Quote of the Week

Anybody who doesn't have fear is an idiot. It's just that you must make the fear work for you. Hell when somebody shot at me, it made me madder than hell, and all I wanted to do was shoot back.

— Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Boeing and Brazil

Boeing has promised Brazil F-18 fighters if they buy them from Boeing, and if Boeing wins a $5 billion fighter bid. President Obama has already assured Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Brazil is also looking at the Swedish Saab AB Gripen NG fighter, and the French Dassault Rafale. The order for 36 Super Hornets has been delayed due to budget cuts.

US Drone Crashes into Cargo Plane

A US Drone (UAV) crashed into a military cargo plane. No one was hurt but if you look at the video links below, you can see the damage. This event has raised concerns about UAVs.

http://www.ktnv.com/multimedia/videos/?bctid=1121116842001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il_aj46bQ8o

Taiwan Buys F-16s

Taiwan has said that they will follow up on the deal for 66 F-16s, despite the fear of angering the china mainland.Delayed before, when a US scout plane was flying over Chinese airspace, the answer was clear. Read a longer story here.

Quote of the Week

In blossom today, then scattered:
Life is so like a delicate flower.
How can one expect the fragrance
To last forever?

— Vice Admiral Ohnishi, Kamikaze Special Attack Force

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2nd Atomic Bomb

Yesterday, in 1945, the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.

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Quote of the Week

A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch . . . You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection . . . then use it whenever possible.

— Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF.

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In 1945...

In 1945, over the city of Hiroshima, B-29s flew and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.