TheList 5535

The List 5535 TGB

To All,

Good Tuesday Morning December 1. 

I just talked to our folks at the Denny's at NKX and the Bubba Breakfast is on for this Friday so I hope to see you all there in San Diego. The same setup as the last couple.

I hope that your week has started well

Regards

Skip.

This day in Naval History

Dec. 1

1842—Midshipman Philip Spencer, Boatswain's Mate Samuel Cromwell, and Seaman Elisha Small of the Bainbridge-class brig Somers are executed for mutiny. Spencer was the son of then-Secretary of War, John Canfield Spencer.

1914—Rear Adm. Alfred Thayer Mahan dies. A graduate of the Naval Academy and a veteran of the Civil War, he served two tours as President of the Naval War College. He is also known for his numerous naval publications, notably "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History."

1921—The first flight of an airship filled with helium, the C-7, leaves Norfolk, VA, and arrives later that day in Washington, D.C. The airship is commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Zachary Lansdowne and piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Ralph F. Wood.

1943—USS Bonefish (SS 223) sinks Japanese transport Nichiryo Maru in the Celebes Sea while USS Pargo (SS 264) sinks the Japanese transport Shoko Maru north of Ulithi. Also on this date, USS Peto (SS 265) sinks Japanese transport Tonei Maru.

1945—Capt. Sue S. Dauser, Navy Nurse Corps, receives the first Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a nurse for her leadership of Navy nurses during World War II.

1984—USS Taylor (FFG 50) is commissioned. The ship is named after the late Jesse Junior Taylor, who gave his life attempting to save the life of a downed pilot during an attack on the key bridge near the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong, and consequently awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism.

2013—Pilots and Sailors of VP-16 arrive on station at Kadena Air Base Okinawa for the first deployment of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A eventually replaces the venerable P-3 Orion. 

 

 

Thanks to CHINFO

Executive Summary:

•           National, trade and local press covered Navy's decision to decommission USS Bonhomme Richard.

•           International and regional press reported on escalating diplomatic dispute between China and Australia.

•           The Wall Street Journal reports that President Donald Trump is expected to select Adm. John Aquilino to be the next INDOPACOM commander.

 

December 1

1135		Henry I of England dies and the crown is passed to his nephew Stephen of Bloise.
1581		Edmund Champion and other Jesuit martyrs are hanged at Tyburn, England, for sedition, after being tortured.
1861		The U.S. gunboat Penguin seizes the Confederate blockade runner Albion carrying supplies worth almost $100,000.
1862		President Abraham Lincoln gives the State of the Union address to the 37th Congress.
1863		Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy, is released from prison in Washington.
1881		Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp are exonerated in court for their action in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz.
1900		Kaiser Wilhelm II refuses to meet with Boer leader Paul Kruger in Berlin.
1905		Twenty officers and 230 guards are arrested in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the revolt at the Winter Palace.
1908		The Italian Parliament debates the future of the Triple Alliance and asks for compensation for Austria's action in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
1909		President William Howard Taft severs official relations with Nicaragua's Zelaya government and declares support for the revolutionaries.
1916		King Constantine of Greece refuses to surrender to the Allies.
1918		An American army of occupation enters Germany.
1925		After a seven-year occupation, 7,000 British troops evacuate Cologne, Germany.
1933		Nazi storm troops become an official organ of the Reich.
1934		Josef Stalin's aide, Sergei Kirov, is assassinated in Leningrad.
1941		Japan's Tojo rejects U.S. proposals for a Pacific settlement as fantastic and unrealistic.
1941		Great Britain declares a state of emergency in Malaya following reports of Japanese attacks.
1941		The first Civil Air Patrol is organized in the United States.
1942		National gasoline rationing goes into effect in the United States.
1955		Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, defying the South's segregationist laws.
1969		America's first draft lottery since 1942 is held.
1971		Indian Army recaptures part of Kashmir, which had been occupied by Pakistan.
1981		AIDS virus officially recognized.
1986		Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North pleads the 5th Amendment before a Senate panel investigating the Iran-Contra arms sale.
1988		Benazir Bhutto, politician, becomes the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Pakistan and the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state
1989		East Germany's parliament changes its constitution, abolishing a section that gave the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
1990		Channel Tunnel sections from France and the UK meet beneath the English Channel.
1991		Ukraine's voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the USSR.
2001		Trans World Airlines' final flight following the carrier's purchase by American Airlines; TWA began operating 76 years earlier. The final flight, 220, piloted by Capt. Bill Compton, landed at St. Louis International Airport.

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

I like these

 

PONDERISMS

 I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. 

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. 

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously Nobody gets out alive anyway. 

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead. 

Life is sexually transmitted.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. 

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. 

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to? 

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again

All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. 

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.  Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. 

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? 

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?' 

Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there? I'm going to eat the next thing that comes out of its butt.' 

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer? 

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him? 

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride; he sticks his head out the window? 

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? 

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Thanks to Al

Monday Morning Humor--Thanksgiving Wrap-Up

     You do realize that if your great-grandmother saw you making boxed mashed potatoes, she would turn over in her gravy.

 

If you burned your turkey, here are a dozen reasons to be thankful…

·        Salmonella won't be a concern

·        No one will overeat.

·        Everyone will think it's Cajun Blackened.

·        Uninvited guests will think twice next year.

·        Your cheese broccoli lima bean casserole will gain newly found appreciation.

·        Pets won't pester you for scraps.

·        The smoke alarm was due for a test.

·        Carving the bird will provide a good cardiovascular workout.

·        After dinner, the guys can take the bird to the yard and play football.

·        The less turkey Uncle George eats, the less likely he will be to walk around with his pants unbuttoned.

·        You'll get to the desserts quicker.

·        You won't have to face three weeks of turkey sandwiches.

 

 

Submitted by Skip Leonard:

As the leftover turkey said after it was wrapped up and refrigerated, "Foiled again." 

Or, as we always say: Show us a man who throws Thanksgiving leftovers in the garbage, and we'll show you a man who quits cold turkey. 

Did you hear about the film executive who produced so many movies that turned out to be turkeys that he was made an honorary Pilgrim?

Submitted by Linda Henderson:
 
     In Atlanta, a 700-pound woman had to be removed from her house with a forklift. And ironically, it was the very same forklift she ate her Thanksgiving dinner with.

Did you eat too much on Thanksgiving?  Here's how you can tell...

Hundreds of volunteers started to stack sandbags around you.

Doctor tells you your weight would be perfect for a man 17 feet tall.

You are responsible for a slight but measurable shift in the earth's axis.

Right this minute you're laughing up pie on the carpet.

You decide to take a little nap and wake up in mid-July.

World's fattest man sends you a telegram, warning you to "back off!"

Getting off your couch requires help from the fire department.

Every escalator you step on immediately grinds to a halt.

You're sweatin' gravy.

 
 
      A four-year-old boy was asked to return thanks before the Thanksgiving dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation. He began his prayer, thanking God for all his friends, naming them one by one. Then he thanked God for Mommy, Daddy, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, and all his aunts and uncles. Then he began to thank God for the food. He gave thanks for the turkey, the fruit salad, the cranberry sauce, the pies, the cakes, even the Cool Whip. Then he paused, and everyone waited--and waited.
     After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked, "If I thank God for the broccoli, won't he know that I'm lying?"
 
 
 
Here's a little Thanksgiving story to cheer up everyone who already has a touch of holiday blues... 
      One year at Thanksgiving, my mom went to my sister's house for the traditional feast.  Knowing how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick. She told my sister that she needed something from the store.
      When my sister left, my mom took the turkey out of the oven, removed the stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen, and inserted it into the turkey, and re-stuffed the turkey.  She then placed the bird(s) back in the oven.
      When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing.  When her serving spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out the little bird.  With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed, "Patricia, you've cooked a pregnant bird!"
      At the reality of this horrifying news, my sister started to cry.  It took the family two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs! 
      Yep................SHE'S BLONDE!
 
 
 
A Thanksgiving poem, from Tom Turkey
 
    When I was a young turkey, new to the coop,
    My big brother Mark took me out on the stoop,
    Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow,
    And he told me there was something that I had to know;
 
    His look and his tone I will always remember,
    When he told me of the horrors of..... Black November;
    "Come about August, now listen to me,
    Each day you'll get six meals instead of just three.
 
    "And soon you'll  be thick, where once you were thin,
    And you'll grow a big rubbery thing under your chin;
    "And then one morning, when you're warm in your bed,
    In'll burst the farmer's wife, and hack off your head;
 
    "Then she'll pluck out all your feathers so you're bald 'n pink,
    And scoop out all your insides and leave ya lyin' in the sink;
    "And then comes the worst part" he said not bluffing,
    "She'll spread your cheeks and pack your rear with stuffing."
 
    Well, the rest of his words were too grim to repeat,
    I sat on the stoop like a winged piece of meat,
    And decided on the spot that to avoid being cooked,
    I'd have to lay low and remain overlooked;
 
    I began a new diet of nuts and granola,
    High-roughage salads, juice and diet cola;
    And as they ate pastries, chocolates and crepes,
    I stayed in my room doing Jane Fonda tapes;
 
    I maintained my weight of two pounds and a half,
    And tried not to notice when the bigger birds laughed;
    But 'twas I who was laughing, under my breath,
    As they chomped and they chewed, ever closer to death;
 
    And sure enough when Black November rolled around,
    I was the last turkey left in the entire compound;
    So now I'm a pet in the farmer's wife's lap;
    I haven't a worry, so I eat and I nap;
 
    She held me today, while sewing and humming,
    And smiled at me and said "Christmas is coming..."
 
 
     Asked to write a composition entitled, "What I'm thankful for on Thanksgiving," little Timothy wrote, "I am thankful that I'm not a turkey."

 
Next Year's Thanksgiving-Themed Movies

To Kill a Walking Bird

My Best Friend's Dressing

Thighs Wide Shut

The Texas Coleslaw Massacre

Casserolablanca

The Fabulous Baster Boys

12 Hungry Men

Silence of the Yams

For Love of the Game Hen

I Know What You Ate Last Winter

All the President's Menu

White Meat Can't Jump

When Harry Met Salad

The Wing and I

 
A Thanksgiving Story--Jasper and the Yeast Rolls
     We have a fox terrier by the name of Jasper. He came to us in the summer of 2001 from the fox terrier rescue program. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this type of adoption, imagine taking in a 10 year old child whom you know nothing about and committing to doing your best to be a good parent. Like a child, the dog came with his own idiosyncrasies. He will only sleep on the bed, on top of the covers, nuzzled as close to my face as he can get without actually performing a French kiss on me. Lest you think this is a bad case of 'no discipline,' I should tell you that Perry and I tried every means to break him of this habit including locking him in a separate bedroom for several nights. The new door cost over $200. But I digress.
      Five weeks ago we began remodeling our house. Although the cost of the project is downright obnoxious, it was 20 years overdue AND it got me out of cooking Thanksgiving for family, extended family and a lot of friends that I like more than family most of the time. I was, however, assigned the task of preparing 124 of my famous yeast dinner rolls for the two Thanksgiving feasts we did attend. I am still cursing the electrician for getting the new oven hooked up so quickly. It was the only appliance in the whole darn house that worked, thus the assignment.
      I made the decision to cook the rolls on Wednesday evening to reheat on Thursday morning. Since the kitchen was freshly painted you can imagine the odor. Not wanting the rolls to smell like Sherwin Williams latex paint #586, I put the rolls on baking sheets and set them in the living room to rise for 5 hours.
      After 3 hours, Perry and I decided to go out to eat,  returning in about an hour. An hour later the rolls were ready to go in the oven. It was 8:30pm. When I went to the living room to retrieve the pans, much to my shock one whole pan of 12 rolls was empty. I called out to Jasper and my worst nightmare became a reality. He literally wobbled over to me. He looked like a  combination of the Pillsbury dough boy and the Michelin Tire man wrapped up in fur. He groaned when he walked. I swear even his cheeks were bloated.
     I ran to the phone and called our vet. After a few seconds of uproarious laughter, he told me the dog would probably be OK, however, I needed to give him Pepto Bismol every 2 hours for the rest of the night. God only knows why I thought a dog would like Pepto Bismol any more than my kids did when they were sick. Suffice to say that by the time we went to bed the dog was black, white and pink. He was so bloated we had to lift him onto the bed for the night.
     Naively thinking the dog would be all better by morning was very stupid on my part. We arose at 7:30 and as we always do first thing; put the dog out to relieve himself. Well, the darn dog was as drunk as a sailor on his first leave. He was running into walls, falling flat on his butt and most of the time when he was walking his front half was going one direction and the other half was either dragging the grass or headed 90 degrees in another direction. He couldn't lift his leg to pee, so he would just walk and pee at the same time. When he ran down the small incline in our back yard he couldn't stop himself and nearly ended up running into the fence. His pupils were dilated and he was as dizzy as a loon.
     I endured another few seconds of laughter from the vet (second call within 12 hours) before he explained that the yeast had fermented in his belly and that he was indeed drunk. He assured me that, not unlike most binges we humans go through, it would wear off after about 4 or 5 hours and to keep giving him Pepto Bismol. Afraid to leave him by himself in the house, Perry and I loaded him up and took him with us to my sister's house for the first Thanksgiving meal of the day. My sister lives outside of Muskogee on a ranch, (10 to 15 minute drive). Rolls firmly secured in the trunk (124 less 12) and drunk dog leaning from the back seat onto the console of the car between Perry and I, we took off.
     Now I know you probably don't believe that dogs burp, but believe me when I say that after eating a tray of risen unbaked yeast rolls, DOGS WILL BURP. These burps were pure Old Charter. They would have matched or beat any smell in a drunk tank at the police station. But that's not the worst of it. Now he was beginning to fart and they smelled like baked rolls. God strike me dead if I am not telling the truth!
     We endured this for the entire trip to Karee's, thankful she didn't live any further away than she did. Once Jasper was firmly placed in my sister's garage with the door locked, we finally sat down to enjoy our first Thanksgiving meal of the day. The dog was the topic of conversation all morning long and everyone made trips to the garage to witness my drunk dog, each returning with a tale of Jasper's latest endeavor to walk without running into something.
     Of course, as the adage goes, "what goes in must come out" and Jasper was no exception. Granted if it had been me that had eaten 12 risen, unbaked yeast rolls, you might as well have put a concrete block up my behind, but alas a dog's digestive system is quite different from yours or mine. I discovered this was a mixed blessing when we prepared to leave Karee's house. Having discovered his "packages" on the garage floor, we loaded him up in the car so we could hose down the floor. This was another naive decision on our part. The blast of water from the hose hit the poop on the floor and the poop on the floor withstood the blast from the hose. It was like Portland cement beginning to set up and cure. We finally tried to remove it with a shovel.
     I (obviously no one else was going to offer their services) had to get on my hands and knees with a coarse brush to get the remnants off of the floor. And as if this wasn't degrading enough, the darn dog in his drunken state had walked through the poop and left paw prints all over the garage floor that had to be brushed too.
     Well, by this time the dog was sobering up nicely so we took him home and dropped him off before we left for our second Thanksgiving dinner at Perry's sister's house. I am happy to report that as of today (Monday) the dog is back to normal both in size and temperament. He has had a bath and is no longer tricolor. None the worse for wear I resume. I am also happy to report that just this evening, I found 2 risen unbaked yeast rolls hidden inside my closet door. It appears he must have come to his senses after eating 10 of them but decided hiding 2 of them for later would not be a bad idea.
     Now, I'm doing research on the computer as to "How to clean unbaked dough from the carpet." And how was your day?
 
 
I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving,
Al    

 

 

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Thanks to Tom     The latest from SPACE

 

I hope everyone had a safe, HAPPY and "full of thanks" Thanksgiving.....despite 2020 being a total bust, we have a LOT to be thankful for.  U.N. estimates are that upwards of 100 million people will starve in the next 12 months due to disruptions in food supply due to the plague.  We only have to worry about getting into our jeans after thanksgiving and the rest of the holidays.  I'll take that!

This week's news is delayed – I was off last week – didn't touch the computer – gone.  Felt good! But I'M B-a-a-a-c-k!!!

Dragon "resilience" performed magnificently.  5 more crewed missions are planned.  The future shows that if all goes well, we now have serious, reliable commercial space faring tools.  I am quite convinced, just like the $450 Model A Ford, the world has just changed – even though most don't see it or understand the depth of the change. Most assuredly, NASA's second 50 years will NOT be like the first 50.  I was here for 29 of the first 50 – I see the vision of the future.  No, not going to expound on it.  YOU give it some thought!

Covid is "good" for the planet?  NO2 in the atmosphere is down.  slippery slope here...there are organizations and individuals that believe there are "too many people " to be "environmentally sound"....translation??   Suggestions (already been made by some people, sadly) center on genocide.  We as humans must be aware and see the "unintended" consequences....if we do not, ALL will suffer.  Keep your thinking cap on and your morals strong! 

New "NAUCHA" module – a Russian addition – is coming to the ISS.  ISS is still growing in capability!  How cool is that!?

See ya'll next week – gotta run – tons of email to wade through!!

Tom

AGENCYWIDE MESSAGE TO ALL NASA EMPLOYEES

 

Points of Contact: Jim Wilson, jim.wilson@nasa.gov and Andre Valentine, andre.valentine-1@nasa.gov, Office of Communications, NASA Headquarters

------------------------------------------------------------------------

   

View the Latest Edition of "This Week @NASA" (Published Nov. 21, 2020)   

 

View the latest "This Week @NASA" produced by NASA Television for features on agency news and activities. Stories in this program include:

 

·         NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Journey to International Space Station

·         Continuing the Legacy of Global Sea Level Observations

·         Engineers Moving Forward with SLS Green Run Testing

·         Spacewalk Prepares for New Space Station Research Module

·         NASA Model Reveals How Much COVID-related Pollution Levels Deviated from Norm

 

To watch this edition of "This Week @NASA" dated Nov. 21, 2020, click on the image below:

 

 

 

Watch the Video

 

 

To access this edition of "This Week @NASA," you may also visit:

https://youtu.be/qzpct7J4wfo 

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

This notice is being sent agencywide to all employees by NASA INC in the Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters.

Thomas E. Diegelman

"Safe Space Exploration for Life"

 

"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.  Without it, no real success is possible."

-           Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Audiens sapiens sapientior erit et intellegens gubernacula possidebit
"A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser; and he that understands, shall possess the government."

"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."
   ― Plato, The Republic

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Thanks to Dutch

For all those who love plastic bags and plastic water bottles -

South Pacific Desert Island Being Destroyed by Plastic Debris | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

 

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

 

This Day in U.S. Military History

A day-by-day digest of events regarding all services of the U.S. military. Click HOME from any page to use the Quick Navigation Calendar.

This Day in U S Military History

 

 

Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day

 

 

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

This Day in Aviation History" brought to you by the Daedalians Airpower Blog Update. To subscribe to this weekly email, go to https://daedalians.org/airpower-blog/.

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for December 1, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY

 

1 December

1914: Through 16 December, Lts Herbert A. Dargue and Joseph O. Mauborgne first demonstrated two-way radiotelegraphy between the air and ground to the Army, while flying a BurgessWright plane in the Philippines. (20) (24)

1921: The U. S. Navy dirigible C-7, the first airship to use helium rather than hydrogen, made its first flight. Lt Cmdr R. F. Wood flew it from Hampton Roads, Va., to Washington, DC, and back. (21)

1935: A mass flight of 29 bombers from the 7th Bombardment Group left Hamilton Field, Calif., and reached Vero Beach, Fla., in 21 hours 50 minutes. (24)

1939: Ensign A. L. Terwilliger became a Master Horizontal Bomber, the first Naval Aviator in a fleet squadron to do so. (24)

1942: BEGINNING OF THE "HUMP" AIRLIFT. Air Transport Command activated its IndiaChina Division to provide airlift support to the Chunking government and American airmen fighting in China. The airlift from bases in India over an air route through the Himalayan Mountains, called the "Hump," became the greatest sustained an intensive use of air transport to that date. (18)

1944: Project ORDCIT. Through 16 December, the Jet Propulsion Lab at Camp Irwin, Calif., launched 24 Private "A" rockets. This activity occurred 11 months after the project started. (6)

1949: The Navy dedicated its supersonic wind tunnel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It could produce 3,000-MPH speeds. (24)

1950: KOREAN WAR. The USS Cape Esperance arrived in Japan with 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing F-86s. In the war's first prolonged fighter attack, six MiG-15s battled with three B-29s for six minutes, damaging them considerably despite the F-80 escorts. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command evacuated some 1,500 United Nations casualties from Pyongyang. (28)

1955: President Dwight D. Eisenhower assigned the highest national priority to Thor and Jupiter missile development, and thus placed the intermediate range ballistic missile program on an equal rank with the intercontinental ballistic missile program. (6)

1958: An Army Nike-Hercules missile destroyed a XQ-5 drone flying at 63,000 feet at 1,500 MPH. (24)

1960: The Strategic Air Command activated the 4602d Strategic Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, for the rail mobile Minuteman program. (1) (6)

1961: Capt Bruce K. Lloyd and Cmdr E. H. Roulstone (U. S. Navy) flew a HSS-2 Seaking helicopter to 182.8, 179.5, and 175.3 MPH average speeds for courses of 62, 310, and 620 miles along Long Island Sound, N. Y. (24) The Strategic Air Command activated the first Minuteman I squadron, the 10th Strategic Missile Squadron, at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. (1) (6)

1964: Four F-4C Phantom II jets landed at MacDill AFB, Fla., after an 18-hour flight of 10,000 miles and many KC-135 refuelings. The flight set an unofficial endurance record for fighters, while evaluating the F-4C's abilities in a sustained, long-range flight. It also examined the physiological and psychological effects on crews under those conditions. At Dyess AFB, Tex., the first Atlas F missile came off alert with the 578th Strategic Missile Squadron. (6)

1965: CUBAN REFUGEE AIRLIFT: Through 30 June 1966, Military Air Transport Service airlifters moved 26,745 Cuban refugees in 291 flights. (18) 1967: The Strategic Air Command inactivated the Blue Scout Emergency Rocket Communication System (ERCS) sites in Nebraska. (6)

1971: First Minuteman III missile wing equipped with Multiple Independently-Targetable Reentry Vehicles became operational at Minot AFB, N. Dak.

1974: The USAF consolidated the airlift resources of the Tactical Air Command and Military Airlift Command to implement the 1974 decision to have a single airlift manager. (2) (18)

1978: The Strategic Air Command received the last Minuteman from Air Force Plant 77 at Ogden, Utah. (12)

1983: At Edwards AFB, Calif., the YA-10B completed its last test flight in a single-seat night attack evaluation program. On 16 December 1983, the Air Force placed this aircraft in storage, and it subsequently went on display in the Edwards AFB aircraft museum. (3) (16) The USAF ended training programs for Titan II missile crews. (16) (26)

1984: The C-5A entered service with the Air Force Reserves at Kelly AFB, Tex. (16) (26)

1989: In the ninth test flight, a B-52 launched a Tacit Rainbow loitering anti-radiation missile from a high altitude. It traveled to the Naval Weapons Center Test Range at China Lake, Calif., where it loitered, and made a partially successful diving attack. (8: Feb 90) Through 9 December, the 3d Tactical Fighter Wing flew patrols over the Philippines Islands in response to an attempted coup against President Corazon Aquino. (16)

1990: Two MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters of the 38th Rescue Squadron at Osan Air Base, S. Korea, rescued 22 shipwrecked sailors from a grounded Panamanian vessel near Kunsan. (16) (26)

2003: Colonel Linda K. McTeague assumed command of the 113th Wing (DC Air National Guard). She became the first woman to command an Air National Guard wing. (32)

2004: The Air Force announced that the 192d Fighter Wing (Virginia Air National Guard) would partner with the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB, Va., to train on the F/A-22 Raptor. (32)

2005: At Edwards AFB, Calif., an Air Force Flight Test Center F/A-22 pilot successfully launched a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) with an active guidance system at high supersonic speed on a test range. The supersonic munition allowed the Raptor to deliver a precision weapon from a much greater distance than any other aircraft. (3)

2006: The F-15 Eagle East Coast Demonstration Team, one of seven single-ship demonstration teams in to Air Combat Command, concluded 27 years of performance history. The 20-man F-15 team stood down to stand up an F-22 Raptor team. The Command subsequently selected Maj Paul Moga as the F-22 team's first pilot. (AFNEWS, "F-15 Demo Team Transitions to F-22," 8 Dec 2006)

 

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

 

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe: Thelist-leave@skipsthelist.org