Aero Linx: The American Fighter Aces Association The American Fighter Aces Association was founded in 1960 to recognize the 1450 combat pilots that received a special distinction of becoming an ace by destroying 5 or more hostile aircraft in air to air combat. This includes aces in both World Wars, Korea and Vietnam.

Thermal Low Also known as heat low, it is an area of low pressure due to the high temperatures caused by intensive heating at the surface. It tends to remain stationary over its source area, with weak cyclonic circulation. There are no fronts associated with it. An example is the low that develops over southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico during the summer months.

"This is the biggest scam in the history of federal contracting at the Pentagon and we plan to shut it down. You can just imagine what happened to the volume of subcontracts awarded to small businesses once these prime contractors no longer had to submit reports that were available to the public. There were no negative consequences for failing to achieve their small business contracting goals. I believe the level of fraud and corruption this lawsuit will expose will be unprecedented." Source: ASBL President Lloyd Chapman. ASBL is suing the Pentagon in Federal District Court in San Francisco, CA. The ASBL is suing the Pentagon under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Pentagon refused to respond to a FOIA request for subcontracting d