[blam]

I just heard some big prop driven military planes go over my house here in Mobile. My guess is that they are out of the Pensacola Naval Air station which is about 40-50 miles away. We don't use prop driven tankers anymore do we? Maybe cargo planes?

[america-rules]

Probably C-130s?

[No Truce With Kings]

I just heard some big prop driven military planes go over my house here in Mobile. My guess is that they are out of the Pensacola Naval Air station which is about 40-50 miles away. We don't use prop driven tankers anymore do we? Maybe cargo planes?

Probably C-130 Hercules. They are about the only large turboprop left in the USAF inventory. Used for battlefield conditions. Some are armed with miniguns and Vulcan cannon and used for direct ground support.

My guess would be that we are planning something big that will take time. Folks are thinking this will be over before the leaves fall. Or by Christmas at the latest.

Wrong.

Think WWII.

Q. How much time elapsed between Pearl Harbor and the first US raid on Japan (the Doolittle Raid, specifically)?

Look it up, chilluns -- it is relevant to the time this new war will consume.