M551 Sheridan: An American Light Tank Hated By Everyone (Until It Wasn't)
For how much it's ignored in civilian circles, US cavalry and infantrymen of a certain age look back on the Sheridan with reverence, not repulsion.
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For how much it's ignored in civilian circles, US cavalry and infantrymen of a certain age look back on the Sheridan with reverence, not repulsion.
So i called Air Force Base and said, i know i made this request. Um, turns out we dont need it. Forget i asked about it. I was told that we would not be getting images. When i read it, i got angry and confused. What does this mean . So, i emailed paul shack. I emailed, why . Did you do anything about it . No reply, no reply, no reply. Quiet. So i called him, and i got him. He was shouting at me. [ chuckles ] cant call it an argument because an argument takes two people shouting, and just one was shouting in this case. I asked him, why are you ignoring . You didnt reply to my email. Why . I was...
Asking me to see if i could find out some more information. Nasa does not own any military satellites, but at that time we had a close Working Relationship with the Patrick Air Force base, so i put in a request with them. Theres a lot of work to get a photo. One would have to interrupt the mission to get the right lighting, to make sure youre over, the right satellite is in position. And then now you have an army of people on the ground. We have to reorient the shuttle for the proper exposure angles and all that. And to do that means they may have to terminate their science experiments. In a p...
To barksdale Air Force base. After challenger, nasa had a Contingency Plan in case there was a shuttle accident. I never really imagined that it would happen. With columbia, we had people who had experience with Accident Investigation from the military, navy, and Air Force on the team. I came to the investigation as a Helicopter Pilot who knew something about doing Accident Investigations. I did not come to the investigation as a space shuttle expert. I literally knew nothing about how the shuttle was put together. We needed nasas help because by definition, everybody who came in as an externa...
FEMA and the Pentagon recently declassified a document showing possible US targets, if a nuclear attack should ever be carried out.