Featuring furrin delta-winged aircraft, an earlier version of which has lately been much in our attention, courtesy of occasional reader Ryan.

I sorta found myself wondering how the two Mirages doing the high speed scissors at time index 1:38 could be conning while the photo aircraft was not.

Democratic supporters of President Obama’s signature health care legislation make an unexpected discovery:

The report (former Wisconsin Governor Jim) Doyle ordered before leaving office certainly reveals something about how the law will affect hundreds of thousands of individuals in the state he used to govern, it’s not all flattering. Indeed, it’s telling that despite [...]

Here at home, Americans are thoroughly discontent with the political class. Overseas Iran is accelerating its nuclear weapons program. China patiently builds its military power. Pakistan is one big riot away from kooks with nukes.

But Europe is where the compelling action is this week, as the German constitutional court sits to decide the [...]

Flying over the United States from west to east at night, you see large a more or less continuous glow from the coastal cities and suburbs of California which only starts to peter out north in Oregon. As you head further east you see splashes of ground-based lighting separated by relatively vast swathes of [...]

We are nearing the half-way point of our scheduled seven-month deployment, and have been on-station on the North Arabian Sea flying combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for over a month now.  A routine has developed.  For aficionados of Bill Murray films, this routine is commonly referred to as “Groundhog’s Day”.  It [...]

The fleet variant of Boeing’s P-8 maritime reconnaissance, sea strike and anti-submarine warfare aircraft made its first flight last week:

The plane flew June 21 from Renton Field, where it is assembled, to Boeing Field in Seattle, where mission systems will be installed. It is the first of six low-rate initial production aircraft for [...]

Lakehurst, NJ.

Kind springs into the air, dunshe?

The Fourth of July is obviously a day of stirring patriotism.  I was raised to associate the 4th with going out in the boat and having a beach picnic then watching some fireworks.  In the later years a cold adult beverage of course became a staple.

So this year I found myself out on [...]