Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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Chronicles of Naval Aviation: Squadron Nicknames

May 22nd, 2007 No Comments

We get mail and some of it is darn interesting. Take this for example - sometime back we posted on the return of CDR Pete Mongilardi’s   remains from Vietnam. Following up on that posting came a note from the former OPS O of VA-153 relating how the Bluetail Flies came by that [...]

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Factory fire in Russia sparks scare, rumors of atomic plant explosion

May 22nd, 2007 No Comments

In an area of the world where memories of Chernobyl 5are not a dim/receding thing of the past, it doesn’t take much to invoke immediate concern, if not panic:

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — A fire broke out Monday at a Russian factory that makes equipment for atomic power plants, but there was no risk of [...]

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