[Snow Bunny]

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[Snow Bunny]

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Snow! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

While visiting a friend who was in the hospital,
I noticed several pretty nurses, each of whom
was wearing a pin designed to look like an apple.

I asked one nurse what the pin signified.

"Nothing," she said with a smile. "It's just to
keep the doctors away."

[GeekDejure]

Fabulous Canteen!!! (as usual) ;-))

[Radix]

HOOHAH

[xzins]

Thank you SnowB - I was their chaplain from 87-90...Prime Chance, Just Cause era. For you NightStalkes out there...let God be the co-Pilot.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody !

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[VOA]

Night Stalkers:The Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ,whose motto
is "Death waits in the dark" gets its nickname from its focus on operations requiring
nighttime, low-level flying.

Good to see we have our own aviation version of those Gurkhas that would sneak into
the tents of the Afrika Korps, leaving their calling-card of German soldiers that
got "The Big Sleep" with slit throats.

[VOA]

Why a handful of select individuals would desire this life time pursuit is inexplicable.

However, the following photograph may shed some light.

(RE: photo of Hooters Girls astride the helicopter boom)

Note to Snowbunny:
Now that's a photo that might give Gloria Allred a heart attack!

(Ms. Allred fought the opening of a Hooters in Santa Monica, CA.)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

U.S. Probes Al Qaeda Link to Kuwait Attack
The Pentagon identified the slain Marine as
Lance Cpl. Antonio J. Sledd, 20, of Hillsborough, Fla.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Mr_Magoo]

Air Power

CESSNA YA-37A "Dragonfly"

The YA-37A was modified from the standard T-37B primary trainer to evaluate the design as a counter-insurgency (COIN) attack/reconnaissance aircraft. First flown in September 1963, the airplane underwent performance and systems evaluation testing during 1964 at Edwards AFB, California, and Eglin AFB, Florida.

Much valuable information was obtained from these tests with regard to future design requirements for COIN aircraft. One of the aircraft's remarkable features was its ability to carry out a mission with only one engine still operating.

The aircraft pictured, one of two YAT-37Ds, was retired to the U.S. Air Force Museum in December 1964. However, it was recalled to active service in August 1966 for final design testing of the A-37 attack aircraft, urgently needed for close air support of ground forces in Southeast Asia.

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 35 ft. 10 in.
Length: 29 ft. 4 in.
Height: 8 ft. 2 in.
Weight: 11,700 lbs. max.
Armament: Max. of 3,000 lbs. including one GAU-2/A 7.62mm "Gatling" gun, plus additional gun pods, high-explosive bombs, fire bombs, rockets, grenades, and/or missiles
Engines: Two General Electric J85s of 2,400 lbs. thrust each
Cost: $161,000

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 485 mph.
Cruising speed: 425 mph.
Range: 270 miles with 3,000 lb. load
Service Ceiling: 36,000 ft.

[HiJinx]

One of AZ Flyboy's HS girlfriends and her husband are now Black Hawk Crew Chiefs at Ft. Campbell in a unit that works alongside the 160th.

Without getting into details, they are proof positive for me that our troops are honed and ready, and that those who have already been over there are doing their jobs with the utmost skill and absolute professionalism. They are worthy of every accolade we can shower upon them...

NSDQ!!

OBTW, Anna and her husband are only 20 years old.

[radu]

Happy Hump Day! Hope everyone's having a good one.

A warm and welcoming "Howdy!" to our service men and women past and present, and to our allies. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! It can never be said enough. It seems like such a small thing compared to all your efforts but it comes straight from my heart.

Cooooool thread, Snow Bunny! Night Stalkers...now why do I enjoy reading about these "creatures of the night"? heh heh heh!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Night Stalkers

160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)

"Night Stalkers Don't Quit"

Thank you!

[MissAmericanPie]

Just had to stop by and hail the Night Stalkers, the best and the baddest. If you have never visited their web site take a peek, but be ready for some patriotic chills and tears of pride in the some of the best men that America has ever birthed.

[AFCATMRet]

Quite the thread; outstanding unit and dear to my heart for personal reasons.

I figure I’m missing something everyone else sees as obvious, somehow, but...what the heck is the story with that penguin staring at the Hooter Gals?? (Not blaming him for staring, mind you, just wondering what he was doing there...doesn't exactly look to be his type of terrain nor his kind of weather...)

(Promised myself I wouldn’t mention the...ahh...latrine facilities in the one picture...chuckle...)

[Militiaman7]

Saluting: NIGHT STALKERS