Author: Michael

The six American flyers who ejected from F-15E Strike Eagles over Kuwait on Sunday experienced a moment that pilots pray never happens but train for as if they know it will.
The pilots and weapons officers all ejected from their two-seat fighters, U.S. Central Command said Sunday, after being shot down over Kuwait by U.S. Patriot missiles fired by Kuwaiti air defense forces. All six flyers safely parachuted to the ground, where they were reported to be unhurt. 
The fact that all six flyers survived was a bright spot in the otherwise disastrous series of mishaps.

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Amid burgeoning tensions, President Dwight Eisenhower went before the United Nations General Assembly on December 8, 1953, and called for peace.
Eisenhower’s speech came at an especially fraught time during the Cold War. The previous year, the United States tested a hydrogen bomb in the Northwestern Pacific, resulting in an island’s obliteration. The Soviets followed with their first successful H-bomb test in August 1953.
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If not rattled, Eisenhower was justifiably concerned as he stood before the UN.

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