A good friend, fellow scribe and most importantly, a shipmate of the very best kind, CAPT Kevin Miller, USN-Ret. has just published his first novel, Raven One as an ebook with Kindle Books. Hozer was an F/A-18 driver and served penance with me on the Navy Staff many passings of the Moon ago. Over time we’ve gone…
We noticed that Iran chose the recent occasion of the 27th observance of the start of the Iran-Iraq war to parade their latest thumb-nose Israel (and the rest of the world). While subject missile, and some other observations, are in the process of being written, we too recalled the occasion of the start of said…
So the MV-22 has run through some rough patches in its long development and fielding and now that it is on its first operational deployment, a little good news has come across the (email) wires and is worth sharing: On NOV 6, BATAAN made history on their deployment. In addition to the maiden deployment of…
14/0819L Jan 1969: USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) is conducting workups in preparations for combat operations off North Vietnam with CVW-9 embarked. First event for the day has just been launched and respot for second event is underway. USS Bainbridge and Rogers are in company. Aft of the isalnd, the exhaust from an "huffer" (jet starting unit) has…
(comes the time in most every Hawkeye flier’s experience when they have to deal face-to-face with the hydraulic failure demon. The Hawkeye has two hydraulic systems — one to drive the flight controls and another to drive the “auxiliary gear” which includes such minor items as landing gear, brakes, etc. In the event of a…
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…
