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Military/Defense News / Re: Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII bomber pilot, dies at 100
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Military/Defense News / Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII bomber pilot, dies at 100
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 05:45:40 pm »Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII bomber pilot, dies at 100
APRIL 28, 2024 JIREH DENG - LOS ANGELES TIMES
8:52 a.m. April 26, 2024: A previous headline on this story referred to Henry Cervantes as a fighter pilot in World War II. He flew bombers.
Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country.
An enlistment officer sent him home, saying the Navy didn’t take Mexicans, Filipinos or Black people. In an interview with the American Patriots of Latino Heritage, Cervantes said he directed a couple of choice epithets at the officer and declared, “I’ll prove you wrong,” before running out the door.
He found a spot instead in the Army and the Army Air Force, where he flew more than two dozen missions as part of the “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group. He later served as a test pilot and flight instructor, among other roles, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force in the mid-1960s.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/henry-cervantes-mexican-american-farmworker-turned-wwii-bomber-pilot-dies-at-100/
APRIL 28, 2024 JIREH DENG - LOS ANGELES TIMES
8:52 a.m. April 26, 2024: A previous headline on this story referred to Henry Cervantes as a fighter pilot in World War II. He flew bombers.
Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country.
An enlistment officer sent him home, saying the Navy didn’t take Mexicans, Filipinos or Black people. In an interview with the American Patriots of Latino Heritage, Cervantes said he directed a couple of choice epithets at the officer and declared, “I’ll prove you wrong,” before running out the door.
He found a spot instead in the Army and the Army Air Force, where he flew more than two dozen missions as part of the “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group. He later served as a test pilot and flight instructor, among other roles, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force in the mid-1960s.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/henry-cervantes-mexican-american-farmworker-turned-wwii-bomber-pilot-dies-at-100/
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Military/Defense News / Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII bomber pilot, dies at 100
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 05:43:53 pm »Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII bomber pilot, dies at 100
APRIL 28, 2024 JIREH DENG - LOS ANGELES TIMES
8:52 a.m. April 26, 2024: A previous headline on this story referred to Henry Cervantes as a fighter pilot in World War II. He flew bombers.
Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country.
An enlistment officer sent him home, saying the Navy didn’t take Mexicans, Filipinos or Black people. In an interview with the American Patriots of Latino Heritage, Cervantes said he directed a couple of choice epithets at the officer and declared, “I’ll prove you wrong,” before running out the door.
He found a spot instead in the Army and the Army Air Force, where he flew more than two dozen missions as part of the “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group. He later served as a test pilot and flight instructor, among other roles, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force in the mid-1960s.
APRIL 28, 2024 JIREH DENG - LOS ANGELES TIMES
8:52 a.m. April 26, 2024: A previous headline on this story referred to Henry Cervantes as a fighter pilot in World War II. He flew bombers.
Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country.
An enlistment officer sent him home, saying the Navy didn’t take Mexicans, Filipinos or Black people. In an interview with the American Patriots of Latino Heritage, Cervantes said he directed a couple of choice epithets at the officer and declared, “I’ll prove you wrong,” before running out the door.
He found a spot instead in the Army and the Army Air Force, where he flew more than two dozen missions as part of the “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group. He later served as a test pilot and flight instructor, among other roles, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force in the mid-1960s.
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Politics/Government / Re: Political Graphics 2024
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Military/Defense News / Re: Drone-killing costs must come down, says Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer
« Last post by DB on Today at 05:38:01 pm »Mine the sky with cheap drones... Make that cover practically impossible to navigate through.
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General Discussion / Re: Pets Welcomed
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Having a cat named 'Devil' in 1930, probably not comfortable for many people.
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Military/Defense News / Re: Drone-killing costs must come down, says Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 05:35:58 pm »Gee, Mr. Chief buyer, you don't suppose those high costs have anything to do with the boss's economic policies by any chance, do you? 
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Military/Defense News / Drone-killing costs must come down, says Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 05:34:14 pm »Drone-killing costs must come down, says Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer
By Colin Demarest
Thursday, Apr 25
The price tag for weapons and munitions used to destroy drones must come down, as the costs are “getting too expensive” and uncrewed systems are expected to saturate battlefields, according to the Pentagon’s acquisition boss.
U.S. troops have for years batted down attack and reconnaissance drones, often by using pricey ordnance. Ongoing intercepts of drones launched by the Yemen-based Houthi militant group in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are reliant on multimillion-dollar missiles, among other arms.
Bill LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said April 24 during a conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington that “cost curve matters” in counter-drone operations.
The goal is to get the cost down to approximately tens of thousands of dollars per round, he added, noting a price exceeding $100,000 a shot is “getting too expensive.”
https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/uas/2024/04/25/drone-killing-costs-must-come-down-says-pentagons-chief-weapons-buyer/
By Colin Demarest
Thursday, Apr 25
The price tag for weapons and munitions used to destroy drones must come down, as the costs are “getting too expensive” and uncrewed systems are expected to saturate battlefields, according to the Pentagon’s acquisition boss.
U.S. troops have for years batted down attack and reconnaissance drones, often by using pricey ordnance. Ongoing intercepts of drones launched by the Yemen-based Houthi militant group in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are reliant on multimillion-dollar missiles, among other arms.
Bill LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said April 24 during a conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington that “cost curve matters” in counter-drone operations.
The goal is to get the cost down to approximately tens of thousands of dollars per round, he added, noting a price exceeding $100,000 a shot is “getting too expensive.”
https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/uas/2024/04/25/drone-killing-costs-must-come-down-says-pentagons-chief-weapons-buyer/
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Military/Defense News / Re: Why the West will refuse to fight Citizens won't sacrifice themselves
« Last post by DB on Today at 05:29:26 pm »Children in America were raised that their country is the cause of everything bad in the world. So it is of little surprise that those once children have no interest in defending it. Over time they're going to burn down their own house in the name of "social justice"...
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