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Well, you know what the poet said about the best plans of mice and men. We had been scheduled to participate in the blogger’s roundtable today with RADM Stevensen regarding the standup of 4th Fleet. Alas, our day job intruded with unplanned, last minute tasking but the host, Jack Holt graciously submitted our [...]

29 Apr 1961: USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) is commissioned at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The second ship to be named for the wind swept location on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where man’s heavier-than-air journey first met demonstrable success, she represents a substantial improvement in the “super carrier” design first seen with the [...]

Americans At War
Through the eyes of those who were there, Americans at War® looks back at the moments when ordinary people were called to extraordinary heroism. High-definition interviews offer intimate, one-on-one experiences. It’s a priceless understanding of the effects of war through harrowing personal accounts. Featured on PBS, this award-winning series offers 50 compelling [...]

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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of 11 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Capt. Robert L. Coleman, of Wilmington, Del.; 1st Lt. George E. Wallinder, of San [...]

(h/t to Southern Air Pirate for the topic suggestion)

29 April 1975.  South Vietnam is ceasing to exist as a geopolitical entity - Saigon is falling.  Under leaden skies, the assembled ships and aircraft of  TF 76, headed by carriers Hancock and Midway begin executing Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of US personnel along with Vietnamese who [...]

 
STOP.
Just stop whatever you’re doing or wheresoever you may be randomly surfing to and go over to Xformed’s site for this compelling read.
If ever here was a case study for how the ‘net narrows that six degrees of separation, this is it. A narrative that started out a couple of years ago by Xformed [...]

(h/t Xformed)

OK — you’ve read about that epic day in March ‘45, now here’s your chance to meet in person some of the remaining crew:
 
From the USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) site:
June 5 - 8, 2008: 2008 Reunion - “City of Fountains”
Hyatt Regency Crown Center
Kansas City, MO Kansas City International Airport (MCI)
Hosted by Leonard Hall and Family
Questions??? Contact [...]

Full story here:  Flight-Test Program Accelerates For U.S. Navy’s E-2D
Couple of items worth noting:
Within three years, the U.S. Navy’s fleet will have fielded the technology for precisely locating small, flying targets. The target set embraces some of the Navy’s latest nightmares, including the next-generation of stealthy - sometimes supersonic - cruise missiles.Moreover, with the [...]

Sensors - Intro
A layered system such as the BMDS requires a multitude of sensors with differeing characteristics.  Why you ask?  For several reasons.  One is the nature of the threat - be it short, medium or intercontinental in range, there will be one or more differing sets of sensors that will come into play.  Another [...]