The new Republic of Texas spent a great deal of money rebuilding their A-10 Thunderbolts salvaged at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from the landing gear up. Texas kept them flying until the end of the century, by which time most[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The A-10 Thunderbolts at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base had been retired with the base a decade before the Second Great Depression. The Air Force confidently upgraded their ground attack squadrons to the far superior F-35 Lightning and never looked back.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It should be noted that Texas maintained a permanent ground presence at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base throughout the Drug Wars and beyond. They repaired the runways and continued the work of refurbishing as many functional aircraft as they could find[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Great Depression was the emergency Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was built to serve. No one knew that when it was built, but the Boneyard of retired aircraft it housed would become the arsenal of freedom for the Republic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was most famously the home of the United States Air Force Boneyard, the place where old aircraft took their final flight before retirement. They were officially a ready reserve of aircraft against a future emergency, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For a nation less than two hundred and fifty years old, we have a lot of anniversaries. Flag Day. The Army’s birthday. The Navy, the Marines, the Air Force. Now the Space Force. Great battles won and lost. Presidents and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
McAlester Army Ammunition Base became the first of its kind after the Convention of States reformed the federal government. It had been an American base before the Second Great Depression, and it remained an American base afterwards. Its munitions flowed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Texas found evidence that the new President had colluded with the Mexican drug cartels and helped them attack Texas during the Drug Wars. They spread that information far and wide, so when Texas called the Convention of States to deal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
McAlester Army Ammunition Base was less reliant on federal funding than many other military bases. It was not a major hub of operational military units sucking down funding, and it was no mass producer of weapons systems. So when federal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
McAlester Army Ammunition Base did not officially join Texas during the Second Great Depression. Firstly, they were in Oklahoma, and no good Okie wanted to be part of Texas. Secondly, they were the United States Army’s ammunition base, and their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…