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  • Plane catches fire at Miami International Airport after crash landing; at least 3 hurt

    06/21/2022 6:14:21 PM PDT · by texas booster · 44 replies
    WSVN 7 News Miami ^ | June 21, 2022 | Sheldon Fox
    A plane arriving from Santo Domingo at Miami International Airport caught on fire after it made a crash landing, tearing through a communications tower and a small building. The Red Air civilian transport aircraft flight 203 made an emergency landing at around 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, after attempting to land at the airport and something went potentially wrong with the landing gear. About 140 people and 11 crew members were on board the plane. The plane collided with several objects and steered off the runaway into the grassy area between the runway and the taxi way. A communications/radar tower that was...
  • Golden Seconds (Open Letter to Panetta and Obama) (Michael Yon)

    10/25/2011 12:34:53 PM PDT · by nuconvert · 3 replies
    Michael Yon ONline ^ | Oct 24, 2011 | Michael Yon
    Open Letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and President Barack Obama Gentlemen, For the last seven years I have written about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have covered the US Army, Marines, Air Force and Navy. I’ve also covered the British, Lithuanian, Afghan and Iraqi forces, among others, in places ranging from Iraq to the Philippines and beyond. My most recent embed in Afghanistan was at personal invitation from then-General David Petraeus. It is said that I have spent more time with American combat forces than any writer in US history. I do not know if this...