Striking the airfields would be a higher priority IMHO.

To be fair, it was shot down, so they probably weren’t aiming for the playground… this time.

Fuck, i love komoot!

Some, probably most, sign up to protect their homeland not to kill lots of people. I think such motivation would get you kicked out of some armies, in fact. No one wants a psychopath in their squad!

I don’t think that’s quite accurate - 100 pilots AND ground crew completed training. I’ve no idea what the ratio is, but each pilot will for sure have many maintenance engineers and other ground staff working with them. My guess is 20 teams are ready. Still, it’s good news!

A gas station operated by gangsters masquerading as a country.

The Soviet Union declared war on Japan six days earlier. The bombs were meant to send a strong message to the Soviets and prevent them from taking Japan.