Frank Wolfe
Two days before New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle went yard for one of the longest Major League home runs of all time—a 565-foot blast at the old Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the U.S. lost two anti-aircraft artillerymen to a "Bedtime Charlie" night attack by a North Korean aircraft on the island of Cho-Do in the Yellow Sea—on April 15, 1953. The plane was likely a low-flying, Soviet-made, wood-and-fabric Polikarpov-2 (P0-2) biplane, suggests the late Robert Futrell, a longtime…
Chandler Construction Services Inc., Ninety Six, South Carolina, was awarded a $16,471,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the furnishing, installing, and placing into successful operation of water main pipe. The amount of this action is $16,471,000. Bids were solicited via the internet…
M1 Support Services LP, Denton, Texas, was awarded a $68,822,271 modification (P00206) to contract W9124G-17-C-0104 for Army and Air Force aviation maintenance. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $5,522,349,151. Work will be performed at…
Lake Union Drydock Co.* (LUDC), Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $12,683,144 firm-fixed-price contract for the maintenance, repair and preservation of YTT-10 (YTT-9 Cape Flattery-class torpedo trials craft) service life extension program. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring…
Innovative Professional Solutions Inc.,* Panama City Beach, Florida, is awarded a $13,631,598 firm-fixed price/cost-only contract for fabrication and installation of minesweeping winches. This contract includes supplies for the government of the Republic of Korea (100%) under the Foreign Military Sales…
