It was a different time… I remember hearing stories from friend’s dads who’d gone through North Platte… A different time… When our country pulled together… Today, we lose 17-18 veterans a day to suicide. This is horrific! If you know … Continue reading
Gah, it really was 50 years ago… Way back this time… 1976, and a fall/winter deployment to Northern Japan… I think I’d made E-6 a couple of months earlier. And was still trying to figure out the airplane, as I’d … Continue reading
Was an ‘interesting’ month in WWII… Two of the biggest battles of the entire war took place in June. One in the Pacific, and one in the Atlantic. In 1942, June 4-7, it was the Battle of Midway, starting on … Continue reading
These facts are very interesting for those of us who were in Vietnam as opposed to the lying politicians who continue to claim they were there. For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the … Continue reading
To save at least 3 F-14s… Four decades after Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell first felt the need for speed in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat, new legislation is keeping hope alive that the iconic swept-wing fighter could someday … Continue reading
It appears the Balikatan joint exercise got interesting this year… Japan didn’t fire those Type 88 anti-ship missiles in the Philippines because Tokyo needed target practice; they fired them because China needed to see the smoke. The physical target was a … Continue reading
And probably long overdue… Surface warfare officers will soon assume command of all amphibious warships, bumping naval aviators from their previous positions as commanding officers, according to a Navy memo. The April 24 directive, seen on Reddit and confirmed by the U.S. … Continue reading
Not saying this is necessarily wrong… 1 And it doesn’t even get into ‘work day’ length… For the Navy, 23 hours a day is ‘allowed’, with 18 hours considered a ‘normal day’. Of course when the bean counters get involved, … Continue reading
Welp, they made it back 1707 PDT! I think a lot of us holding our breath can now breathe! Now comes the debrief and the technical look at the systems… Whew… … Continue reading
Hard to believe this was 51 years ago… sigh… Digging WAY back in the vault… Of memories, and the few operating brain cells that remember… Setting the way back machine to 1974-5 thanks to a conversation last night with an … Continue reading