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Airflight, Tuna and My Christmas Gift to You

20 hours ago ago from Petticoats & Pistols

I want to talk a little bit about air travel. Completely wrong for a western romance sight, I know, but I want to share a bit of my wisdom with you after years of air travel. Not a LOT of years, but definitely more than one. Plural. Years. I’m not very good at air travel. I’m getting better, but my first plane flight was around five years ago. Yes, that’s right, I was the last one on the planet to finally go up. But here’s the ...

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Finally…a name

20 hours ago ago from My Journey to Getting Untied

I finally have a name for the monster that took my baby from me. Gliosarcoma . A short name for such a destructive, menacing beast. The average age of onset is 53 years. It usually strikes middle-aged males. Only 8% of  all brain tumors are in the family, and only 2.1% of that group are gliosarcomas. Very rare. Very deadly.  So how did this cancer find my baby? According to the statistics, we'd have a better chance of winning the lottery. ...

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Project Portfolio Jufa

7 hours ago ago from Jufa

A unique promotion for the City of Ottawa's new recycling program. Flash 3D / AS3 design, programming, implementation, and integration. Aircraft profile for Canada's Air Force. Flash, 3D, photography, interviews, concept, creative, and design. Project Details Check it out here at the Centennial of Flight Website Air Force commission to present highlights of the last 100 years of Canadian aviation as a flash piece. ...

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The many faces of Steve... Happy Birthday!

18 hours ago ago from Chillin' with the Coles!

1 week old 1 month old (sleeping away as is his normal habit as a growing 15 year old) 3 months old (listening to Tunes... another regular disposition of his today!) 1 year old 3 years old 15 years ago, during one of the easiest birth experiences of my life, Stephen Howard Cole was born at a little before noon at a hospital on an Air Force Base way back when his dad was active duty! ...

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Pakistan gets first Awacs plane

8 hours ago ago from test title

The Pakistani air force says it has acquired the first of four Awacs surveillance aircraft from Sweden to boost its air defences. An air force statement said the Saab-2000 Awacs aircraft landed at one of the main operating bases on Tuesday. The statement did not say anything about the cost of the deal and when the remaining three would be delivered. The acquisition of the Awacs comes after arch-rival India bought its own Awacs ...

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BBC News - Pakistan gets first Awacs plane

9 hours ago ago from BBC

India took delivery of its Awacs aircraft in June The Pakistani air force says it has acquired the first of four Awacs surveillance aircraft from Sweden to boost its air defences. An air force statement said the Saab-2000 Awacs aircraft landed at one of the main operating bases on Tuesday. The statement did not say anything about the cost of the deal and when the remaining three would be delivered. The acquisition of the ...

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What Caused a Fighter Jet to Crash in Afghanistan?

14 hours ago ago from TIME.com - U.S.

SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos Behind an Afghanistan Plane Crash: Missed Signals By Mark Thompson / Washington Wednesday, Dec. 09, 2009 A US Air Force ground crew inspect an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet at the Bagram airbase, in the Parwan province some 50km (31 miles) north of Kabul, on Aug. 10, 2009. MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP / Getty ...

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Petraeus warns new surge progress will be slow

9 hours ago ago from Good News Now

WASHINGTON -Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, and the war will be "harder before it gets easier," a top U.S. general said Wednesday. Gen. David Petraeus, who executed the Iraq surge in 2007, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he supports the upcoming escalation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "While certainly different and, in some ...

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Pay hike fosters uptick in Afghan army recruits

9 hours ago ago from Good News Now

KABUL -U.S. commanders in Afghanistan are reporting a sudden surge in Afghan army recruits this month, a much-needed boost after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his security forces may not be able to take over from U.S. troops for up to five more years. The uptick followed an autumn slump in Afghan army recruitment, and U.S. military officials attributed the sudden jump to promised pay hikes rather than President Barack Obama's ...

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