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AIB is out... https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/2024/07/4JAN24-AFGSC-Ellsworth-AFB-AIB-Report-1-1.pdf

Pentagon to review 20 Medals of Honor from Wounded Knee Massacre The wokeness... “It’s never too late to do what’s right,” an unnamed senior defense official said in a statement Wednesday. “And that’s what is intended by the review that the secretary directed, which is to ensure that we go back and review each of these medals in a rigorous and individualized manner.” Of course, actions from the last two decades which may merit the Medal of Honor don't rate such time critical attention by the Pentagon! 😡😡😡 Such as... Sergeant Rafael Peralta While clearing houses in the second battle for Fallujah (Operation Phantom Fury) Sgt Peralta was shot by insurgents and was severely wounded. In the ensuing firefight a grenade was thrown into the room with Peralta and his Marines. Sgt Peralta pulled the grenade under him to absorb the grenade blast and was killed instantly. Sgt Peralta was nominated for the Medal of Honor by Lt Gen Natonski based on the reports. The nomination was later denied under review when some reviewers (who were not at the incident) believed Peralta was already clinically dead when the grenade was thrown. The award was downgraded to a Navy Cross. Multiple requests for a reconsideration were denied and after years of denials, Peralta’s family received his Navy Cross.

MSN took it down, but I found the updated article and added its link... https://www.rd.com/list/popular-songs-you-didnt-realize-are-racist/ Why, by the way, includes "why Black History Month shouldn’t be a single month!".

11 Popular Songs You Didn’t Realize Are Actually Racist

USS Eisenhower pilot became the first American woman to score air-to-air kill A female Naval aviator with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 became the first woman in the U.S. military to score an air-to-air victory in combat. The aviator, who the Navy has not named, shot down a one-way attack drone fired by Houthi forces against commercial ships passing through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, using an F/A-18F Super Hornet. “The success of the entire squadron over the past nine months is a testament to all the members of the command and their friends and family at home that support them,” Cmdr. Jason Hoch, leader of the squadron, said in a Navy release. “I couldn’t be prouder of the Swordsmen’s performance day-in and day-out in incredibly demanding conditions. We proved over and over again that the flexibility a carrier strike group brings to the fight is unmatched, and that is solely due to the highly trained and motivated Sailors who go above and beyond the call of duty each and every day.” Rut-roh! Did he say "SwordsMEN?!?" 🫢🫢🫢 By the way, it's been done...back in 1942! Lydia Litvyak - Wikipedia

More ridiculousness, and I am surprised no one ever created an account on here using that name... Disney changes name of 'offensive' character after 50 years Disney has changed the name of one of its decades-old characters after being deemed "offensive" and "derogatory." Following a seven-month refurbishment at Disney World, 'Liver Lips McGrowl' did not make a return on the Country Bear Jamboree attraction. "The decision to remove Liver Lips McGrowl was driven by concerns over the character’s name," they wrote in a statement. 'Liver lips' is said to be associated with excessive alcohol consumption, leading to liver damage. Here's to Liver Lips!! 🍻🍻

I can't fathom why everyone hates AOC! I think she's very friendly with Taylor Swift!

Well, no shit! Prolific insight from everyone's favorite barista! AOC goes live on Instagram saying many who want Joe Biden to drop out of race also want to remove Kamala Honestly, I can't fathom why everyone hates her! I think she's very friendly with Taylor Swift! (See WTF? (*NSFW**) thread for details!)

Ain't in the GAL, if that means anything...

@Skitzo, was this you? 🤣🤣🤣

Can anyone confirm its authenticity?

Sounds like him... "I fired one round at it," he said in the footage. "They say I hit it so I must be a good shot, or else it's not that far away ... I'm going to wind up having to find a real good defense lawyer."

I bet Gavin Newsom is smiling like the cocksucker he is right now!

This should be an interesting (and most likely very quiet) weekend in Aggieland! 🤣🤣

I'm just glad A&M didn't win as I'll be in Aggieland this weekend and I already can barely stand the place!

This probably belongs in the 'WTF?' thread...

Anyone shoot a PSA Jakl yet? They've got my interest... https://palmettostatearmory.com/jakl.html

It worked for the Russians/Soviets!

If you are not following William Kirk at Washington Gun Law, you should!

A hundred years ago today, at 8:30pm on 18 June 1924, McCook Field chief test pilot John Macready departed Dayton, heading for Columbus, in a 2-seat biplane to test out nighttime navigation beacons. On the return around 10:15pm, his engine died as he was nearing Dayton. Luckily for him, he had turned down his wife’s request to join him on the flight, a privilege pilots were only recently afforded. The darkness prevented him from finding a safe emergency landing spot, leaving little choice but to “hit the silk.” Fortunately, the engineers at McCook had developed the Air Service’s first standardized parachutes and its commander mandated that every pilot wear one. His colleague Harold Harris had become the first “save” of those the previous fall. Macready bailed out, landed in some trees, and became the latest member of the “Caterpillar Club.” He lived to continue his distinguished career, which had already included being the first to fly cross-country non-stop in 1923 (Macready shown here before that flight), taking 26 hours.

Sixty years ago yesterday (17 June 1964), the squat, stubby Chance-Vought/LTV XC-142A vertical and short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft (pictured) had its rollout ceremony at the Ling-Temco-Vought plant in Dallas, Texas. Lauded for its ability to lift off and land like a helicopter before transforming into an airplane that could—as papers at the time described it—“fly at speeds faster than World War II fighters” (maximum speed was 400 mph, and cruising speed was about 235 mph), the experimental aircraft was heavily tested by the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and NASA, but never entered into production. The only surviving XC-142A—a forerunner of the V-22 Osprey—can today be seen at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo: NMUSAF)