Over 30… That was always a fun call at 200 feet… That either meant a tight pattern, or MAD trapping… This is a Lockheed photo, but you get the idea… You grabbed the coffee out of the holder, put your … Continue reading
Category Archives: TBT
Found this the other day in the move… July 21, 1969… We’d spent the night in a bar on Via Veneto in Rome, watching the whole thing on Italian TV. Picked this up on the way back to the pensione … Continue reading
Before the A-10, there was the A-1E. It was big, ugly, slow and could and did haul damn near everything in the inventory… Better known as the Spad, it was a round nosed beast loved by it’s pilots, and those … Continue reading
Sorry for the lack of a picture of the whole anchor. I ‘thought’ I had one… Anyhoo… It looks a lot like this except BIGGER!!! It’s a Kedge style anchor from the late 1800s’ probably weighs around a couple of … Continue reading
Saw this one and couldn’t resist! It’s nine minutes long, but well worth it for the commentary if nothing else. From the Blues website- In 1946, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Chester Nimitz, had a vision to create a … Continue reading
Anybody ever been in a place like this? Or sat in the rockers out on the front porch? The proverbial old country store… One of my uncles ran one for years in Central Louisiana, carried pretty much everything from A-Z … Continue reading
For those old farts who did a west coast tour a question… Do you remember Cal Worthington and his dog Spot? If you do, you’ll laugh your ass off at this one… Strong language, so cover the kids ears! 🙂 … Continue reading
Way back this time… 1976, and a 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 gone from a P-3B squadron to a … Continue reading
So I’m at a friend’s house, and she comes out with this… It’s a Ka-Bar… But… It’s not a Ka-Bar… Or is it??? PAL? Yep, it’s actually a PAL Blade Co, USMC issued 1219C2 USMC Mark 2 Combat Knife!!! And it’s stamped … Continue reading
Who remembers these??? If you were a Boy Scout back in the day, you probably lost as many of these as I did… Sigh… They are collapsible cups, and we always had one or two in our backpacks. Hint- DO … Continue reading