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Thanos Massias
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I post things that I find interesting, while referencing sources and providing context.
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"Just because you're struggling doesn't mean you're broken." So much encouraging in this story.
My Job Was Army Cook. But Ranger School Didn’t Care, and I Wasn’t Going Home Without a Tab
I joined the Army as a cook, thinking it would keep me out of trouble. I wasn’t looking to be a hero; I just needed a reset. But the Army had other plans.
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Circa 1984.
🔗📷 archive.org/details/nrf_...
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TACAMO and other VLF transmissions, can be received by a floating wire antenna or a towed buoy antenna. The submarine is restricted in speed, maneuverability, and diving depth while such an antenna is deployed.
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» High wire verticality (typically over 70 percent) is essential for VLF communications to submerged submarines because only the vertically polarized component of the VLF signal provides seawater penetration to reach submerged VLF receive antennas."
(same source)
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TACAMO (Take Charge And Move Out) is an airborne system of survivable communications links—including transmission to submerged submarines:
"Figure 1 is a multiple exposure of a typical orbiting [TACAMO VLF trailing wire antenna] geometry based on computer simulation. »
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When you are the replacement of your replacement.
U.S. Navy’s New TACAMO Aircraft Named E-130J Phoenix II
The name is a nod to the C-130 platform already fulfilling the TACAMO mission as EC-130Q between 1963 and 1993.
U.S. Navy’s New TACAMO Aircraft Named E-130J Phoenix II
The name is a nod to the C-130 platform already fulfilling the TACAMO mission as EC-130Q between 1963 and 1993. After designating last year the selection
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R-73-Equipped Crop Duster Spotted in Ukraine
The Zlin Z-137 Agro Turbo agricultural aircraft equipped with R-73 IR-guided air-to-air missiles might be used as a drone hunter.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/08/08/r...
R-73-Equipped Crop Duster Spotted in Ukraine
The Zlin Z-137 Agro Turbo agricultural aircraft equipped with R-73 IR-guided air-to-air missiles might be used as a drone hunter. A short video
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B-2 Bombed A Smiley Face Into The Ground Because It Ran Out Of Targets www.twz.com/air/b-2-bomb...
B-2 Bombed A Smiley Face Into The Ground Because It Ran Out Of Targets
The B-2 could drop so many JDAMs on a single pass that there weren't enough targets to put out on a mock airfield, so the crew left a happy message in the runway.
