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We live in an age marked by dwindling numbers of real pioneers and visionaries. Today we just lost another and we are all a bit poorer for it. – SJS From DoD News: Retired Navy Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, regarded as the father of the Navy’s AEGIS Weapons System, passed away today. “I am…
Postcards from Deployment: Don’t Do Stupid Things
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Flightdeck Friday: XTBU-1/TBY-2 Seawolf
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Flightdeck Friday: Video Quiz
OK everyone, put your books and notes up and take out a pencil and paper – quiz time. The video below has a wide variety of subjects some of whom have graced these pages as subjects of Flightdeck Friday (sorry about the soundtrack – if you like C&W, great – if not, turn your…