Passing of Heros (II)

BySteeljawscribe 5 July 200728 March 2010

If you haven’t already, you need to go to Pinch’s site and read the AAR of the memorial service held for BGEN Robin Olds, USAF-Ret. A rare bird in his time, unfortunately probably more so now. Go. Read. Remember.

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RIP: Daniel Weitzenfeld, 90

BySteeljawscribe 14 May 200830 March 2010

Who was Daniel Weitzenfeld? If you have anything to do with Naval Aviation, you should be thankful for this: epecially in light of the way things used to be: From the Washington Post: Daniel Weitzenfeld, 90; Navy Innovator Tuesday, May 13, 2008; Page B08 Daniel Kehr Weitzenfeld, 90, a retired Navy rear admiral who was…

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Flightdeck Friday (Independence Day Edition): B-17F Flight Log

BySteeljawscribe 3 July 20093 July 2009

Tomorrow we will have our Independence Day post up and in the busy comings goings of a three-day weekend, we encourage one and all to pause and ponder those words — mere words in some folks’ opinion; that our forefathers penned in Philadelphia that hot summer of 1776.Â Men had already died in the cause…

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Midway 70 Years Later: US Shore-based Air Order of Battle

BySteeljawscribe 31 May 201231 May 2012

US Land-based Air: Sunday, 17 May 1942.PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, 7th Air Force): The 7th Air Force is placed on alert in anticipation of a possible attack on Midway. For the next 10 days the old B-18’s on hand are used on sea searches to supplement the B-17’s. VII Bomber Command receives an influx of…

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The Solomons Campaign: Execution at Savo Island

BySteeljawscribe 9 August 200910 March 2016

Today’s post examines the first major response at sea, to the invasion by Allied forces on Guadalcanal a couple of days earlier. Our guest author for this article is CDR Bill Bullard, USN. CDR Bullard has just completed his CO tour as the 70th Commanding Officer of Old Ironsides, where Age of Sail…

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The North Korean Gulag

BySteeljawscribe 21 July 200920 July 2009

Human nature, if it changes at all, changes not much faster than the geological face of the earth. – Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago, Book II Tucked away in the mountains of east-central North Korea, roughly 32 nm from the launch pad at Tae po-dong (or Musudan-ri) and 12 nm from the site of…

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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…

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MissBirdlegs in AL says:

5 July 2007 at 11:12

Thanks for the link, SJS.
Doug says:

6 July 2007 at 11:20

Nice tribute to a warrior. I remember reading his exploits in VietNam when I was still in high school.

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