September 11, 1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of the United States War Department’s new home:  The Pentagon.  The oddly shaped building situated in Arlington, Virginia across the Potomac River from Washington, DC, will become the largest office building in the world and serve as headquarters for the U.S. Military.

September 11, 2001 - Members of the Islamic terrorist organization Al-Qaeda hijack four commercial aircraft with the intent of crashing them into targets within the United States.  Two of these aircraft impact and destroy the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.  One aircraft is flown into the west side of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The hijckers of the fourth plane, intending to crash into the US Capital building,  are overcome by the passengers and the plane crashes in empty fields near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.  The day would see the deaths of 2,998 innocent people (not including the 19 hijackers) and awaken the righteous resolve of the American people.

There is little that we can say that has not already been said by people more elloquent than me.  While part of America was roused by this action, a part of America died as well. Not only her people died, but a touch of her innocence perished as well.  At Flightline Fabrications our hearts go out to all whose lives have been touched by the events of this tragic and infamous day and the legacy which continues even now, seven years later.

September 11, 2007 – Russia tests the worlds largest conventional weapon, the “Father of all Bombs”.  The weapon, dropped from a Tupolev Tu-160 heavy bomber is reported to be four times as powerful as the U.S. military’s GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) or “Mother of all Bombs”.  The weapon is designed to replace small nuclear weapons in the Russian arsenal.