Memorial Day: 2016

BySteeljawscribe 27 May 2016

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Welcome Aboard to RememberedSky.com

BySteeljawscribe 23 September 201223 September 2012

The latest to join the milbog/aviation ‘verseÂ is RememberedSky.com – brought to you by a former Crusader/Corsair II naval aviator with 170 combat missions in the A-7 over Vietnam while flying off the USS Midway in the 1972-73 timeframe.Â Consider one of the more recent posts: All days come from one day, as the writer,…

history lessons | Navy

The Solomons Campaign: Status of the United States Fleet and Plans After Midway

BySteeljawscribe 16 July 200916 July 2009

This week marks the first of our Guest Bloggers for the Solomons Campaign blog project. The author is no stranger to this or several other milblogs – he is AT1(AW) Charles H. Berlemann, Jr. Hailing from the VAQ community, Charles is a student of naval history, particularly, naval aviation history and we have kept a…

Reflections

A Prayer Request — for a Prayer Warrior

BySteeljawscribe 10 September 2009

If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. – MatthewÂ 17:20 Sarah is one of those altogether rare folk that aptly fit the description “prayer warrior.”Â In the almost seven years…

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Ave Atque Vale – +1 Year

BySteeljawscribe 6 March 2013

(re-posted from last year) I lost a friend today. We have lost a friend, a father, husband — a comrade in arms. Fellow aviator and blogger-at-arms, Neptunus Lex, was killed earlier today when the F-21 Kfir he was flying in support of Top Gun’s adversary squadron crashed at NAS Fallon. No word on the cause…

history lessons

90 Years Ago – November 11, 1918

BySteeljawscribe 11 November 200811 November 2008

At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month…the guns fell silent along what was known then as the Western Front as the Allies and Germany observed the agreement to end this “War to End All Wars.”Â While fighting continued sporadically elsewhere, in what were fast becoming the former empires of Russia…

Reflections

Badgers and Bucanners and Bears…(Pt 3)

BySteeljawscribe 27 September 200623 January 2008

Part II Here Window covers down, overhead hatch in and all harnesses locked, the crew was ready. Bluetail 602 went into tension, the throttles against their stops, the aircraft mercilessly shaking. In an instant, they were down the catapult and airborne. As the wheels were coming up, Bird exclaimed “Hey look, we’ve got a visitor…”…

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