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Flightdeck Friday: KC-X Announcement Due Today
(Breaking) UPDATED – Full Transcript Here. Tanker Contract Award Announcement Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Duncan J. McNabb will announce the KC-X contract award winner at 5 p.m. EST, Feb. 29, in the DoD Briefing Studio, Pentagon 2E579. Assistant Secretary of the…
Flightdeck Friday: Sealegs
‘kay gang – final hours coming up here and we are rocket last (again) this year. Take a good look at the video and note the theme, ’cause if something doesn’t happen wth that total over there to starboard, next week’s issue of Flightdeck Friday will have a decidedly light (dare we say – dainty?)…
Flightdeck Friday – Fleet Air Arm Edition: Hawker Sea Fury (Preview)
Yep – the fabulous Hawker Sea Fury will be the next Flightdeck Friday subject — next week when we are back from TDY. In the meantime, here’s a look at next week’s subject flying form with a previous Flightdeck Friday star. More? OK — look below the fold…
Flightdeck Friday: Desperate Times = Desperate Measures
(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…
Flightdeck Friday: MIA Edition – Vietnam War Era Pilot Identified
First, the official release: Pilot Missing in Action From The Vietnam War is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He…
Back to the Future: LRO Images Apollo 11’s Landing Site
Apropos that on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon, the latest US visitor and (hopefully) precursor to our return via the Constellation program, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the location in Mare Tranquilis that was the site of Apollo 11’s landing (click on image to enlarge): Note the object…