The statistics are overwhelming.
Of the approximate 3.6 million referrals made to child protection agencies nationally, nearly 700,000 are found to be actual victims of child abuse.
To put that in perspective, said Ali Kern with Tinker’s Family Advocacy Program, the number of child abuse victims in the United States annually would fill the University of Oklahoma’s 86,112-seat football stadium roughly eight-and-a-half times.
“So if you’ve ever been to an OU game and it’s jam packed and you think ‘wow, that’s a lot of people,’ imagine those being victims and kids of abuse,” she said. “That is just crazy to me. We don’t talk about it because it’s an uncomfortable conversation to have, but we have got to talk about it.”
To most people, the word “cheat” may signify deception or trickery. But to the Airmen in the 327th Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, being a cheater is a source of pride.When the 327 AS joined the 913th Airlift Group, its callsign was “TUSK,”,
Did You Know? Iran Uses America F-14 Tomcats in Its Air Force
What began as a way to counter the Soviets in the 1970s has resulted in one of America s rivals possessing its own technology.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Five decades after the fact, Iran’s F-14s are only getting better and better. And more and more important to the Persian state’s defense.
On April 9, 1972, Iraq and the Soviet Union signed an historic agreement. The USSR committed to arming the Arab republic with the latest weaponry. In return for sending Baghdad guns, tanks and jet fighters, Moscow got just one thing influence … in a region that held most of the world’s accessible oil.
Eight United States Air Force F-15 Eagle tactical fighter jets touched down at Ämari air base Monday, ahead of the Baltic Trident Exercise.
The planes, F-15C and F-15E Strike Eagle variants, will be conducting low-flying exercises aimed at coordination with forward observers and commanders and other tactical and target exercises, as well as cooperation with personnel from Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland and the U.K., in addition to Estonia
Commander of the Estonian air force (Õhuvägi) Brig. Gen. Rauno Sirk. This exercise provides invaluable training opportunities for our air force, in complex air operations in cooperation with our allies.