I have always been fascinated by this story - thought I would share it. Muhammad Ali changed his name when he converted to Islam. He claimed that his birth name was a "slave name". He was named after a white Republican abolitionist from his hometown of Louisville, KY. John Mueller - Armored Column Please Share with Friends … [Read more...]
The Little Rock Nine & 101st Airborne Division
Follow @Red_State_Rebel Pax Americana ! on Twitter Ban the Democratic Party on Facebook SEPT 2 - 24, 1957, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANASAS - The LITTLE ROCK NINE were a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the … [Read more...]
No One Messes With America’s M1 Abrams Super Tank
The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been the mainstay of the U.S. Army’s armor branch for more than thirty years. Heavily armored, powered by a gas turbine engine and equipped with a powerful 120-millimeter gun, the M1 has proven an adaptable tank capable of fighting from the rolling hills of southern Germany to the deserts … [Read more...]
USAF – Inexpensive, Capable, Ground Attack Aircraft?
May 6, 2017: The U.S. Air Force, faced with tight budgets and overwhelming evidence that smart bombs and UAVs get the job done more effectively and cheaper than manned aircraft are looking at obtaining new version of Vietnam War era ground attack aircraft like the OV-10 and the A-1 Skyraider (nicknamed "Spad", after a … [Read more...]
Robert “Sheets” Byrd – Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan!
DEMOCRATICS & THE KKK - Hey Democratics! Move those feet, shake that sheet! Grab you children and put on your old Grandpa's sheet and "special" pillow case! Then fold your arms and dance "The Pointy Hat" to your favorite Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd! That "Sheets" Byrd can play a … [Read more...]
Naval Air: Medium vs. Large Carriers
Although the U.S. Navy carrier fleet has shrunk to ten CVN type 100,000 ton carriers, this is being made up somewhat by the construction of ten 41,000 ton LHD/LHA helicopter carriers that are capable of carrying up to twenty F-35B vertical take-off fighters. The design of these mini-carriers began with the eight Wasp class … [Read more...]