Priory_of_Sion Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Belesarius and Tied 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 #OTD in 1925, Congress authorizes the restoration of frigate USS Constitution, which had launched in 1797. In July 1931, amid a 21-gun salute, Constitution is recommissioned and sails on a tour of 90 United States ports along three coast. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 My father was commissioned aboard Old Ironsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 My father was commissioned aboard Old Ironsides. That's fuckin' cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 March 11, 2011 was the earthquake that cause a massive tsunami that caused the Fukishima disaster. It also did significant damage to the Japanese Air Force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 March 12, 1956, the first missile firing aircraft squadron, Attack Squadron 83, is deployed overseas aboard USS Intrepid (CVA 11). #NavalAviation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 March 15th 44 BC, 2060 years ago today, Julius Caesar was assassinated by member of the Roman Senate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 March 15th 44 BC, 2060 years ago today, Julius Caesar was assassinated by member of the Roman Senate. yeah but politics today are the scaries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 March 19, 1945 as Fast Carrier Task Force 58 planes bomb Kure and Kobe Harbors, Japanese aircraft single out the carriers for attack. USS Wasp (CV 18), USS Essex (CV 9) and USS Franklin (CV 13) are hit. After a second bomb strikes Franklin, the carrier suffers subsequent explosions on the flight and hangar decks. Heroic work by her crew, assisted by nearby ships, bring the fires and flooding under control. For their actions during this occasion, both Lt. Cmdr. Joseph T. O’Callaghan and Lt. j .g. Donald A. Gary receive the Medal of Honor Sturgeon and Bronezhilet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 March 24th, 2003 - CWOs David Williams and Ronald Young Jr of the 227th Battalion, 1st Air Cav are on a night mission to Karbala, Iraq. The 18-strong Apache helicopter company is ambushed by Iraqi ground troops, who were warned in advance of the American flight path by a unique comms network using only cell phones. The fierce ground fire immediately disables their helicopter, and the crew is forced to bail out while an intense gunbattle rages around them. Captured by the Iraqi Army, they spend 22 days in captivity, and are some of the last Americans freed before the war ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 On March 25, 1968, the Aardvark flew for the first time in combat against military targets in North Vietnam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 March 26 1943, at the Battle of Komandorski Islands, Task Group 16.6, commanded by Rear Adm. Charles H. McMorris, prevents Japanese reinforcements from reaching Kiska, Aleutian Islands. During battle, USS Salt Lake City (CA 25) is damaged by gunfire from heavy cruisers Maya and Nachi. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 March 28, 1953, during the Korean War, USS Philippine Sea (CV 47), USS Princeton (CV 37), and USS Oriskany (CV 34) launch 216 sorties against a North Korean supply depot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 30 Mar 2000 a X-38 Vehicle V-132 completed its third and final flight. In a program conducted out of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, the vehicle achieved its highest, fastest and longest mission to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 April 2,1951, two F9F-2B Panthers of VF-191, each loaded with four 250 and two 100-pound general-purpose bombs, are catapulted from USS Princeton (CV 37) for an attack on a railroad bridge near Songjin, North Korea. This mission is the first U.S. Navy use of a jet fighter as a bomber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted April 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 USS Yorktown (CV 10) is commissioned on April 15, 1943. Initially to have been named Bon Homme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while under construction to commemorate USS Yorktown (CV 5), lost at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Crew during the commissioning, April 15, 1943 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hey Americans, Brits, Canadians, Poles and New Zealanders, Thank you for this. Reading about this it actually brings tears to my eyes. Belesarius, Sturgeon, Lord_James and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 CUZ I'M PROUD TO BE AN MURICANWHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREEAND I WON'T FORGETTHE COOKS WHO FRIEDWHO GAVE THOSE FRIES TO MEAND I'LL PROUDLYSTAND UP NEXT TO YOUAND CONSUME MY FRIES TODAYBECAUSE I KNOW I WON'TCALL THEM FRENCH FRIESGOD BLESS THEM FREEDOM TATERSJ/K, you're welcome. Xlucine and CrashbotUS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Fries are invented in Belgium. You heathen. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 But potatoes are a new world fruit you illuminati shill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Today many years ago I graduated from AIT as a full fledged Forward Observer and headed to airborne school. Important moment in military history. Xlucine and Belesarius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Fries are invented in Belgium. You heathen. Which isn't a real country, so America wins again. Toxn and T___A 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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