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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Soviet Air Defense – PVO Strany The B-52s had to get through a massive Soviet air defense system that had been built and evolved over two decades and was designed to shoot down manned bombers. All of this designed to make the plane if not invisible to Soviet radar, at least really difficult to lock onto and shoot down.

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If I Told You I'd Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret.

Steve Blank

On first glance it appears as if they are spending to much energy in the vertical portion of the jump, relative to the horizontal portion. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Since it was the military and I was a lowly airman (I was outranked by the rest of the entire air force), the answer I got was, “Don’t you know there’s a war on?

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Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi was the Training Center responsible for teaching 10’s of thousands of students a year how to repair radar, communications, and electronics. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Some 2 million students have trained there since it opened in 1942. Blog at WordPress.com.