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Flightdeck Friday: Desperate Times = Desperate Measures

April 25th, 2008 7 Comments

(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 [...]

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