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December 18, 2023
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American Fact of the Day!
Amelia Earhart was more accomplished than you realize: Amelia Earhart has seized the hearts and imagination of the country for decades. It seems every year a new conspiracy theory emerges about her disappearance. Unfortunately, all this mystery and intrigue tend to overshadow her achievement. Although it’s well-known that she was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, many people lose sight of the fact that she was the second person, male or female, to fly solo across the Atlantic, period, behind Charles Lindbergh.
Breaking Updates
Jonathan Turley Thinks KJP May Have Just Put Biden in More Potential Impeachment Trouble
In a prior story, Joe Biden ducked questions about his son Hunter blowing off a Congressional subpoena, but White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got him in big trouble by saying he knew about Hunter's statement ahead of time.
Fox News quoted White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying that President Biden “was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say,” which suggests that the president spoke with his son before his act of contempt and discussed his statement. If that is true, it was a breathtaking mistake.
So, it could look like Joe Biden was trying to stop his son from talking about any connections that involved Joe. Turley also pointed out how Biden has been using White House staff to defend himself. That raises yet another issue, if you're using your staff to help cover up your own actions.
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US Air Force Legend Bob Pardo Passes at 89, Pioneered Wild Maneuver 'Pardo’s Push' During Vietnam War
U.S. Air Force veteran Bob Pardo, who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War, passed at 89 on Dec. 5. He was famous for the unorthodox and extremely dangerous maneuver he used to save his fellow airmen when their plane began leaking fuel after taking fire over enemy territory.
“I knew if I didn’t do anything, they would have to eject over North Vietnam into enemy territory, and that would have resulted in their capture for sure,” Pardo said in a 2015 interview for the Air Force Veterans in Blue program. “At that time, if you were captured by civilians, you were probably going to be murdered on the spot.”
Pardo decided to push Aman’s plane using the nose of his aircraft against Aman’s tailhook, a retractable hook on the underside of the plane used for arrested landings.
He managed to decrease the rate of descent of Aman’s jet by 1,500 feet per minute, and they successfully reached friendly territory. Both air crews safely ejected over the Laotian border and were rescued by friendly forces.
The maneuver is considered "the most famous maneuver in US Air Force history, that will live on in military lore." It also inspired a 1986 painting that hangs in many AF offices. Not only did the episode inspire a painting, it still inspires a "new generation of air warriors."
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