Author: Michael

All Quiet On the Western Front is one of those novels I absolutely loved but will likely never read again. I read it in a single sitting while I was the Duty NCO one night. There have been numerous film adaptions of the classic book, including an absolutely brilliant 1930 adaption and a 1979 TV […]
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As with the Universe’s faster-than-light expansion, the horizon for the UK’s Ajax armoured vehicle programme service entry remains always over the next hill, forever chasing stages moving inexorably to the right.
In the final few days of 2022, a timeline update for the troubled programme, intended to deliver 589 platforms into service with the British Army, revealed that Reliability Growth Trials and analysis, due to begin in January 2023, could run until Q1 2025.

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What You Didn’t Know About The F-14 Tomcat: During its three decades in service with the United States Navy, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat more than lived up to the role it was designed for, drawing blood in combat. It was designed in the 1960s to incorporate the air combat experience learned during the Vietnam War.  […]
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In respectable society, criticizing Donald Trump isn’t just fashionable – it’s requisite. And there’s plenty to criticize: Trump is inarticulate, unprofessional, rude, hyperbolic, devoid of empathy, deficient on policy, clearly the strangest person ever to occupy the presidency. (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive Videos Here) But consistently, Trump bears a […]
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Carabinieri KFOR-MSU patrols in front of Ibar Bridge, in Mitrovica (Kosovo). Summer 2019.Image by Allions

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said last week that the situation in Kosovo was “on the brink of armed conflict,” as tensions rise. On Sunday, the crisis worsened when Kosovo police special forces reportedly attacked Serbs at barricades near the settlement of Zubin Potok. No injuries were reported.

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Even as a young lad, I was a war buff. There was my favorite video game and flight simulator F-15E Strike Eagle in which you could pick a number of different missions and go up against the best. My favorite scenario was an attack on Syria and fighting against Soviet-era fighters and surface-to-air missiles. I wish I could say […]
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“Don’t give me an F-105. / ‘Cause I love being alive. She’s great for attack, she soaks all the more flak, / Don’t give me an F-105.” Thus goes one of the verses to a song titled “Give Me Operations,” an old traditional humorous Air Force fighter pilot song best known for being performed by Oscar Brand, […]
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The MiG-17 Fresco made its maiden flight on  January 14, 1950 – five months before the outbreak of the Korean War – and was officially introduced in October 1952. Although intended to replace the legendary MiG-15 “Fagot” in the intense aerial battles against the equally legendary F-86 Sabre, the (relatively) newer jet didn’t actually see […]
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