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4 When Operation Desert Storm kicked off in winter 1991, William “Doug” Faith, an attorney adviser with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, was in his final year of law school. “I was a reservist in North Little Rock, Arkansas, going to law school when my Reserve unit got activated,” he said. “I got the call that they always tell you might happen, but you never thought would happen, they said, ‘we’re leaving.’” Prior to law school, Faith, who was a comm...

Mortal Kombat Midway Legacy Edition Arcade1Up Cabinet is Live Following hot on the heels of the new Mortal Kombat movie trailer, Aracade1Up has opened up pre-orders for their Midway Legacy arcade cabinet, which comes jam packed with 12 iconic Midway titles including three Mortal Kombat games Joust, Rampage, Gauntlet, Paperboy and more. Its also priced at $399.99, which is pretty solid given the fact that Arcade1Up cabinets are regularly creeping up to the $500 range. They even included a custom...

Bombers flew overhead. Tracers were visible in the night sky. Explosions sounded in the distance. Staff Sgt. Renee Kelly stayed on alert Feb. 24, 1991, off main supply route Dodge near the Iraqi border. She was a Hawk missile launcher repairer in the 34th Ordnance Company, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade under the 18th Airborne Corps. In January the Soldiers had moved up along the Iraqi border from their temporary staging area, an old cement factory called Cement City. Kelly left Redstone Ar...

Times Past: Week of February 15 Published: 2/21/2021 11:38:04 AM Modified: 2/21/2021 11:38:01 AM 1996 Requests from educators’ wish lists — media centers, computer labs, conference rooms, science labs, redesigned technical arts areas, storage, gymnasiums and more — were lined up with state guidelines at the Athol school building committee meeting. The presentation gave a first look at what new school construction and renovations could mean in terms of project size and bottom-line costs. ...

DoD inspector general opens ‘evaluation’ of Space Command move to Alabama Updated Feb 19, 2021; The Pentagon Inspector General’s office said today it will open an immediate “evaluation” of the Air Force’s selection of Huntsville “as the preferred permanent location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters.” “We plan to begin the subject evaluation in February 2021...,” an announcement said. “Specifically, we will evaluate the extent to which the Department of the Air Force ...

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A suicide drone essentially is a small, inexpensive cruise missile, usually possessing some loitering capability. Heres What You Need to Remember: Taiwan is counting on drones to counter China’s expanding advantage in ships, planes and troops. China can muster potentially thousands of aircraft, hundreds of ships and hundreds of thousands of troops for a possible invasion of Taiwan. A new suicide drone appeared at the August 2019 edition of the biennial Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology E...

Ping 1.5 + takes the simplest of premises – guiding a small white cube to an orange sphere – and turns it into one of the most challenging Wii U games yet!  It may not be for the easily frustrated, but Ping 1.5 + offers plenty more besides its stiff challenge. This physics based puzzler has you aiming your cube strategically, trying to get ideal angles for the perfect bounces.  It entails using the surroundings to your advantage and avoiding the many obstacles that hinder your aim, all wh...

USAFs Red Flag 21-1 exercise involves space, cyberspace elements By (0) A B-2 bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., touches down at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to participate in Red Flag 21-1 combat exercises. Photo by Airman Thomas Cox/U.S. Air Force  Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A 19-day combat training exercise is underway at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., emphasizing space and cyberspace integration, the Air Force said on Monday. One of the branchs largest exercises, the annual event, this year kn...

Why Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ is the right choice for U.S. Space Command HQ Updated Jan 28, 2021; By Greg Canfield | Alabama Secretary of Commerce The U.S. Air Force’s decision on where to locate the headquarters of the U.S. Space Command has generated controversy, but it shouldn’t have. The Jan. 13 announcement was the culmination of a complex, time-consuming process as the Air Force selection team considered a wide range of key factors related to the Command’s mission, examining wo...