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  • October 1973: Nixon’s decision to resupply Israel...[Operation Nickel Grass,] Note: This article was written and published before Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel on October 7, 2023

    06/18/2025 3:59:23 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 15 replies
    notevenpast. ^ | October 4, 2023 | Daniel J. Samet
    It had been three days since Egypt and Syria launched a two-headed assault against Israel, and now,..Kissinger and the rest of Richard Nixon’s administration faced a decision with titanic consequences. Should they send a flagging Israel the tanks, jets, and other weapons it needed to win the war? Or let the belligerents duke it out as is? The president and his administration chose the former. For the Israelis, this was a deliverance that could have come from God himself. Simply put, America’s resupply saved Israel.... The whole of the U.S. government was caught unawares by the outbreak of the Yom...
  • Ron DeSantis can now fly MORE migrants to Democrat-run cities: Florida Republicans pass law giving him $12 million for project that shipped border crossers to Martha's Vineyard

    05/03/2023 1:50:47 PM PDT · by Morgana · 61 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | May 3, 2023 | Katelyn Caralle
    Ron DeSantis now has at his disposal $12 million to fly migrants to Democratic enclaves after the Florida legislature passed on Tuesday a new measure that helps fund the controversial program. In September, the Florida governor flew four dozen migrants from Texas to the swanky Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard. The stunt caused an uproar from immigration advocates and Democrats after the migrants had to find ways off the island. DeSantis is expected to announce a run for president in coming months. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is deploying 1,500 troops to the southern border to help with any impending surges...
  • Operation Nickel Grass [Yom Kippur war supply airlift]

    12/13/2019 4:58:39 PM PST · by daniel1212 · 53 replies
    Various ^ | Fri, 12/13/19 | Various
    Operation Nickel GrassExcerpt: The Arab states had trained well and Moscow had supplied equipment on a colossal scale, including 600 advanced surface-to-air missiles, 300 MiG-21 fighters, 1,200 tanks, and hundreds of thousands of tons of consumable war materiel. By Monday, the Israelis were reeling as missiles supplied by the Soviet Union took a heavy toll on aircraft and tanks. The IDF was running out of artillery shells and the Israeli Air Force warned that its capability to sustain combat would be exhausted within the week... On 12 October, Nixon decided that no more delays could be allowed, and ordered the...
  • Lockheed Martin Unveils 'Super Galaxy' Transport (First C-5M delivered)

    05/26/2006 2:39:47 PM PDT · by Paleo Conservative · 94 replies · 3,774+ views
    Aero-News.Net ^ | Wed, 17 May '06 | Staff
    Say Hello To The C-5M It's cheaper... more capable, and more dependable. That's what Lockheed-Martin says about the latest generation of C-5 Galaxy transports, the first of which was shown off at the company's plant in Marietta, GA this week. Lockheed reports the C-5M "Super Galaxy", a modernized version of the venerable C-5, features new engines and new avionics. Its GE CF-6 engines -- developed in the commercial sector -- are capable of 22-percent more thrust, resulting in a 30-percent shorter takeoff roll and a 38-percent faster climb to initial altitude. Perhaps even more importantly... the Super Galaxy can carry...
  • C-5 upgrades a bit more clear for Robins visionaries (Links to photos)

    11/23/2005 8:21:14 PM PST · by Paleo Conservative · 51 replies · 16,412+ views
    Macon.com ^ | Wed, Nov. 16, 2005 | Gene Rector
    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - To about 1,000 Warner Robins Air Logistics Center workers, the vision of the future includes 112 C-5 aircraft bristling with state-of-the-art guidance, navigation and communications systems, new engines and more than 70 modifications to the airframe and subcomponents. That possibility seemed more like a pipe dream a few years ago as airlift advocates called for mothballing at least 60 C-5s - the older "A" models - in favor of buying more C-17s, the newest of the Air Force transports. But the vision seems a little less murky today, although major hurdles remain before it becomes...