Senin, 26 Februari 2018

A Rolling Thunder Welcome

At 11:55 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, 2009, a shadow loomed out of the east-southeast. The altitude was 1,000 feet and it was big—very, very, very BIG! Her air brakes were on, she seemed to float across the sky, and she was ominously silent. Normally, the heated pavement of the North and South Pentagon parking …

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