To All,
Good Tuesday Morning October 15, 2024. .The worker power washed the entire outside of the house yesterday and patched all the holes in the outside walls .I had to leave to teach classes last night and do not know if he got it done. The painters may show up this morning to start on the painting .And the beat goes on.
Got to run major leak in bath room
Regards,
skip
Make it a good Day
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History (thanks to NHHC)
Here is a link to the NHHC website: https://www.history.navy.mil/. Go here to see the director's corner for all 83 H-Grams
Today in Naval and Marine Corps History .
October 15
1917 USS Cassin (DD 43) is torpedoed by German submarine U 61 off the coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate 1st Class Osmond Kelly Ingram is killed. Ingram is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism and, in 1919, becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him.
1943 USS Tullibee (SS 284) attacks a 10-ship Japanese convoy in Formosa Strait and sinks the transport Chicago Maru.
1948 The first women officers on active duty are sworn in as commissioned officers in the Regular Navy under the Womens Armed Services Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. The women are Capt. Joy B. Hancock, Lt. Cmdr. Winifred R. Quick, Lt. Cmdr. Anne King, Lt. Cmdr. Frances L. Willoughby, Lt. Ellen Ford, Lt. Doris Cranmore, Lt. j.g. Doris A. Defenderfer, and Lt. j.g. Betty Rae Tennant.
1955 The Navy sets the world speed record for the 500 km closed circuit course at Muroc, Calif. when Lt. Gordon Gray flies an A-4D Skyhawk at 695.163 mph.
1965 U.S. Naval Support Activity Da Nang, Vietnam is established. During the Vietnam War, it becomes the U.S. Navys largest overseas logistics command. In 1973, U.S. Naval Support Activity Da Nang is disestablished.
1992 HS-14 becomes the first U.S. squadron to land aircraft on the deck of Russian warship, when an SH-3H Sea King set down onto Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Vinogradov during joint exercises in the Persian Gulf.
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Today in World History October 15
1529 Ottoman armies under Suleiman end their siege of Vienna and head back to Belgrade.
1582 The Gregorian (or New World) calendar is adopted in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal; and the preceding ten days are lost to history.
1783 Francois Pilatre de Rozier makes the first manned flight in a hot air balloon. The first flight was let out to 82 feet, but over the next few days the altitude increased up to 6,500 feet.
1813 During the land defeat of the British on the Thames River in Canada, the Indian chief Tecumseh, now a brigadier general with the British Army (War of 1812), is killed.
1863 For the second time, the Confederate submarine H L Hunley sinks during a practice dive in Charleston Harbor, this time drowning its inventor along with seven crew members.
1878 Thomas A. Edison founds the Edison Electric Light Co.
1880 Victorio, feared leader of the Minbreno Apache, is killed by Mexican troops in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico.
1892 An attempt to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kan., ends in disaster for the Dalton gang as four of the five outlaws are killed and Emmet Dalton is seriously wounded.
1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, is arrested for betraying military secrets to Germany.
1914 Congress passes the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, which labor leader Samuel Gompers calls "labor's charter of freedom." The act exempts unions from anti-trust laws; strikes, picketing and boycotting become legal; corporate interlocking directorates become illegal, as does setting prices which would effect a monopoly.
1917 Mata Hari, a Paris dancer, is executed by the French after being convicted of passing military secrets to the Germans.
1924 German ZR-3 flies 5000 miles, the furthest Zeppelin flight to date.
1941 Odessa, a Russian port on the Black Sea which has been surrounded by German troops for several weeks, is evacuated by Russian troops.
1945 Vichy French Premier Pierre Laval is executed by a firing squad for his wartime collaboration with the Germans.
1950 President Harry Truman meets with General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island to discuss U.N. progress in the Korean War.
1964 Nikita Khrushchev is replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union.
1966 Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale establish the Black Panther Party, an African-American revolutionary socialist political group, in the US.
1969 Rallies for The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam draw over 2 million demonstrators across the US, a quarter million of them in the nation's capital.
1987 The Great Storm of 1987 strikes the UK and Europe during the night of Oct 15-16, killing over 20 people and causing widespread damage.
1989 Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky makes his 1,851st goal, breaking the all-time scoring record in the National Hockey League.
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR, receives Nobel Peace Prize for his work in making his country more open and reducing Cold War tensions.
1997 Andy Green of the UK becomes the first person to break the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere, driving the ThrustSSC supersonic car to a record 763 mph (1,228 km/h).
2003 China launches its first manned space mission, Shenzhou I.
2007 New Zealand police arrest 17 people believed to be part of a paramilitary training camp.
2008 Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 733.08 points, the second-largest percentage drop in the Dow's history.
2011 Protests break out in countries around the globe, under the slogan "United for Global Democracy."
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com .
Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for ..October 15
15-Oct: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=8
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War . Listed by last name and has other info https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Servicemembers Killed in the Vietnam War
The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature.
https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
By: Kipp Hanley
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. To All
This is a repeat from exactly one year ago. Because it is important to your health and well being I have provided it again.
It is never too late to get in better shape. Start walking and go from there.
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Thanks to Carl…..
October 15, 2021
In this newsletter . . .
Don't let the Old Man in
I heard an interview with Clint Eastwood, who is 91-years old and still making wonderful movies. The interviewer asked how at his age he remained so active and creative. Eastwood answered, "You can't let the old man in."
For most of us, researchers say, there is an "inner-geezer" hormone that starts to creep in as early as age 50. Of course, at that young age we don't notice its presence because it is so sneaky and gradual. Yet with each passing year, its boldness grows. And if we don't watch out, in a decade or two it rules.
A total inner-geezer takeover can succeed only because it is nearly invisible, and we really don't realize it is happening while it's happening. It's sneaky. Then one day we take stock of ourselves and realize we don't get around nearly as well as we used to. Our belt size probably has expanded, and we droop. Or reality may suddenly smack us in the face when the doctor doesn't like the look of things at an annual physical.
We may then ask ourselves: Is inner-geezer prevention even possible? Of course most of us will never be as creative as Clint Eastwood, but yes, prevention, to a great extent, is possible.
When we get up in the morning there must be something we look forward to? If there isn't, that inner-geezer hormone is gaining on us.
Resistance training, for one thing, suppresses the nasty hormone, keeping our inner-geezer at bay. What you've heard is true. Resistance exercise — barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, resistance bands — makes us feel good and makes us look good. Thus we spend more time looking forward, not backward. We retain or may even reclaim many of the positive aspects of youth. It's never too late to set age-appropriate goals and to look ahead.
The picture at the top of the page: That's me entering my 70s. I was never a big-time athlete. Yet regardless of some wrinkles and gray hair, I was still in pretty good shape. I didn't get that way by accident. I exercised regularly in a smart way and followed a common sense diet. Years of experience and training taught me how to go about it.
Today, I'm 85. I can't do nearly as much as I could at 70, and certainly not what I could do at 60 or at 50. And I've had a few health bumps along the way.
My own personal training today isn't very complicated: daily walks with my dog and resistance bands exercises. I want to remain as fit and healthy as possible for as long as nature allows. The information I've acquired over the years can be found at the Senior Exercise Central website. It is 100% free.
Please . . . Stay healthy. Stay fit.
Logan
Senior Exercise Central
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To All,
When I was putting today's list together I found the article below and thought it was still appropriate. Just now in my In Box the following came in and is also very familiar to the way I work out these days. The part of Steve Reeves is very appropriate since he was a role model of mine when I was growing up. He actually retired to a place not far from where I live in Poway and was a big walker and exerciser until he passed away. I still teach martial arts during the week but thanks to one of my early students who is now a Tai Chi master I started doing Tai Chi and enjoy it very much.
Skip
(BTW, Logan is 85 and still very active! Good common sense exercise advice.)
http://www.senior-exercise-central.com/The_Gray_Iron_Fitness_Newsletter-wrting-to-seniors.html
Writing to Seniors
Many years ago, I decided to write about fitness for older adults. The first thing I did was decide at what age to call my readers "seniors." So I took a tip from AARP and AMAC, the seniors' advocacy companies that seem to know when anyone anywhere turns 50.
I followed their lead: people age 50 and above would be my core audience, even though 50 seemed to me early in life to be considered a senior.
However, a gradual decline in physical ability does begin even earlier than 50. On average, its starts at somewhere around age 35. Still, most people who take care of themselves are able to perform well, though maybe not at their absolute peak, well into their 40s.
At about age 50, however, consideration to more age-appropriate physical efforts should be given. Certain kinds of workouts or competitions, in fact, may do us more harm than good. Particularly, excessive stress on tendons, ligaments, and joints may result in chronic aches and pains that take the fun out of life later on.
As I got older I first noticed that I didn't recover as quickly after hard workouts. I also experienced some shoulder pain I never had before. Through trial and error, I found that bench pressing made my shoulders sore. I replaced the movement with a variety of push-ups and the pain went away. For me, the push-ups made more sense.
(The bench press, by the way, is notorious. I have known guys — it's usually men — who stubbornly try to push through chronic rotator cuff pain and are eventually unable to do any exercise involving their shoulders. Sometimes surgery corrects this, but not always.) Years ago, I did some long-distance running. I was just a middle-of-the-pack plodder, though I did complete some long, tough events. Today, I sometimes go to watch young family members run in long-distance races. At the finish lines I also invariably see a few very senior runners. I admire their determination. But to tell you the truth some look unhealthy. I think to myself that they'd be better off running shorter distances and putting more effort into some muscle building and strength training.
Dedicated martial artists provide other examples. Many who love the discipline but continue to practice so-called "hard" styles into middle-age and beyond are often rewarded with chronic back and joint problems. Continuing training but changing to softer or so-called "internal" styles might be better choices as they get older.
The late, great Steve Reeves pre-competition full-body workouts lasted from two to three hours of heavy lifting and intensity. Still today, many seniors write and ask about how he trained. I refer them to a site but remind them that his were pre-competition workouts and he was in his 20s. By the time he reached his 70s, he was doing mostly two sets per exercise and working with cables and a Universal machine, not heavy free weights and the intensity of his youth. He never stopped training but he knew enough to adjust and scale down.
Bob Hoffman, who owned the York Barbell Company and years ago published Strength & Health magazine would tell readers: "Train. Don't strain." It was good advice then and it's still good advice today.
Test yourself personally. If in the morning following training days you are not fully recovered, your body is telling you something. You are probably doing too much or pushing too hard. Back off a bit. Take a good look at what and how much you are doing.
Never stop training, but do adjust and make it age-appropriate. Remember that your mission is to stay as fit as possible for as long as possible. Beating yourself up isn't the way to do it.
Stay healthy. Stay fit.
Logan
Senior Exercise Central
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This Day in U S Military History
October 15
1917 – USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.
1918 – Lieutenant Colonel William "Wild Bill" Donovan earned the Medal of Honor while leading his regiment, the 165th Infantry (formerly the 69th New York, the "Fighting 69th" of Civil War fame), 42nd "Rainbow" Division, in an attack to capture a German strongpoint. By acts of personal courage such as rallying platoons of soldiers decimated and about to break from enemy fire, he again led them forward. Though seriously wounded he refused to be evacuated and continued to command his men from a bomb crater. Eventually the Americans did have to withdraw after suffering devastating losses. Donovan started his Guard service by organizing his own cavalry troop which then commanded during its tour of duty on the Mexican border in 1916. He then joined the 69th New York just prior to the mobilization for World War I. Even before earning the Medal of Honor, in July 1918, he displayed extreme courage while leading a battalion in its attack on German positions in the Oureq River (called by the Irish of the 69th as the "O'Rourke River") sector. For this action he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (the Army's second highest medal for valor). In World War II Donovan organized and commanded the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of today's CIA.
1951 – Operation DECOY, a mock amphibious landing near Kojo designed as a feint, was led by the battleship USS Iowa along with six carriers, four cruisers and more than 30 destroyers. Throughout the Korean War, U.S. and allied naval forces maintained a tight blockade of North Korean waters so the enemy could not use the sea to transport troops and supplies. Control of the sea also allowed the UN command to threaten other amphibious landings in the rear of the Chinese and North Korean armies arrayed along the 38th parallel. The enemy took the threat seriously and positioned sizeable troop units along both coasts and far from the front lines where they were badly needed. To keep the enemy's attention focused on the sea, the fleet executed a number of naval feints and demonstrations. In Operation Decoy, Navy aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers attacked Communist defenses around Kojo and Task Force 90 maneuvered as if to land elements of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division near Wonsan. The enemy rushed forces to the coast to defeat amphibious assaults that never came.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BATCHELDER, RICHARD N.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster, 2d Corps. Place and date: Between Catlett and Fairfax Stations, Va., 13-15 October 1863. Entered service at: Manchester, N.H. Born: 27 July 1832, Meredith, N.H. Date of issue: 20 May 1895. Citation: Being ordered to move his trains by a continuous day-and-night march, and without the usual military escort, armed his teamsters and personally commanded them, successfully fighting against heavy odds and bringing his trains through without the loss of a wagon.
DONOVAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, 165th Infantry, 42d Division. Place and date: Near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, 14-15 October 1918. Entered service at: Buffalo, N.Y. Born: 1 January 1883, Buffalo, N.Y. G.O., No.: 56, W.D., 1922. Citation: Lt. Col. Donovan personally led the assaulting wave in an attack upon a very strongly organized position, and when our troops were suffering heavy casualties he encouraged all near him by his example, moving among his men in exposed positions, reorganizing decimated platoons, and accompanying them forward in attacks. When he was wounded in the leg by machine-gun bullets, he refused to be evacuated and continued with his unit until it withdrew to a less exposed position.
*INGRAM, OSMOND K.
Rank and organization: Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 4 August 1887, Alabama. Accredited to. Alabama. Citation: For extraordinary heroism in the presence of the enemy on the occasion of the torpedoing of the Cassin, on 15 October 1917. While the Cassin was searching for the submarine, Ingram sighted the torpedo coming, and realizing that it might strike the ship aft in the vicinity of the depth charges, ran aft with the intention of releasing the depth charges before the torpedo could reach the Cassin. The torpedo struck the ship before he could accomplish his purpose and Ingram was killed by the explosion. The depth charges exploded immediately afterward. His life was sacrificed in an attempt to save the ship and his shipmates, as the damage to the ship would have been much less if he had been able to release the depth charges.
VILLEPIGUE, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division. Place and date: At Vaux-Andigny, France, 15 October 1918. Entered service at. Camden, S.C. Born: 29 March 1896, Camden, S.C. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919. Citation: Having been sent out with 2 other soldiers to scout through the village of Vaux-Andigny, he met with strong resistance from enemy machinegun fire, which killed 1 of his men and wounded the other. Continuing his advance without aid 500 yards in advance of his platoon and in the face of machinegun and artillery fire he encountered 4 of the enemy in a dugout, whom he attacked and killed with a handgrenade. Crawling forward to a point 150 yards in advance of his first encounter, he rushed a machinegun nest, killing 4 and capturing 6 of the enemy and taking 2 light machineguns. After being joined by his platoon he was severely wounded in the arm.
*POMEROY, RALPH E.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company E, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Kumhwa, Korea, 15 October 1952. Entered service at: Quinwood, W. Va. Born: 26 March 1930, Quinwood, W. Va. G.O. No.: 97, 30 December 1953. Citation: Pfc. Pomeroy, a machine gunner with Company E, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. While his comrades were consolidating on a key terrain feature, he manned a machine gun at the end of a communication trench on the forward slope to protect the platoon flank and prevent a surprise attack. When the enemy attacked through a ravine leading directly to his firing position, he immediately opened fire on the advancing troops inflicting a heavy toll in casualties and blunting the assault. At this juncture the enemy directed intense concentrations of artillery and mortar fire on his position in an attempt to neutralize his gun. Despite withering fire and bursting shells, he maintained his heroic stand and poured crippling fire into the ranks of the hostile force until a mortar burst severely wounded him and rendered the gun mount inoperable. Quickly removing the hot, heavy weapon, he cradled it in his arms and, moving forward with grim determination, raked the attacking forces with a hail of fire. Although wounded a second time he pursued his relentless course until his ammunition was expended within 10 feet of the foe and then, using the machine gun as a club, he courageously closed with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat until mortally wounded. Pfc. Pomeroy's consummate valor, inspirational actions and supreme sacrifice enabled the platoon to contain the attack and maintain the integrity of the perimeter, reflecting lasting glory upon himself and upholding the noble traditions of the military service .
ANDERSON, WEBSTER
Rank and organization: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Battery A, 2d Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Infantry Division (Airmobile). Place and date: Tam Ky, Republic of Vietnam, 15 October 1967. Entered service at: Winnsboro, S.C. Born: 15 July 1933, Winnsboro, S.C. Citation: Sfc. Anderson (then S/Sgt.), distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as chief of section in Battery A, against a hostile force. During the early morning hours Battery A's defensive position was attacked by a determined North Vietnamese Army infantry unit supported by heavy mortar, recoilless rifle, rocket propelled grenade and automatic weapon fire. The initial enemy onslaught breached the battery defensive perimeter. Sfc. Anderson, with complete disregard for his personal safety, mounted the exposed parapet of his howitzer position and became the mainstay of the defense of the battery position. Sfc. Anderson directed devastating direct howitzer fire on the assaulting enemy while providing rifle and grenade defensive fire against enemy soldiers attempting to overrun his gun section position. While protecting his crew and directing their fire against the enemy from his exposed position, 2 enemy grenades exploded at his feet knocking him down and severely wounding him in the legs. Despite the excruciating pain and though not able to stand, Sfc. Anderson valorously propped himself on the parapet and continued to direct howitzer fire upon the closing enemy and to encourage his men to fight on. Seeing an enemy grenade land within the gun pit near a wounded member of his gun crew, Sfc. Anderson heedless of his own safety, seized the grenade and attempted to throw it over the parapet to save his men. As the grenade was thrown from the position it exploded and Sfc. Anderson was again grievously wounded. Although only partially conscious and severely wounded, Sfc. Anderson refused medical evacuation and continued to encourage his men in the defense of the position. Sfc. Anderson by his inspirational leadership, professionalism, devotion to duty and complete disregard for his welfare was able to maintain the defense of his section position and to defeat a determined attack. Sfc. Anderson's gallantry and extraordinary heroism at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for October 15, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
15 October
1924: ZR-3 (renamed the Los Angeles) arrived at Lakehurst, N. J. It was the first dirigible sent to the US Navy from Germany under a World War I reparation agreement. (20)
1937: Test pilot Edmund Turney ("Eddie") Allen flew the Boeing XB-15 on its first flight at Boeing Field, Seattle. The specification that produced the XB-15 (originally designated the XLRB-1) began in mid-1933 as "Project A", a project exploring the possibility of flying a very large bomber with a range of 5,000 miles. In April 1934 the US Army Air Corps contracted with Boeing and Martin to design a bomber capable of carrying 2,000 lb. at 200 mph over 5,000 miles. The prototype XB-15 continued to fly long-range goodwill missions and tested heavy lifting of supplies through 1945.
1950: MACKAY TROPHY. In Phase II of Fox Able Three, 91 F-84E Thunderjets from the 27 FEW left Bergstrom AFB for Furstenfeldbruck, Germany, following the same route as the 90-aircraft in Phase I (see 15 September). Bad weather, however, delayed the F-84s at several stops. As a result, the jets did not arrive in Germany until the 28th. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg gave the Mackay Trophy on 11 December 1951 to Col Raymond F. Rudell, the Wing Commander, for this operation. (1) KOREAN WAR. Communist Chinese Forces antiaircraft artillery shot down an F-51 for the first time over the Yalu River near Sinuiju. Headquarters Fifth Air Force in Korea opened in Seoul. (28)
1952: KOREAN WAR. For the amphibious Kojo hoax, assault troops climbed down to assault landing craft, which made a pass at the shore then returned to the ship. In addition, 32 C-119s from the 403d Troop Carrier Wing flew to Chorwon, let down to paradrop altitude of 800 feet, then returned to Taegu AB, S. Korea. (28)
1954: The 92 BMW deployed its B-36s from Fairchild AFB to Andersen AFB for 90 days. This was the first time a complete B-36 wing had deployed overseas. (1)
1958: North American Aviation's X-15A-1 rocket research plane rolled out at Inglewood. (3)
1959: The Air Force Ballistic Missile Committee approved Davis-Monthan AFB as the first Titan II base. (6)
1964: General Dynamics unveiled its TFX Fighter in at Fort Worth. The USAF version became the F-111A.
1969: In New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, the USAF Cambridge Research Laboratory dedicated a 365-foot long, $3.3 million solar vacuum telescope. At 9,200 feet, the telescope viewed solar centers of activity (sunspots, magnetic fields, and solar flares). It was also part of the Global Flare Patrol Network supporting Apollo XII. (5) (16)
1970: TROPIC MOON. From Ubon RTAFB, the 13 BS flew its first night interdiction combat mission in Vietnam with the B-57G. (17)
1985: The T-46 Next Generation Training made its first flight at Edwards AFB. (16) (26)
1999: A 62 AW C-17 from McChord AFB landed a Globemaster III on an airstrip of frozen seawater at McMurdo NAS in Antarctica. The first flight of a C-17 to there delivered a cargo of mail, fresh fruit, vegetables, and a telescope for the National Science Foundation scientists to use at the South Pole to study black holes in the Milky Way galaxy. (22)
2000: MACKAY TROPHY/ATTACK ON THE USS COLE. Crews from the 75 AS and 86 AES earned the trophy for evacuating 28 survivors of a 12 October terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen. Trophy recipients included: Lt Col Kirk Nailling; Majs Kathryn Drake, Lola Casby and Thomas Jenkins; Capts Donna Fournier, Karey Dufour, Karin Peterson, and Natalie Sykes; and SSgts Brad Atherton, Juan Garza, Alan Woodridge, Anna Duffner, Chad Shusko, Ed Franceschina and Heather Robinson. (AFNEWS Article 1655, 20 Nov 2001) (21)
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An interesting note from a year ago
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/10/james-howard-kunstler/all-this-and-world-war-too/
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