced Tactical Fighter requirement, way back when, it's not an F-22 in many important ways. In a lot...
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Thanks to several tipsters who alerted me to the public release of a test flight of the Russian 5th-generation fighter prototype: the so-called PAK-FA, or in English, “Future Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces.” Some observers also show it dubbed the T-50. It looks as if the Russians are trying their hand at an F-22 knock off, with a v-tail, large monolithic wing surface and centerboard intakes. The thing literally looks like a Mig-29 cockpit bolted onto a hacked F-22 stern. According to Global Securit...
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TACOM , CCTA-ADC-A, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111). BAE Systems Inc., Anniston, Ala., was awarded on Jan. 20, 2010 a $29247535 firm-fixed-price contract for the Centralized and National Level RESET of a ... Veterans Today - http://www.veteranstoday.com/
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Maxim Pyadushkin writes: Russia’s fifth generation fighter, Sukhoi’s T-50 prototype, was flown for the first time from Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Russia’s Far East at 11.19 local time on Friday, January 29. After the 47 minutes flight the aircraft landed at the airfield of Sukhoi’s KnAAPO facility which assembles PAK FA prototypes. The T-50 is intended to meet the Russian air force’s PAK FA requirement for a next-generation fighter. The first prototype was flown by Sukhoi test pilot Sergey Bogdan. He says it ...
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Shared by taktik(z) Tornado GR4. Awesome. Faced with the nightmare scenario of serried ranks - or at least its last few squadrons - of combat aircraft replaced with Tucano turboprops and radio-controlled models ( if some in the British Army gets their way) – the Royal Air Force is continuing to flag the utility of its fast jet fleet in present combat operations. The air force held a “showcase” at RAF Marham coinciding with the return of 31 Sqn from Afghanistan, January 26, to highlight the capability ...
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The Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE) vehicle is an autonomous Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and ...
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Sukhoi has posted video on today's first flight of its T-50 prototype of the Russian PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter, from Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Video: Sukhoi Read our Aviation Week story: Russian Fifth-Generation Fighter Airborne . The design clearly shows similarities to the Lockheed Martin F-22 - primarily in planform - and the Northrop Grumman/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 - mainly in the forward fuselage and intakes - as well as its lineage to previous Sukhoi designs (the tail sting). There are some interes...
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With Alexey Komarov A few further musings on the Sukhoi T-50. A side shot of the aircraft shows the reduced area all-moving fins. The fins along with being smaller are canted out – as is now near traditional on low observable designs. Along with what appear to be two main weapons bays in the tunnel between the engines the design is believed to have two smaller housings for short-range weapons on the inboard wing. The infra-red search and track housing is also visible. The T-50 - intended to meet the Rus...
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