My cousin used to fly the old A-4 Skyhawk jets. And one day he dismally explained that, in the event of an attack, our strike wing could be wiped out in 40 minutes. We were weak. At the time I was only about 11 or 12 years of age but stories like that colour a kid’s perceptions.
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Nathan Smith
Fri, 12 Sep 2014
Fri, 12 Sep 2014
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