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The F-15 Eagle is a highly successful and versatile fighter aircraft developed by McDonnell Douglas for the USAF. Known for its impressive performance and combat record, the F-15 has been a mainstay in air forces around the world since its introduction in the 1970s.

Desert giants….

TUCSON, AZ (November 2, 2019) – Retired United States Air Force C-5 Galaxies sit at the Aircraft and Missile Storage and Maintenance Facility on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

A graveyard, as such, for retired giants of war and peace.

This is part of the largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world. Well over USD$34 Billion-worth of retired military hardware – from fighter jets to missiles – is stored here in the normally-bone-dry desert air of southern Arizona.

The “big picture” of the officially-named 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at David-Monthan AFB.

The four-square-mile (10-square-km) facility is often the site of official military scavengers looking for that rare special spare part – or, at least, the makings of a repair – on an older active duty piece of military hardware.

    A huge C-5 Galaxy heavy-lift cargo transport still on active duty

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I lived near this impressive facility in Tucson, AZ, for several months when I was a boy. It’s so huge, you can’t miss it!

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>>CLICK the top photo for a closer look….

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Mountain outlaws on the margins of society, the Bandits of Liangshan proclaim a belief in justice—for women, for the downtrodden, for progressive thinkers a corrupt Empire would imprison or destroy. They’re also murderers, thieves, smugglers, and cutthroats. Together, they could bring down an empire. 

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Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

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The West Passage by @jpechacek

When the Guardian of the West Passage dies in her bed, the women of Grey Tower feed her to the crows and go back to their chores. No successor is named, and no hand takes up the fallen blade, so the West Passage—the ancient byways of the beast—goes unguarded. This is a weird and delightful journey across a deliriously medieval landscape where decay thrives in abundance and giant Ladies rule a palace the size of a city. 

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

On the thirtieth anniversary of the largest magical massacre in New Orleans history, Clement and Cristina Trudeau mourn their father and care for their sick mother. But their mother isn’t sick, they learn: She’s cursed. Cursed by a member of the same magic council over which she used to preside. Cursed by someone who will come for Clement and Cristina next. 

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After so many years, Misha’s big Oscar moment is here. All he has to do? Kill off the gay characters in his long-running streaming series, “for the algorithm.” Misha refuses, but that’s hardly the end, because monsters from his old horror movie days have begun to step out from the silver screen and stalk him. 

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The Cleric Chih accompanies a young bride to her wedding to Lord Guo, the aging ruler of a crumbling estate, but amid the elaborate courtesies and extravagant banquets, they realize something haunts the shadowed halls. As the big night nears close, Chih will learn that not all monsters dwell in shadows; some hide in plain sight. 

Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr

1) An unassuming librarian falls in love with a powerful witch. 

2) Previous librarian discovers she too is a witch…

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Part-time con artist / full-time charming menace Luca Piere didn’t expect to get blackmailed into teaching a chronically responsible merchant Matti how to wield a sword. He also didn’t expect to find his charge so inconveniently handsome, or to get so entangled in his tale of intrigue, sabotage, and matrimony. 

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