Index
This month's cover:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D.C. - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall provides one of
the National Mall’s most powerful scenes. In truth, the “wall” is
actually made up of two identical walls that each stretch 246 feet and 9
inches, containing more than 58,000 names. The names are listed in
chronological order based on the date of casualty, and within each day,
names are shown in alphabetical order. Perhaps the memorial wall’s most defining characteristic is
a visitor’s ability to see his or her reflection at the same time as
the engraved names, connecting the past and the present like few other
monuments can.
Main cover story:
That Monday in May...
Observing today's remembrance, a Memorial Day ceremony took place at
Naval Air Station Miramar, attended by SL US Navy and SL USMC service
members from Third and Seventh Fleets, as well as USCG in SL members.
Here is a record of the event with transcripts of the present senior officers' remarks.
Regular AAR Exercises - Blake Sea Corridor
This exercise is a regular event organized by USN 7th Fleet SL with
Third Fleet participation. Briefing for the May 27 mission took place at
NAS Miramar's Map Room. Participating squadrons from both fleets took off from Miramar and the tanker(s) from SNO.Special section - AAR Exercise May 27 record (see here)
Royal Navy F/A-18? - Remembering the 892nd Naval Air Squadron
This is my impression of what a F/A-18D Hornet would look like if the
892 Naval Air Squadron had adopted it to replace the Phantom F4K's were
it not disbanded in 1978.
The livery has most of the old F4K elements down to the canopy ejection line and it also includes a homage to the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that took place on the very day this livery was painted on the aircraft and flown for the first time as part of a 100 RAF group grid flight. You can find the inscription with the Royal Wedding crest on the aft door of the frontal landing gear. The date (19MAY2018) also shows on both "anvils" over the wing extensions.
The livery has most of the old F4K elements down to the canopy ejection line and it also includes a homage to the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that took place on the very day this livery was painted on the aircraft and flown for the first time as part of a 100 RAF group grid flight. You can find the inscription with the Royal Wedding crest on the aft door of the frontal landing gear. The date (19MAY2018) also shows on both "anvils" over the wing extensions.
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