Tag: Air

  • Remembering the Korean War, 60 years ago

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    Paratroopers drop from U.S. Air Force C-119 transport planes during an operation over an undisclosed location in Korea, in October 1950. Full photo set – HERE

  • Weapons Cache Eludes JFK Airport Screeners

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    Two 9 millimeters, plus loads of bullets — 300 of them — and holsters to go with them, somehow got on board an Egypt Air flight out of JFK on Tuesday night. No one knew anything about the guns Mohammed Ibrahim stashed in his checked luggage until they were discovered in Cairo. Full Story – HERE…

  • U.S. Air Force PS3 Cluster Computing Project Screwed By Sony

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    The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York picked up 336 PS3 systems in 2009 and built itself a 53 teraFLOP processing cluster. Once completed as a proof of concept, Air Force researchers then scaled up by a factor of six and went in search of 2,200 more consoles(later scaled back to 1,700). The $663,000 contract was…

  • Upgrade Your Air Rifle Pellets

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    By gluing on magnum rifle primers! Pretty awesome upgrade for the low price of primers, if all you have for a gun is an air rifle. I wonder if you need to shoot at a hard surface to set it off, or if small varmints would cause the primer to ignite as well? :grin:  I…

  • Pakistan Wedding After Party – Shooting In The Air

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    I guess in Pakistan no one cares where the bullet actually ends up.   People walking everywhere. people shooting in every direction, guns being passed around freely, kids everywhere… I wonder how many people get injured per year from celebrations such as this? When I saw the guy at 3:25 with the umbrella I was…

  • Retro Crosman Christmas Ad

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    Barrels of fun!  <— awesome catch phrase Killer looking optics too don’t you think?  Definitely Nightforce or U.S. Optics, and the mount must be Larue :lol: Hat Tip: Today’s Inspiration