Today I was looking at photos from my tour in Iraq in 2009-10. Near the end of the tour, the days were shorter and winter sun shone on the aircraft. I took these photos at sunset on the airstrip on Camp Adder, Talil Ali Air Base, Iraq.

Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)
Colossus by Niall Ferguson (2005) The Republic Is Dead. Long Live the Empire. In Colossus , Niall Ferguson strips away the post–Cold War ...