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Hawkeye Crew Bails Out
A Navy E-2C Hawkeye crashed near Virginia Monday, officials said. A Hawkeye is shown here. Four E-2C Hawkeye crew members were forced to bail out from their aircraft during a training evolution near Wallops Island on the Atlantic coast. All were rescued with no “major” injuries. Jeff LPH 3 and ChipNASA send. Navy E-2 Hawkeye […]
Space Force Was Set to Announce Its New Rank Structure
Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno watches as her new three-star flag is unfurled during her promotion ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Aug. 17, 2020. Armagno transferred from the Air Force to Space Force during the ceremony. (U.S Air Force/Eric Dietrich) Err, shouldn’t that be “Vice Admiral” Nina M. Armagno? *grin* AW1 Rod sends. Then, […]
Blue Skies Ahead
Airships again? With the weather getting rougher and more difficult, and more damaging than it used to be (partly due to urban and suburban construction), is it something we should consider here, to “save climate” instead of using jet aircraft? The Guardian (UK newspaper) is agog in airship worship these days. Non-polluting, no carbon emissions […]
Another of the Finest Generation Has Left Us
Pearl Harbor survivor, US Navy veteran Floyd Welch passes at 99 According to the report, Mr. Welch was at Pearl Harbor when Battleship Row was bombed by the Japanese. Without hesitation, he helped rescue crewmembers trapped on USS Maryland. From the article: The USS Oklahoma was tied up next to the USS Maryland when they were hit with at […]
USS Essex Carries Load Of World War II Warbirds To Hawaii
USS Essex carrying vintage World War II warplanes into Hawaii. Cranes began hoisting the 14 World War II-era warbirds from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex Tuesday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. In two weeks they will take part in a series of aerial parades over Oahu to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the war’s […]
SpaceX crew returns to Earth, splashes down in Gulf
“Thank you for flying SpaceX” – Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken return to Earth Two American astronauts have splashed down, as the first commercial crewed mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth. Doug Hurley’s and Bob Behnken’s capsule hit the water at about 14:48 EDT (19:48 BST; 18:48 GMT). The SpaceX Dragon Capsule […]
Just So You Know….
Oh, screw the Chinese. All they have is artwork. We already have a stealth bomber working for us. It’s called the B-21 and it’s on the runways, in the hangars, now. The Chinese stealth plane looks suspiciously like a somewhat altered copy of our very own B-21. They haven’t come up with anything original in […]
Pilot Leaves a Message
Finally, someone put in writing what most of us likely feel right about now. And he did it where everyone could see it, testing out his dad’s Cherokee at the same time. From the article: He might not be a military pilot, but 19-year-old Towson University student Greggor Hines threw his hat into the elite […]
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