Tag archive for ‘Air Force’
Who the heck reads this blog anyways?
For some time now, I’ve used various tracking software to get a sense of who reads my blog, and why. In part, I’ve tried to make better blog postings from the data. In part, it just satisfies curiosity and provides an ego boost. But it does reveal some things about the nature of the internet, [...]
GAO upholds Boeing’s objection to Air Force Tanker award to Northrup
About an hour ago, the Government Accounting Office upheld an objection by Boeing to the Air Force award of their air tanker refueling program to Northrup-Grumman. This ruling is yet the latest round in a battle that has raged in Washington for quite some time now over who will get to built America’s next air [...]
US Soldier refuses to serve in “illegal Iraq War”
Washington, D.C. (AFP): Matthis Chiroux is the kind of young American US military recruiters love.
“I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in school,” the now 24-year-old told AFP.
“I was ‘filet mignon’ for recruiters. They started phoning me when I was in 10th grade,” or around 16 years old, [...]
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