29 May 2007 – Steeljaw Scribe

Tuesday’s Roll-up of Missile and Other News of Note

BySteeljawscribe 29 May 200728 March 2010

I continue to be amazed (though I really shouldn’t by now) at the volume of email that is generated over the course of a generic three-day weekend. This past weekend was no exception to that rule either – especially as the miserly mailbox sizes set by the sysadmins is, well, miserly, one must spend the…

history lessons

Countdown to Midway: 28 May 1942

BySteeljawscribe 29 May 200728 March 2010

Pacific Theater: ALASKA (11th Air Force): A B-17 flies the first armed reconnaissance from the secretly constructed airfield at Unmak , Aleutian over the Aleutian Chain, but finds no sign of the enemy. XI Fighter Command elements are not deployed at Unmak (P-40’s and P-38’s), Cold Bay (P-40’s), Kodiak (P-39’s), and Elmendorf Field [P-38’s and…