And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My BIL, a defense contractor was reviewing electrical engineering paperwork for some B-52 work when he stumbled across paperwork written by his father 40 years earlier.
At the USAF comm site I worked at, going around testing panel lights and replacing bad bulbs was the first thing we did on each shift. I'm not sure if I ever had a shift without burned out bulbs.
All the red lights? I was looking out the windshield at all the B52s.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Doctor StrangeLove.
DeleteDoesn't affect night vision as much as other wavelengths. And that instrument panel is a curious mix of old and nearly-new.
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't that symbolic of the military - "curious mix of old and nearly-new." ;)
DeleteYou should see my plane....Built in '81, some original, some state of the art. Steam guage with aspen and a garmin 750/
ReplyDeleteat least they're head'n in without the "drapes" drawn
ReplyDeleteA world of hurt on its way somewhere.
ReplyDeleteMy BIL, a defense contractor was reviewing electrical engineering paperwork for some B-52 work when he stumbled across paperwork written by his father 40 years earlier.
ReplyDeleteAnd after the captain and crew have had their last booster shots, some of them might make it back.
ReplyDeleteAnd as usual, a few bulbs that died... sigh... How typical. Checks fine on preflight...
ReplyDeleteAt the USAF comm site I worked at, going around testing panel lights and replacing bad bulbs was the first thing we did on each shift. I'm not sure if I ever had a shift without burned out bulbs.
DeleteAnd sometimes a couple dozen or more burned out bulbs.
Deleteand now the Terrier BTN makes sense. Nice formation for a nuke.
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