Sigh… The end of an era… Now folks like me truly are dinosaurs. Sixty years ago VP-30 got their first P-3As. And on 23 June, the last ASW variant P-3C UIII left NAS JAX for Davis Monthan and the boneyard. … Continue reading
Category Archives: honoring our military
Another throwback picture from an airshow at NAS Moffett Field… I ‘think’ this was 88… The top of the Hangar 1 is 198 feet, and the average hot air balloon is about 70 feet. IF I remember correctly, they were … Continue reading
Sailors don’t talk about- The culture shock of coming home from the ship and having to relearn how to be a part of society. The moments you spend re-examining yourself in the mirror because you forgot what you really looked … Continue reading
This administration will NEVER take responsibility for F-ing up the Afghanistan withdrawal… Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was pressed by Rep. Jim Bank (R-IN) about the botched 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan during a House hearing on Wednesday and said he has … Continue reading
The Blue Angels have their first female F-18 demo pilot for the 2023-24 show season! LT Amanda Lee! She is the second female pilot to join the team after Marine Major Katie Higgins, who flew Fat Albert back in 2016. … Continue reading
Not that anyone will be held responsible, but at least there IS a hearing going on! Congress revisited the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the current threat level from the country where the United States was at war for 20 years in a pair … Continue reading
For you veterans…Veterans of the Vietnam, Gulf War, and post-9/11 eras! If you get the Agent Orange paperwork (and I’ll bet it’s similar for burn pits, etc.), before you start, dig out your military records and your medical records, you’re … Continue reading
This is some VERY useful info for my Veteran Friends! Active duty listen up as well. VA ER authorization phone number 1-844-724-7842 Call that number within 72 hours of your visit. VA Urgent Care 1-800-698-2411 Call that number before you go and … Continue reading
Back before the ‘peace dividend’ of the end of the cold war, there were TWENTY-FOUR active duty P-3 squadrons scattered between NAS Moffett Field, CA; NAS Barbers Point, HI; NAS Brunswick, ME; and NAS Jacksonville, FL. This is a picture … Continue reading
More than once I’ve wondered ‘why’ some things were classified for XX years… And THIS is one of them! 70 frickin years??? The Navy awarded the Navy Cross to retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams last week for downing four Soviet MiG-15 aircraft … Continue reading