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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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SM-2 Successfully Intercepts SRBM

June 6th, 2008 9 Comments

SM-2 Intercept of SRBM 5 Jun 08  

Aegis, Sm-2 Interceptors Kill Target Missile In Terminal-Phase Success
(DEFENSE DAILY 06 JUN 08) … Dave Ahearn
The Aegis weapon control system guided two Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptors that obliterated a target missile in its terminal phase of flight, as the foreign-built unitary Scud-like target missile descended [...]

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Flightdeck Friday: Naval Air and D-Day - 6 Jun 44

June 6th, 2008 2 Comments

So - wrapping up our TDY this week and hopping the (ugh) red-eye back to Occupied Territory for to make it back for a libs this weekend before back to the grind Monday. While we’ve been concentrating on Midway this past week, there is this other event over in the ETO that took place in [...]

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