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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Reflections - Pentagon 9/11 “Admiral, we’ve taken a hit…and we’re on fire”-Part I

September 6th, 2007 6 Comments

“Admiral, we’ve taken a hit…and we’re on fire”

Tuesday, 11 Sep 2001 0937:25. Reflexively I glanced at my watch at the moment of impact, burning the time into my memory as I passed to my boss who was in Memphis for a promotion board that we had just been struck.
“Sir, looks like we’ve been hit pretty [...]

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Flightdeck Friday: Update!

September 6th, 2007 2 Comments

Over at Tailhook’s site  , Flightdeck Friday is about a little known hybrid fighter, the FR Fireball.  ‘Round these parts Southern Air Pirate   has graciously offered to host Flightdeck Friday this week while we continue with the remembrances of shipmates lost on this, the 6th anniversary of 9/11.  His topic?  Spurred by last week’s [...]

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