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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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40 years ago tomorrow night, I was both an observer and a MigCap participant in the famous Linebacker II “Christmas Raids” designed to end the Vietnam War and get our POWs home.
But it didn’t come cheap. On the only night I participated – 20 Dec. ’72 - we lost six B-52s and one Navy A-6A (with crews KIA or captured)... at least three of which I saw the SAMs hitting and the aircraft go down.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 18, 2012) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during the departure of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7. Dwight D. Eisenhower is returning to its homeport of Norfolk after operating in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released)
707guy
"You can't make this shit up..."
Thanks!
Looks like it belongs in the magnum PI opening scene.
The various paint jobs on my beloved Clown Copter make my eyes rain. Not holding that against Vector - they do some pretty amazing work rebuilding the birds that we abuse the crap out of every day. (188 just came back from Vector last week, and I swear it had that new Bell smell. I can't wait to take her out and "make her look mean".
)I'd like to see them paint it black (hit it, Jim123!) so that whenever we go out of town, the conspiracy theorists can theorize.
This hasn't happened in a while...I'll bet the traffic on NS Norfolk is horrible....
NORFOLK (Dec. 20, 2012) The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the world's largest naval station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernest R. Scott/Released)
NORFOLK (Dec. 20, 2012) The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the world's largest naval station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernest R. Scott/Released)
Good thing there wasn't a reverse, "Final Countdown" action here with the Akagi and her sister ships not far off the coast.This hasn't happened in a while...I'll bet the traffic on NS Norfolk is horrible....
NORFOLK (Dec. 20, 2012) The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the world's largest naval station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernest R. Scott/Released)
The NS Norfolk NEX is most definitely out of Skoal, and Hooters is out of wings.
Aye Scotty, beam me back to AirPac... tired of wearing SDBs to the evening meal (at sea), in the wardroom!No idea....I'm a West Coast sailor.
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BzB
No idea....I'm a West Coast sailor.
-ea6bflyr
I thought you retired?
All the carriers were in one year when I was stationed at NOB, as we're all the Gators. Traffic was horrendous on the leave turnover day.
Yes, I'm retired, but have always been a WestPac sailor....
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