Hitting the Big Silver-Winged bird for a part of the country without ready access to the UNCLAS ‘net. Fear not – we’ve some articles queued up for the next few days, including a Flightdeck Friday, until we return a few days hence.
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…and no, sigh, not *that* kind of silver-winged bird, alas…
…but they can darn sure make halftime interesting… Excerpt from the Madison Wisconsin Capital Times on the Citadel vs Wisconsin game results: The Badgers returned seven starters from a defensive unit that was statistically one of the best in the nation last season. But in three games in 2007, UW has allowed…
MULTIPLE KILL VEHICLE COMPLETES HOVER TEST, Dec. 3, 2008. Missile Defense Agency Director Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly announced that a test of the Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) was conducted Tuesday, Dec. 2 at the National Hover Test Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Preliminary indications are that planned test objectives were achieved. Objectives of…
Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com ‘What will your obituary say?’ at QuizGalaxy.com h/t: Curt
(h/t Russian Navy Blog) Cold iron – that time in a shipyard when the ship is completely dependant on shore-based services; electricity, water, steam, etc. as the plant (conventional or nuclear) is shut down. Of course, as is wont to be the case, that which is brought on from shore typically falls short of demand on…
“Be modest about what military force can accomplish, and what technology can accomplish. The advances in precision, sensor, information and satellite technology have led to extraordinary gains in what the U.S. military can do…But also never neglect the psychological, cultural, political, and human dimensions of warfare, which is inevitably tragic, inefficient, and uncertain. Be skeptical…
Ecce: Â UNCLASSIFIED// NAVADMIN 318/08 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N00/NOV// SUBJ/NAVY ETHOS// 1. IN THE 2007-2008 CNO GUIDANCE, I DIRECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NAVY ETHOS THAT WOULD REFLECT THE VALUES INTEGRAL TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ACTIVE AND RESERVE SAILORS AND NAVY CIVILIANS, NO MATTER THE ASSIGNED UNIT, COMMAND, OR COMMUNITY. 2. AFTER GATHERING INPUT ACROSS THE…
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A long time ago(1975) I watched an EC-121 taxi past the stop lights at NAS Norfolk. The taxiway from the VAQ-33 line had to cross one of the major roads on NAS. It was at night and all here taxi/landing lights were on. What an amazing sight!!!!