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Home Front: WoT
Indiana soldier first to die in Operation Inherent Resolve
2014-11-12
Posted by:ryuge

#5  To be fair to the Osprey, the first few moments lifting off a carrier deck are dangerous for any flying machine. If this had been a helicopter the issue would be the same.
Posted by: Steve White   2014-11-12 11:04  

#4  He was a Marine. Not a soldier.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-11-12 09:20  

#3  I know he had nothing to do with it, but the Osprey seems to be the perfect metaphor for the Zero regime.

Ungainly, ugly, doesn't work half the time and the output of cronies and committees.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-11-12 07:13  

#2  I want to know who manufactured the life preserver.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-11-12 06:24  

#1  Such a marvelous aircraft, and only 25 years in the making.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-11-12 04:22  

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