It’s been an interesting couple of weeks… First it was a week of volunteering… And working with a friend, in an ‘unusual’ environment… HERE is his post. But I will take exception to #18, it wasn’t a smile, it was … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
Sooo… I’m in Jacksonville for the MPA Symposium, and the speakers yesterday morning after VADM Shoemaker were two veterans of VP-21 and VP-44, from WWII. AMMF1C (That stands for Aviation Machinist Mate Flight Engineer 1st Class) Clarence ‘Bud’ Lane enlisted … Continue reading
The group first activated in August 1942 as the 325th Fighter Group at Mitchel Field, New York. After training, the group moved to North Africa in 1943, where it flew combat missions with the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, earning a Distinguished … Continue reading
Playing under the ice… Did this a couple of times, but from the air side. It’s frikkin COLD up there this time of year!!! -40 to -60 ambient, -160 or lower at altitude… Note the ‘guard’ with the rifle. Polar … Continue reading
Twenty-five years ago this week, we lost twenty-seven shipmates in a two plane crash off San Diego during routine training. I knew most of them personally. HERE is a link to the memorial held this week. Their bodies and the … Continue reading
GO NAVY! 🙂 … Continue reading
It gives a nice, icy mood, perfect for December 1944, when Dahl flew his “Blaue13” on bomber intercept missions with JG 300. By the way, the clouds at the top of the image remind me of layers of cirrus, formed … Continue reading
August 1944, RAF HawkerTyphoons of 247 Squadron, armed with rockets and 20mm cannon launch a series of devastating attacks against the German Seventh Army and Fifth Panzer Army in the Falaise Gap. The German units had been almost completely surrounded … Continue reading
Gah, the scheduler didn’t schedule… Sorry! Two SBD-3s, S-9 and S-11 of VS-5, fly from the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier against the dark clouds of war and a rising sun, the symbol of the Japanese empire. In this case, the … Continue reading
The last Habu out of Kadena… They were the next hangar over from us, and you could always tell when they were getting ready to go or coming back. The hangar was buzzing and security was EVERYWHERE!!! Note in this … Continue reading