View attachment 10880Here's the Saratoga and Forrstal near Newprt RI. View attachment 10880
Forrestal departed Newport a few months ago.
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View attachment 10880Here's the Saratoga and Forrstal near Newprt RI. View attachment 10880
I was not...back in San Diego as a RAG instructor at the time. I made the 73 and 74-75 cruises.Renegade One ...re Coral Sea ...any chance you were aboard when Joe Frick turned her over to George Aitcheson Jr. at Pearl in 1977?
.....Actually, I thought I had heard we were selling her to the Indians or something.
I was not...back in San Diego as a RAG instructor at the time. I made the 73 and 74-75 cruises.
I think that decision had to do with buying MiG-29s instead of Rhinos and it's alot easier to learn flight ops with a ski jump than a thru deck.We're not selling her to the Indians, they are buying Russian instead.
I think that decision had to do with buying MiG-29s instead of Rhinos and it's alot easier to learn flight ops with a ski jump than a thru deck.
I think it's sort of like the situation with the Iowa class BBs after WWII that were brought back into service 3 times before they were all retired for good.Are these in some sort of reserve, in case WW3 breaks out, or are they sitting there without being chopped up/made into museums for no other reason than just because?
Are these in some sort of reserve, in case WW3 breaks out, or are they sitting there without being chopped up/made into museums for no other reason than just because?
I think it's sort of like the situation with the Iowa class BBs after WWII that were brought back into service 3 times before they were all retired for good.
Are these in some sort of reserve, in case WW3 breaks out, or are they sitting there without being chopped up/made into museums for no other reason than just because?