On this day 52 years ago, Northrop chief test pilot Henry “Hank” Chouteau made the first flight of the YF-17 Cobra at Edwards AFB (June 9, 1974). Adored for its radical leading-edge root extensions and insane high angle-of-attack agility, the twin-engine Cobra was a dogfighting dream. While it famously lost to the YF-16 in the Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter contest, the YF-17's story didn't end there. The Navy saw its carrier potential and teamed Northrop with McDonnell Douglas to evolve the design into the legendary F/A-18 Hornet 👏
Watch as @RepZoeLofgren just eviscerated House Republicans and Donald Trump:
"These lunatics that Donald Trump unleashed back onto America's streets are prepared to go to war for him again. They're violent, they're hate-filled, and they have a president who will not hold them accountable for violating the law. He's pardoned them, he says he wants to give them taxpayer money to reward them. That's the threat we need to be discussing."
Rep. @tedlieu: The President of the United States is not well. We can see it with our own eyes. He has tremendous difficulty staying awake on the job. Trump has repeatedly fallen asleep at multiple Cabinet meetings, at multiple White House events, and most recently at a raucous basketball game last night. The White House needs to explain why Trump keeps going to the hospital and why they keep giving him cognitive tests.