When You Care Enough To (Keep) Sending The Very Best!
Coalition aircraft hit a stronghold of fugitive terrorist Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday. Forces attacked
the site using precision-guided munitions. News reports indicate 14
people were killed and three injured, but a coalition statement did
not include casualty figures.
Charles Sweeney was convinced he did the right thing. On August
9th, 1945, the 25-year old Sweeney piloted a B-29 he called "Bock's
Car" on the second and last atomic bombing mission of World War II.
The bomb his crew dropped over Nagasaki killed 70,000 people and
hastened the end of the war.
Sweeney died Thursday in Boston at the age of 84.
Special Military Team Searches For Aircraft Cracks
All combat aircraft go through extreme stresses when completing
their missions. Those stresses can cause metal fatigue -- tiny
cracks in the joints and welds of the frame or invisible fractures
in the metal.
As one of Europe's biggest air shows gets underway this week,
one of the first things you'll notice is the huge US military
presence. After pulling back from the Paris Air Show last year
because of France's failure to support the war in Iraq, the
Pentagon is putting on the dog at Farnborough.
The Russian Navy Saturday celebrated its proudest moment
Saturday -- aerial combat between four seaborne Russian aircraft
and four German fighters during World War I.
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