The B-Two Spirit: Past, Present, And Future

The after taking 25 years to develop the F22 Raptor from conception to operational certification the United States Air Force (USAF) produced the world’s first 5th Generation air superiority fighter. (site) This revolutionary fighter plane leveraged its very low observable stealth (VLO) and thrust-vectoring and digital fly by wire technology, to produce an extremely fast, agile and deadly air to air combatant. (GEO P 2) However, in 2009 Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, (SECDEF) convinced the President (POTUS) and Congress to truncate the F22 program, leaving the USAF with less than 187 operational F22 Raptors, this number was well short of the 381 the USAF estimated they needed to meet their mission requirements. (AWC 1/ site) Gates made his controversial decision based on three factors. This essay will explore these factors and explain how the 2009 U.S strategic environment, the overall cost of the F22 and Secretary Gates’ desire to change the Department of Defense (DOD) all lead to the decision to limit the production of the F22 Raptor at 187 aircraft.

In the article “2b or not 2b”, David Crystal begins with discussing how others such as John Humphry argued that texters are “vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbors 800 years ago. They are destroying it” (335). This is also the common belief of most people. People often argue about the bad points of technology over our language. However, Crystal believes that texting can improve children’s ability to read and write rather than hinder their literacy as many people claim. He also argues that not all texting are done in abbreviated words. Complex messages and institutional messages are often texted in standard form of

Jack Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas, on March 31, 1878. He was born the third child of nine and the first son, of Henry and Tina "Tiny" Johnson. After a few years of school, He went to work as a laborer to help support his family. Most of his childhood was spent working on boats and

Because of the tight formations and gutsy flying by the B-17 crews they were able to put thousands of tons of bombs on target with great accuracy. The insight and information of the crews was a vital part in the military to create bigger and better equipment to help the war come to a close. While many of the crews were lost, the steel on target and the information provided saved thousands of lives. The average death toll of a B-17 pilot during World War II was eighty percent. To put that in perspective CPT. Morgan, the pilot of the Memphis Belle, said it like this, “You eat breakfast with 10 of your closest buddies, go on a mission, and only two would be at

hb2 is a new law ongoing in North carolina. It removes protections for gay and lesbian workers. Permitting an employer to fire them for their love interest. And also requires transgender individuals to use their assigned birth sex bathrooms. Cities in North Carolina are also now not allowed to enforce their own anti discrimination protection laws.

Charles A. Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan. He was raised on a farm by a congressman and a farmer in Minnesota. Before flying across the Atlantic Lindbergh studied mechanical engineering at the university of Wisconsin. After attending Wisconsin Lindbergh went to Nebraska. In 1923 Lindbergh made his first solo flight in Lincoln, Nebraska. After making his first flight, he became a daredevil. After becoming a daredevil in 1924 Lindbergh was

He flew some short flights in the southern California area, but mostly his job was as a mechanic building planes. While working at the aircraft factory, he soon met a young pilot named Charles Lindbergh, who was looking to buy an airplane that could fly from New York to Paris. Corrigan was lucky enough to be a mechanic who was able to work on the construction of Lindbergh’s famous aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis. “Lindbergh’s celebrated transatlantic flight in May 1927 inspired many young men, and some young women as well, to be pioneers in aviation, but none more than Douglas Corrigan, who later wrote in his autobiography that he considered Lindbergh the greatest man who ever lived (“even greater than Lincoln”). (Ann T. Keene, 2000) The inspiration of him working with his hero led him to accomplish his

Through the overcast skies appeared a silver bomber, the largest aircraft anyone had ever seen. It was the Boeing B-29 Dinah Might, crippled in a raid over Tokyo, seeking an emergency landing on the island's scruffy main airstrip. As the Americans in the vicinity held their breaths, the big bomber swooped in from the south, landed heavily, clipped a field telephone pole with a wing, and shuddered to a stop less than 50 feet from the end of the strip. Lt. F. Malo and his 10-man crew were extremely glad to be alive, but they did not stay long. Every Japanese gunner within range wanted to bag this prize. Mechanics made field repairs within a half-hour. Then the 65-ton Superfortress lumbered aloft through a hail of enemy fire and headed back to its base in Tinian Island. The Marines

After the US was bombed he then returned to the US and tried to join the Air force but they wouldn’t allow him. So henry ford called him and fond away for him to be able to fly planes and fight as a civilian with out people knowing. After the war he mainly just taught people how to fly and tried to advance aviation.

How would people feel if a man came into the women’s bathroom and took their little girl or boy from them? The North Carolina House Bill Two is “an act to provide for single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities in schools and public agencies and to create statewide consistency in regulation of employment and public accommodations (NC Sponsors). The House Bill Two, or HB2 is just a small portion of an underlying issue throughout the country. When it comes to the HB2, people need to put their views aside and think about the bigger issue; safety of women and children. The HB2 law, should be followed just like any other law whether they agree with it or not.

Advanced Technologies. Lockheed Martin is bringing decades of experience of developing cutting edge technologically advanced systems to the marketplace. Through their legendary Skunkworks program, they have developed the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane and the SR-71 Blackbird. These are craft were operational long before the public even knew of their existence. The SR-71 developed in the 1960s still holds many speed and altitude records. The F-35 takes this experience and incorporates it. It is a fully stealth aircraft that uses advanced geometrical shape and electronic methods to remain undetectable. Each F-35 is fully linked to all other aircraft, being able to “see” what they see. The pilot wears an advanced helmet that allows them to see “through” the aircraft using 6 infrared cameras mounted around the aircraft, virtually eliminating any blind spots.

Ronald Reagan challenged the status quo and had a vision to do something different in regards to protecting America and freeing the seven American hostages. In my current job as a B-1 Production Superintendent, I have noticed there is a status quo in place, which is called “fuel, bombs, fix.” Using my experience from previous aircraft, I saw a more logical approach and wanted to use “fix, fuel, bombs.” I used intellectual stimulation and asked my coworkers some “thinking outside the box” questions. Through this process, I stimulated my co-workers’ minds to challenge our status quo. By employing intellectual stimulation throughout the group, I reevaluated the process and determined a need for change. Some co-workers had been doing the old

When this began, it was called the rainbow project. The rainbow project “ was an attempt by the United States military to create technology that would allow vessels to achieve radar-invisibility—in other words, this was an early attempt at developing what we know these days as stealth technology.” It wasn’t expected to work, but it did.

Before Lindbergh was an aviator, he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He went to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he did his first flight in 1923 (“Charles Lindbergh”).He enlisted in the United States Army in 1924 and trained as an Army Air Service Reserve Pilot (“Charles Lindbergh”). Ather that he later worked for

Towards the end of the War the airplane becomes a practical device of war being able to carry weapons. Anthony Fokker and Louis Bleriot create the most successful of early modern biplanes known as the D-VII and D-VIII. Biplanes are eventually taken over by the monoplane, or one wing. This new design allowed for faster flight and better visibility for the pilot. Air-cooled engines lead the way for commercial aircraft, and Boeing introduces the first modern airliner the 247. Airplanes are effected the greatest by supply and demand of war. New styles of war begun to emerge so did new and improved types of aircraft. The population of the U.S. also begun to grow which leads to the modern most sophisticated commercial airliner the 777. Most aircraft improvements are found in the military and intelligence field. The most high tech aircraft known today for such things as spying are the SR-71 Blackbird, and the U-2 Spy plane. The most complicated and best aircraft performance is still held by the space shuttle and probably always will be. The last 200 years have seen incredible changes in aircraft from the man with wings to heavier than air flying machines that can travel at supersonic speeds.