What military aircraft are you? EA-6B Prowler You are an EA-6B. You are sinister, preferring not to get into confrontations, but extract revenge through mind games and technological interference. You also love to make noise and couldn’t care less about pollution. Take Quiz here
Last week we went big – big planes, big ships, big nukes, big hair (no wait, that’s another story…). This week we go to the other end of the spectrum. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Arms Race – 1950 1950 and the nuclear arms race is well and truly underway. The Soviets had surprised…
(This clock belonged to the chaplain on the USS Arizona and was stoppedby the force of the explosion which destroyed her)
( For all who chipped either effort or money or both at the fund drive for Valour-IT, this is the result of your dedication to supporting our troops and, in this case, the sailors in particular.) Eight Sailors injured SANTA RITA, Guam (Dec. 1, 2006) – Eight Sailors assigned to the repair ship USS Frank…
(From Dec 69 issue of Naval Aviation News) The UH- 1 Iroquois helicopter slipped into and landed almost unnoticed at the outlying airfield. The only person aboard was the young pilot who climbed out and hurried away from the bird while it was still running. An instant later, the helicopter was observed approximately two feet…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas… NORAD Tracks Santa
Inspired Genius It is 1947 and Ed Heinemann of the Douglas Aircraft Corporation is perplexed. Charged with leading the team that is designing Douglas’ entry in the Navy’s heavy attack aircraft competition, he is trying to figure out how to accomplish this feat in an airframe that would weigh in at less than 68,000 lbs,…
… well sort of. This is just too rich on soooo many levels. Where to start…hmmm, more flags than we have hulls? And since we are approaching the season when “You Know Who” is making up his lists of naughty and nice clients, here is a warning for the naughty ones: Won’t be switches and…
The first Navy Aegis ship to be sent to Davey Jones’ locker now rests on the bottom of the Pacific, done in by a combination of missiles and gunfire. The decommissioned cruiser Valley Forge was sunk as part of a Nov. 2 target practice on a test range near Kauai, Hawaii, according to the U.S….
