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To All,

.Good Monday morning 18 November. Well we had a bad night Saturday.  And spent a lot of time yesterday trying to once again beef up the chicken coop. We lost 3 (2 dead and one missing) hens and one is in solitary in the  house to try to Save her. The largest bobcat we have seen is on the ring camera spent time and finally got in , Got a lot of leaves raked up and three of the large green cans filled and enough in a pile to fill up a fourth one. 9230 steps yesterday. Have a great week.

Make it a GREAT Day

Regards,

Skip

 

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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 84 H-Grams  .

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 This day in Naval and Marine Corps History . 

November 18

 

1889 The battleship Maine launches at the New York Navy Yard.

 

1915 - Marines participated in the Battle of Fort Riviere during the occupation of Haiti.

 

1922 In a PT seaplane, Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting makes the first catapult launching from an aircraft carrier at anchor, USS Langley (CV 1), in the York River.

 

1943 USS Bluefish (SS 222) sinks the Japanese destroyer Sanae and damages the oiler Ondo 90 miles south of Basilan Island.

 

1944 USS Blackfin (SS 322) diverts from her war patrol and picks up captured Japanese cryptographic and technical equipment, along with other secret documents, west of Camurong River on the north coast of Mindoro, Philippines.

 

1944 USS Peto (SS 265), USS Spadefish (SS 411), and USS Sunfish (SS 281) attack the same Japanese convoy in the East China. Peto sinks army cargo ships Aisakasan Maru and Chinkai Maru. Spadefish sinks auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 156 and Sunfish sinks army transport Seisho Maru.

 

1962 USS Currituck (AV 7) rescues 13 Japanese fishermen from their disabled fishing boat Seiyu Maru, which was damaged in Typhoon Karen.

 

2017 The U.S. Navy's Undersea Rescue Command (URC) deploys to Argentina to support the South American nation's search for the Argentinean Navy submarine A.R.A. San Juan in the Southern Atlantic. The boat went missing on Nov. 15.  The Argentinian Navy called off the ensuing rescue mission on Nov. 30 and shifted its focus to locating the boat and determining the cause of its disappearance.

 

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This day in World History

 

1477 William Claxton publishes the first dated book printed in England. It is a translation from the French of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosopers by Earl Rivers.

 1626 St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome is officially dedicated.

 1861 The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia.

 1865 Mark Twain's first story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.

 1901 The second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is signed. The United States is given extensive rights by Britain for building and operating a canal through Central America.

1905 The Norwegian Parliament elects Prince Charles of Denmark to be the next King of Norway. Prince Charles takes the name Haakon VII.

 1906 Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

 1912 Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire.

 1921 New York City considers varying work hours to avoid long traffic jams.

 1928 Mickey mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willie, the first animated talking picture.

1936 The main span of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is joined.

 1939 The Irish Republican Army explodes three bombs in Piccadilly Circus.

 1943 RAF bombs Berlin, using 440 aircraft and losing nine of those and 53 air crew members; damage to the German capital is light, with 131 dead.

 1949 The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days.

 1950 The Bureau of Mines discloses its first production of oil from coal in practical amounts.

 1968 Soviets recover the Zond 6 spacecraft after a flight around the moon.

 1978 Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after cult member killed Congressman Leo J. Ryan of California.

1983 Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.

 1984 The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine.

 1991 The Croatian city of Vukovar surrenders to Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces after an 87-day siege.

 1993 Twenty-one political parties approve a new constitution for South Africa that expands voter rights and ends the rule of the country's white minority.

 2002 UN weapons inspectors under Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.

 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules the state's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional; the legislature fails to act within the mandated 180 days, and on May 17,

2004, Massachusetts becomes the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage

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Thanks to the Bear. .

OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER ….

. rollingthunderremembered.com .

 

Thanks to Micro

To remind folks that these are from the Vietnam Air Losses site that Micro put together. You click on the url below and get what happened each day to the crew of the aircraft. ……Skip

This one has an interesting story with some pictures

From Vietnam Air Losses site for Saturday November 16

November 16: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=2393

 

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 Service members Killed in the Vietnam War

The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature.

 

  https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )

 

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THE FITH ONE FROM SHADOW

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Monday Morning Humor Thanks to Al

 

I was thinking…

• Before the crowbar was invented, did crows have to drink at home?
• When my friend David had his ID stolen, did he become just Dav?
• If a few puns make me numb, do math puns make me number?
• Do Norwegian ships have bar codes so you can scan day navy in?
• If money doesn't grow on trees, why do banks have branches?
• If I tried calling the tinnitus helpline, would it just keep ringing?
• When there was a break-in at the Apple store, were there any i-witnesses?
• Just because you are offended, it doesn't mean you're right.
• If there was a Star Wars 12, would it be called Luke Needs a Walker?
• I once shot a man with a paintball just to watch him dye.
• Is my fear of over-engineered buildings a complex complex complex?
• Do you call a hippies wife Mississippi?
• Do you think memory foam mattresses wish they could forget?
• A joke doesn't become a dad joke until it's full groan.

 

Submitted by Mark Logan and Colleen Grosso:

 

I was thinking…

• Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
• Why is the third hand on a watch called the second hand?
• If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
• If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
• Why do we say something is out of whack?  What is a whack?
• Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
• Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
• Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
• Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
• Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
• Why is it called "after dark" when it is really "after light"?
• Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
• Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
• Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
• Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
• If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
• If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
• If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
• If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
• Why is bra singular and panties plural?
• Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
• Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
• How come abbreviated is such a long word?
• 24.  Why do we wash bath towels?   Aren't we clean when we use them?
• Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
• Why do they call it a T V set when you only have one?
• Christmas … What other time of year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?

 

I was thinking…

• Did the little mermaid wear seashells because A and B shells were too small?
• Do gun manuals have a troubleshooting section?
• Never trust a train…they have loco motives.
• I got my wife a new fridge and she must be happy because her face lit up when she opened it.
• When I looked up opaque in the dictionary, the definition wasn't very clear.
• Spiders and snakes are a vital part of the eek-osystem.
• I have a chicken proof lawn…it's impeccable.
• Will the first restaurant on the moon fail because of no atmosphere?
• Do you think the little mermaid wears an algebra to math class?
• My new stair lift is driving me up the wall.
• Insect puns really bug me.
• Do ducks have feathers to cover their butt quacks?
• Not all math puns are bad, just sum of them.
• When my wife got a job at the zoo, I knew she was a keeper.
• If you wear glasses to math class, does it improve your division.
• If ironmen eat steel, do they sheet metal?
• Is Iceland only one sea away from Ireland?
• Texting and driving is not wreckommended.

 

Submitted by Dave Harris:

 

I was thinking…

• If a bottle of poison reaches its expiration date, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?
• Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?
• Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?
• Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.
• Have you noticed that he word "swims" upside-down is still "swims".
• Over 100 years ago, everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.
• If people evolved from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?
• Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?
• Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it the most never use it.
• It's not my age that bothers me - it's the side effects.
• As I've gotten older, people think I've become lazy. The truth is I'm just being more energy-efficient.
• The reason I haven't gotten anything done today, I've been in the Produce Department trying to open this stupid plastic bag.
• Turns out that being a "senior" is mostly just googling how to do stuff.
• The reason I'm on two simultaneous diets. I wasn't getting enough food on one.
• I put my scale in the bathroom corner and that's where the little liar will stay until it apologizes.
• Sometimes my mind is like an internet browser. At least 18 open tabs, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no clue where the music is coming from.
• It's hard to believe I once had a phone attached to a wall, and when it rang, I picked it up without knowing who was calling.
• My wife says I keep pushing her buttons. If that were true, I would have found mute by now.

 

Submitted by Peggy Yunghahn:

 

I was doing some serious thinking…

• Modern slaves are not in chains, they are in debt.
• No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all.
• In life, it's important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong.
• Don't trust everything you see.  Even salt looks like sugar.
• A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it's built for.
• A smart person knows what to say.  A wise person knows whether to say it or not.
• Any fool can know.  The point is to understand.
• I fear the day is approaching when technology will surpass our human interaction and the world will have a generation of idiots.
• Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like NASCAR drivers, then we know who owns them.
• I America, we call it lobbying.  Everywhere else, they call it bribery and corruption.
• When debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers.
• Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.

 

 

Have a great week,

Al

 

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. Thanks to Barrett ...

 

In case you're a serious F-14 aficionado …

The Big Rock Tomcat Mountain.  Found WLFSE.

That happens a lot.

http://forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/f14_tomcat.html

Forgotten Jets (& Props) - A Warbirds Resource Group Site

Forgotten Jets tracking the service histories of military aircraft.

forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org

Disposition of numerous A models.  Others w. no delivery dates but shows A models converted to B/D plus TARPS birds.

All Iranian s/ns included with BuNos.

 

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. From the archives

Thanks to Newell

A chuckle-worthy pessimistic observation of our times:

 

"We grew up with Bob Hope, Steve Jobs and Johnny Cash.

Now there are no jobs, no cash and no hope.

Please do not let anything happen to Kevin Bacon!"

 

Scorpio

 

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Thanks to Dave…..I think

Hi there

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❌ Misplacing your keys…

❌ Forgetting a name…

❌ Or losing your train of thought.

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If you struggle to park your car flush between the lines…

It may be an urgent sign you need to get your memory checked.

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To your health,
Dave

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Thanks to Nice News

Although thinking of tasks may not seem like a recipe for rest, lead author Michael Scullin told the BBC the ritual is an act of "cognitive offloading." In this sense, the list serves as a filing system of sorts to relieve mental load, which can then reduce stress and make getting a good night's sleep easier.

 

So how much should you write? Scullin said being specific and comprehensive is best, noting participants who wrote 10 or more tasks snoozed the fastest.

 

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Remember that at the start of WWII many generals and admirals were put out to pasture..Skip

 

Thanks to Mugs

We really need this!

 

Mugs

Firing Incompetent and Woke Generals Is Necessary, Not 'Fascism'

Jarrett Stepman | November 14, 2024

 

 

Firing incompetent generals is a good thing. In fact, it might be what the military needs right now to regain the confidence of the American people.

According to a number of reports, President-elect Donald Trump will be creating a commission to review leaders in the military with the assumption that many of the top brass will be fired.

Trump will be using a "warrior board" of retired officers, The Hill reported, to review our current crop of three- and four-star officers and will weed out the ones the commission disapproves of.

Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth—an Army veteran who has been awarded two Bronze Stars, and who served in Iraq and Afghanistan—said in past interviews that it's necessary to remove "woke" senior military officials who have left the U.S. armed forces in a sorry state.

"First of all, you've got to fire [the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] and obviously you've got to bring in a new secretary of defense, but any general that was involved—general, admiral, whatever—that was involved in any of the DEI woke s—, has got to go," Hegseth said in an early November interview on "The Shawn Ryan Show" podcast. DEI is shorthand for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Trump and Hegseth—the author of "The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free" and "Modern Warriors: Real Stories from Real Heroes"—clearly intend to shake up the military at the top.

The Left, however, isn't taking it well.

Legacy media is reporting on that development as if it's some kind of ominous sign that Trump will "politicize" the military. They are even calling it a "purge."

One left-wing podcaster, Fred Wellman, who includes "democracy advocate" in his X bio, even posted that removing generals is "truly fascist."

Ah, yes, civilian control of the military, so fascist.

For a quick history lesson, a president's removal of generals and other high-ranking military leaders—especially after years of relative "peace"—has often been a significant boon, not a hindrance, to the military.

Peacetime militaries—and I only use that phrase loosely to refer to our own era of near-constant, low-level asymmetrical conflicts—frequently calcify. Leaders who successfully navigate the bureaucratic treadmill to make it to the top ranks in those times are frequently not the best wartime leaders.

Militaries need to be shaken up from time to time.

In the War of 1812, many American military officers were holdovers from the American Revolution. Many had grown old and ineffective. The crucible of war allowed junior commanders like Winfield Scott to emerge as a brilliant young general who would prove instrumental in that war and future conflicts.

In the Civil War, there was a tremendous shake-up of the senior ranks on both sides.

Marginal officers like Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, who was almost entirely overlooked at the Virginia Military Institute, proved himself to be one of the most astoundingly gifted military commanders once he had a chance to prove himself in battle.

Abraham Lincoln suffered through far too many mediocrities at the top before finding war winners like Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. Almost none of the top commanders at the beginning of the war ended up in the same place by the war's end.

Right now, the United States clearly needs a shake-up at the Pentagon in the worst way.

The world is in turmoil, thanks in no small part to the Biden administration, and we are closer to seeing an actual peer-to-peer conflict than perhaps at any point since World War II.

Yet, many on the Left are hyperventilating about the move. Why? It's a pretty good sign that they know they've made serious inroads into military institutions that are historically traditional and conservative. They don't want to lose their grip on the military, just as they fear losing control of any other institution they dominate.

The primary issue, beyond typical military calcification, is that our current military leadership appears to be filled with those who have floated to the top amid the general woke-ification of American society and government.

It's not Trump who will be "politicizing" the military; it's the military itself that has been politicized. DEI, critical race theory, and other radical ideologies have been force-fed into military institutions, and the Biden administration was only too happy to accelerate that transformation.

They justified DEI by saying that it would create a better, more cohesive military and deepen the pool of recruits. That was the same unproven, bogus argument corporate America made when it went whole hog on "diversity" to the point of climbing aboard the discrimination bandwagon.

But much like the corporate DEI push—which proved a financial liability, rather than a boon—the military DEI advocacy has failed to "succeed" by even the most basic measures.

Nearly every branch of the military now faces a historic recruitment crisis, not to mention a surge in worrisome incidents that suggest a decline in competence and warfighting capability.

To make matters worse—and this is why Trump's shake-up is almost certainly necessary—the military has failed to hold anyone at the top accountable for notable failures on the international stage.

Those failures have significantly weakened this country's prestige and credibility abroad.

Most notably was the shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan. After that failure, nobody at the top got fired. The Biden administration and the military moved on, as if nothing had happened.

If we can't handle our business against the Taliban, isn't it worth questioning our ability to counter far greater potential adversaries, such as China?

To underscore the notion that the military has lost all accountability at the top, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin disappeared for nearly a week early this year to take care of a health issue before notifying the president.

If these are the sorts of "invaluable" leaders we may lose if Trump gets his way, it's hard not to see the president-to-be's "warrior board" as a net positive. This country should expect a lot better of its military.

This seems like an important moment for a "democratic" correction to a military that has seen a sharp decline in public trust.

Under Biden, the buck stopped nowhere. With Trump, maybe more capable leaders will have a chance to rise to the top and get our military back to focusing on preparedness and defending the American people.

Trump's Plan to Shake Up Military Will Be Helpful, Not Harmful

 

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. From the archives

 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/retired-canadian-general-receives-standing-ovation-after-fiery-anti-woke-speech/?utm_source=daily-usa-2022-11-18&utm_medium=email

Retired Canadian general receives standing ovation after fiery anti-woke speech 'Can you imagine a military leader labeling half of his command as deplorables, fringe radicals and less-thans and then expect them to fight as one?'

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – After accepting a top award, a retired Canadian general received a standing ovation from senior military officers for giving a rousing speech blasting cancel culture, climate change policies, woke aspects of the armed forces, and leaders who "divide." 

The speech was made by retired Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve on November 9 in Ottawa at a gala event, at which he accepted the prestigious Vimy Award.

During his speech, Maisonneuve, who is a 35-year Canadian Armed Forces veteran, was direct in his take on the current leadership of Canada under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, without directly naming people. 

"Can you imagine a military leader labeling half of his command as deplorables, fringe radicals and less-thans and then expect them to fight as one?" Maisonneuve asked rhetorically.

"Today's leaders must find a way to unite; not divide."

Maisonneuve's statement seems to be a reference to a remark made by Trudeau during the anti-mandate Freedom Convoy protest – which featured noticeable support from active and retired members of the nation's armed forces – in which the prime minister said that those  opposing his measures  were of a "small, fringe minority" who hold "unacceptable views."

In the speech, Maisonneuve lamented how Canada was once a "great" nation, but in recent years has faltered in being a leader in the world.

"Since this is my speech, I get to share what I believe Canada needs to do to take the world stage again," said Maisonneuve. "What will it take? Well, I believe it will take leadership and service. These two crucial foundations of greatness for any nation have somehow become secondary — lost in these days of entitlement, 'me first', 'not my problem' and endless subsidies and handouts."

Maisonneuve noted how leaders "should" take "responsibility" when aspects of a nation fail, and that leaders have used social media as a tool in essence steer clear from being truthful.

He noted how today, "cancel culture still flourishes and there is no call for redaction or amendment even when accusations are proved false. Truth is not a requirement; once cancelled, you are done."

Maisonneuve then took a swipe at today's mainstream press, saying that "balanced journalism is difficult to find," adding that the practice of presenting the truth or "facts" is "no longer compulsory in mainstream media."

"The line between 'news' and op-eds has blurred and too often we are subjected to sermons written not by seasoned journalists but by first-year graduates of woke journalism schools," he charged.

 

Maisonneuve said that when it comes to forms of "extremism" on both the left and right, it seems to be "flourishing." 

"Canada's prosperity is being sacrificed at the altar of climate change as opposed to being used to help the world transition to clean energy. Throwing soup and paint at the world's art treasures is as heinous as it is useless. The perpetrators should be punished, not celebrated," stated Maisonneuve.

 

Maisonneuve then noted how cancel culture and entitlement have resulted in one not taking "personal responsibility" for their actions, a phenomenon he says has "disappeared from the landscape while the phenomenon of collective apologies flourishes in our country."

"Individuals and groups fight over who gets to wear the coveted victim's cloak. But any role they may have played in their own fate or in injuring others is dismissed as learned behaviour, inherited flaws or generational oppression," pressed the veteran.

Maisonneuve said that "enough statues have been toppled," and that "erasing our history is not the solution."

He then gave his thoughts on new military dress codes which allow for those in uniform to color their hair, grow beards, and have more choices in what they wear. 

"Today, I see a military woefully underfunded, undermanned and under-appreciated; a force where uniforms have become a means of personal expression rather than a symbol of collective pride and unity: uniforms are no longer uniform," he lamented.

"The idea of serving in our armed forces is getting little traction. Could it be because the moral contract under which our military serve is broken?"

Ending on a positive note, Maisonneuve said that despite all this, he still believes "we can make Canada better."

"We Canadians live in the greatest country in the world with almost unlimited resources, a tolerant and diverse people, and an educated population who can aspire to the greatest heights. We should be prepared to serve our country and be proud to do so. And our leaders must share this vision."

 

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.Thanks to John who sent this after reading about YP's flight gear description in his tale of flying cross country in an open cockpit and freezing his Hinny off

https://images.app.goo.gl/2XVg622CFxkVtHP28

 

Magnificent Men flight suits 

 

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This Day in U S Military History November 18

 

1883 – At exactly noon on this day, American and Canadian railroads begin using four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times. The bold move was emblematic of the power shared by the railroad companies. The need for continental time zones stemmed directly from the problems of moving passengers and freight over the thousands of miles of rail line that covered North America by the 1880s. Since human beings had first begun keeping track of time, they set their clocks to the local movement of the sun. Even as late as the 1880s, most towns in the U.S. had their own local time, generally based on "high noon," or the time when the sun was at its highest point in the sky. As railroads began to shrink the travel time between cities from days or months to mere hours, however, these local times became a scheduling nightmare. Railroad timetables in major cities listed dozens of different arrival and departure times for the same train, each linked to a different local time zone. Efficient rail transportation demanded a more uniform time-keeping system. Rather than turning to the federal governments of the United States and Canada to create a North American system of time zones, the powerful railroad companies took it upon themselves to create a new time code system. The companies agreed to divide the continent into four time zones; the dividing lines adopted were very close to the ones we still use today. Most Americans and Canadians quickly embraced their new time zones, since railroads were often their lifeblood and main link with the rest of the world. However, it was not until 1918 that Congress officially adopted the railroad time zones and put them under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

1952 – F9F Panthers from the USS Oriskany shot down two Russian MiG jet fighters and damaged a third over North Korea. The Russian MiGs had been operating from a base near Vladivostok.

1955 – Bell X-2 rocket plane was taken up for its 1st powered flight. The Bell X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft designed to investigate the structural effects of aerodynamic heating as well as stability and control effectiveness at high speeds and altitudes. Two X-2 airframes, nicknamed "Starbuster," were built at Bell's plant in Wheatfield, N.Y., using stainless steel and K-monel (a copper-nickel alloy). The vehicles were designed to employ a two-chamber Curtiss-Wright XLR25 throttleable liquid-fueled rocket engine. It had a variable thrust rating from 2,500 to 15,000 pounds. The X-2 was equipped with an escape capsule for the pilot. In an emergency, the entire nose assembly would jettison and deploy a stabilizing parachute. Once at a safe altitude, the pilot would then manually open the canopy and bail out. The first attempt at a powered flight took place on Oct. 25, 1955, but a nitrogen leak resulted in a decision to change the flight plan. Everest completed the mission as a glide flight. An aborted second attempt ended as a captive flight. Everest finally made the first powered X-2 flight on Nov. 18, igniting only the 5,000-pound-thrust chamber. His maximum speed during the mission was Mach 0.95. Following several aborted attempts, Everest completed a second powered flight on March 24, 1956, this time only igniting the 10,000-pound-thrust rocket chamber.

 

Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day

 

NIETZEL, ALFRED B.

Rank and Organization: Sergeant.  U.S. Army. Company H, 16th Infantry Regiment. 1st Infantry Division.  Place and Date: November 18, 1944, Heistern, Germany.  Born: April 27, 1921, Queens, NY .  Departed: Yes (11/18/1944).  Entered Service At: Jamaica, NY.  G.O. Number: .  Date of Issue: 03/18/2014.  Accredited To: .  Citation:  Nietzel is being recognized for his valorous actions in Heistern, Germany, Nov. 18, 1944. When an enemy assault threatened to overrun his unit's position, Nietzel selflessly covered for the retreating members of his squad, expending all his ammunition and holding his post until he was killed by an enemy hand grenade.

 

DAVIS, SAMMY L.

Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Battery C, 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division. Place and date: West of Cai Lay, Republic of Vietnam, 18 November 1967. Entered service at: Indianapolis, Ind. Born: 1 November 1946, Dayton, Ohio. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Davis (then Pfc.) distinguished himself during the early morning hours while serving as a cannoneer with Battery C, at a remote fire support base. At approximately 0200 hours, the fire support base was under heavy enemy mortar attack. Simultaneously, an estimated reinforced Viet Cong battalion launched a fierce ground assault upon the fire support base. The attacking enemy drove to within 25 meters of the friendly positions. Only a river separated the Viet Cong from the fire support base. Detecting a nearby enemy position, Sgt. Davis seized a machine gun and provided covering fire for his guncrew, as they attempted to bring direct artillery fire on the enemy. Despite his efforts, an enemy recoilless rifle round scored a direct hit upon the artillery piece. The resultant blast hurled the guncrew from their weapon and blew Sgt. Davis into a foxhole. He struggled to his feet and returned to the howitzer, which was burning furiously. Ignoring repeated warnings to seek cover, Sgt. Davis rammed a shell into the gun. Disregarding a withering hail of enemy fire directed against his position, he aimed and fired the howitzer which rolled backward, knocking Sgt. Davis violently to the ground. Undaunted, he returned to the weapon to fire again when an enemy mortar round exploded within 20 meters of his position, injuring him painfully. Nevertheless, Sgt. Davis loaded the artillery piece, aimed and fired. Again he was knocked down by the recoil. In complete disregard for his safety, Sgt. Davis loaded and fired 3 more shells into the enemy. Disregarding his extensive injuries and his inability to swim, Sgt. Davis picked up an air mattress and struck out across the deep river to rescue 3 wounded comrades on the far side. Upon reaching the 3 wounded men, he stood upright and fired into the dense vegetation to prevent the Viet Cong from advancing. While the most seriously wounded soldier was helped across the river, Sgt. Davis protected the 2 remaining casualties until he could pull them across the river to the fire support base. Though suffering from painful wounds, he refused medical attention, joining another howitzer crew which fired at the large Viet Cong force until it broke contact and fled. Sgt. Davis' extraordinary heroism, at the risk of his life, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.

 

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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for November 18,  FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY

 

18 November

1915: The 1st Aero Squadron started the first squadron cross-country flight for the Army Air Service by flying 6 Curtiss JN-3s 439 miles from Fort Sill, Okla., to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. (24)

1916: Seven JN-4s of the 1st Aero Company, New York National Guard, under the command of Capt Raynal Cawthorne Bolling, completed the first National Guard cross-country formation flight from Mineola to Princeton, New Jersey. They completed the return flight on the 20th. (24)

1917: With Tellier seaplanes, the Navy began US aerial coastal patrols in European waters flying from LeCroisic, France, at the mouth of the Loire River. 1923: The first aerial refueling-related fatality occurred during an air show at Kelly Field, when the fuel hose became entangled in the right wings of the refueler and the receiver aircraft. The Army Air Service pilot of the refueler, Lt P. T. Wagner, died in the ensuing crash. (18)

1944: Fifteenth Air Force sent 680 heavy bombers to oil refineries in Austria and Italian airfields at Aviano, Villafranca di Verona, Udine, and Vicenza, with 186 P-51s providing air cover over. (4)

1949: An Air Force C-74 Globemaster, "The Champ," flew from Mobile, Ala., across the Atlantic in 23 hours and landed at Marham, England, with a record of 103 passengers. It was the first aircraft to carry 100 passengers across the Atlantic. (20) (24)

1950: KOREAN WAR. A USAF fighter group moved to N. Korea for the first time. The 35 FIG, the first fighter group based in S. Korea, settled at Yonpo Airfield, near Hungnam. (28)

1951: KOREAN WAR. F-86 aircraft strafed eight MiG fighters on the ground at Uiju, destroyed four, and damaged the rest. MiG-15s forced three flights of F-84 fighter-bombers to jettison their bombs and abort prebriefed rail-cutting missions near Sinanju. (28)

1952: KOREAN WAR. When USN Task Force 77 attacked the N. Korean border town of Hoeryong in the far northeast, unmarked but obviously Russian MiG-15s flying from Vladivostok attacked the fleet. Carrier-based F9F aircraft engaged several MiGs and downed one of them. In MiG Alley, a 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron pilot, Capt Leonard W. Lilley, scored his fifth MiG kill to become an ace. (28) KOREAN WAR. Through 19 November, six 98th Bombardment Wing B-29s attacked the supply center at Sonchon, 35 miles from the Manchurian border. In clear weather over the target area, enemy interceptors used new tactics to shot down one B-29. They dropped flares so that searchlights could lock on the bomber, and four fighter passes riddled it, which forced its crew to abandon ship over Cho-do. (28)

1954: The first flight test of an inertial guidance system for actual missile use (Navaho X-10) conducted at Downey. (24)

1955: Lt Col Frank K. Everest, Jr., flew the X-2 rocket plane on its first powered flight above Edwards AFB. (3)

1966: Maj William J. Knight flew X-15A-2 to a new speed record for X-15 aircraft by reaching 4,223 MPH. Lockheed delivered the first HC–130P to the ARRS. The HC-130P included a drogue system to permit aerial refueling from HH-3 helicopters. (18)

1967: Flight testing of laser guided bombs started at Eglin AFB. 1970: Through 16 December, MAC C-141s and C-130s delivered more than 140 tons of supplies and equipment from the US and from US bases in the Far East to East Pakistan after a cyclone flooded the country. (21)

1989: Northrop's B-2A bomber completed its seventh test flight. During the 7-hour 17-minute flight, the pilot shut down and restarted each engine. (8: Feb 90)

1994: A C-17 Globemaster III landed at North Field near Charleston AFB with a 161,000-pound payload on 2,100 feet of runway to set a new record and meet a critical program requirement to land fully loaded on a runway no longer than 3,000 feet. (16) (18)

1997: Operation PHOENIX SCORPION. The ANG's Northeast Tanker Task Force (TTF) in Bangor, Maine began 24-hour operations to support the movement of USAF aircraft to the Persian Gulf after Saddam Hussein refused to allow U.N. inspections of suspected weapons of mass destruction facilities. The TTF, with 4 USAF and 10 ANG KC-135s, delivered over 1 million pounds of jet fuel to USAF aircraft during the week-long operation. (32)

 

Know the Past...

 

 

The U.S. Nuclear Propulsion Program (or Manned Nuclear Aircraft Program) began in May 1946. This after Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation, received the first formal study contract. The objective, to determine the feasibility of nuclear energy for the propulsion of aircraft. The Fairchild project known as the Nuclear Energy for Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) began at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN. Work at Oak Ridge proved building a nuclear aircraft was feasible and defined the major approaches to the program. As a result, the Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) joined forces in the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Program. In 1951, they contracted with the General Electric (GE) Company at Evendale, Ohio to, "…develop a nuclear aircraft propulsion system through an exacting research, development, design and component-test program on reactors, materials, shielding and an over-all nuclear power plant."

As an aside, the individual in charge of the ANP Program held both U.S. Air Force and AEC positions. Maj. Gen. Donald L. Keirn served from 1950 to 1959 as the AEC assistant director for its aircraft reactors branch and in the Air Force as Deputy Chief of Staff/Development for Nuclear Systems. Gen. Keirn was a fitting choice, tasked by Gen. Hap Arnold in 1941, a major at the time, to lead the Air Force Project Office developing the first U.S. turbojet engine developed by GE.  After his retirement in 1959, Brig. Gen. Irving L. Branch wore the dual hats until the program was halted in March of 1961.

The objective of the ANP Program expanded to include the demonstration of nuclear-powered flight. Still in 1952, the Air Force decided that direct nuclear cycle engine developments were progressing well and began construction of a power plant for the Convair B-36 flight testing and targeted for 1956 for the first flight. In 1953 the Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson abruptly cancelled the B-36 experimental flight program, contending "that experimental "proof-of-principle" flights were worthless unless they were performed by a prototype for as an actual weapon systems."

Though Air Force leaders cancelled developments for a B-36 nuclear powered aircraft, a Convair B-36, designated as the NB5-36H and specially refitted to contain a fully operational nuclear reactor however, the NB-36H did not use the reactor for propulsion.

Everything changed in January 1961 as President John F. Kennedy entered his official duties and directed a review of all military projects. Not long after, GE, P&W and Convair all received official contract termination notices in March 1961. As the space race leapt full speed into the nation's purview, it was not long before the Atomic Energy Commission began working with companies to develop nuclear rocket engines (Project Rover) and nuclear ramjet (Project Pluto). These programs had potential here on earth and in space for both military and civilian applications.

https://www.afmc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2664365/history-in-two-manned-nuclear-aircraft-program/

 

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