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• Is this Air Force video a waste of resources? Not known if it cost us taxpayers money ....but sure looks like it

  I just came across this post at the military blog OPFOR posted by John. It appears to be a video created by, or more accurately, contracted by the 341s Operations Support Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base. The video lists the following: -- A 341 st OSS... Posted Sep 26 2008, 02:03 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: USAF, SAC

• Combat patch issue clouds real issue: Thanks for serving!

  This recent article in the Stars and Stripes newspaper I read here is about a soldier stationed in Iraq wanting to wear the first combat patch he earned, rather than the current unit he's serving with. To a soldier, there is an incredible amount of... Posted May 15 2008, 07:34 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: Iraq, Soldiers' Angels, SAC

• B-52 "incident" finally takes down some personnel

  This is the classic SAC sign from a long time ago, probably time to bring back the discipline of SAC, if not the command. We used to say: " Peace is our profession. bombings just a hobby" News reports all over the place are writing about the... Posted Oct 20 2007, 12:43 PM by Otto with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: USAF, SAC, B-52

• unknown nuclear weapons flown on a B-52? to quote Homer Simpson: DOH!

  h/t Defense News This report is almost, well, unbelievable. Assuming the story is true, how did someone load nuclear warhead equipped missiles on the pylon of a B-52 and then how did the crew not know they were hung on the wings?? And then how did they... Posted Sep 04 2007, 10:51 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: USAF, SAC