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2015-09-26 Science
Air Force's KC-46A Refueling Tanker Makes First Flight
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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ]  Top

#1 workers mistakenly loaded a mislabeled chemical

"No, no, NO! Refueling, NOT Aerosol Dispersion!"
Posted by Skidmark 2015-09-26 02:21||   2015-09-26 02:21|| Front Page Top

#2 ...How nice. The better part of twenty years to reproduce 50's technology and get it airborne, and then replace the ONE crew member who's indispensible to it with a glitchy, high-tech toy whose failure makes the entire airplane no more than a quarter-billion dollar static display.

I weep for My Beloved Service.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-09-26 05:59||   2015-09-26 05:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I just got word yesterday from a civilian employee at Fort Benning that large force structure cuts are looming for the Infantry.

Mike, is that you on the other end of the crying bench ?
Posted by Besoeker 2015-09-26 07:22||   2015-09-26 07:22|| Front Page Top

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