Twenty-Four Years Ago Today In Beirut…
Read about it…and remember.
Read about it…and remember.
The latest to join the milbog/aviation ‘verse 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. Consider one of the more recent posts: All days come from one day, as the writer,…
18 January 1911: At 11:01 a.m., Eugene Ely, flying the same Curtiss pusher used to take off from Birmingham (CL 2), landed on a specially built platform aboard the armored cruiser Pennsylvania (Armored cruiser No. 4) at anchor in San Francisco Bay. At 11:58 he took off and returned to Selfridge Field, San Francisco, completing…
The latest revelation of well known public research facilities with a hidden Cold War mission comes from the merry ol’ – England’s Jodrell Bank telescope, to wit: London, Nov 23 (ANI): The creator of the giant space telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK has disclosed after 50 years that the telescope was…
“Washington should show its political will and stop playing with guns on China’s doorsteps. ‘Good fences make good neighbors’ the words of the American poet Robert Frost also hold true for this relationship.” – China Daily (27 July 2011) Last week the Taiwanese press revealed an incident that occurred on the 29th of June wherein…
As previously reported, the Navy called off the search for the missing fourth crewmember of Bluetail 601, LT Steve Zilberman, USN of Columbus, Ohio declaring him lost at sea and presumed dead.  A memorial service in honor of LT Steve Zilberman, will be held this Thursday, 8 April 2010  at 10:00am at the Naval Station Norfolk base chapel…
“I’ll take ‘Space’ for $100B Alex” “Russia, South Ossetia, Georgia and the ISS.” “What is – How the US could find itself locked out of the ISS after 2010 Alex” Russia’s invasion and occupation of South Ossetia could have far reaching effects off world. In a scenario strikingly reminiscent of the movie, 2010, increased tensions…
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Well, there is at least ONE foe that has stuck around-and is still spilling American blood- since the Maritime Strategy of ’86 was penned….
Indeed. I am not sure though, is it a transnational foe or a rogue state foe, or a non-state actor, or a terror network? Hmm…
Indeed. I am not sure though, is it a transnational foe or a rogue state foe, or a non-state actor, or a terror network? Hmm…
As my Constitutional Law prof would put on the weekly quizzes – the answer could be “Any, None or All”… (and Skippy knows well of whom I speak…)
– SJS
SJS,
Thanks for the trackback. Trust me, I remember them. I also remember LT. Mark Lange, LT. Bobby Goodman, and CDR Edward K. Andrews (CVW-6) along with all the suits at the Puzzle Palace and Foggy Bottom who got involved in mission planning that lead to thier lost.