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DC-130A with babies, AQM-34L, AQM-34Q, AQM-34G.

T-43A

Avanti tempesta!

Nah, not yet ;-) Pilot seat only ;-)

Only a few seconds of video, less than a second for the aircraft - ever wanna see what 500+ knots looks like from 100' away?

the Tomcats on the Midway were an emergency weather divert and remained overnight. The problem on Midway was not the catapult, plenty strong enough. The JBD's were not wide enough and would have needed to be replaced to actually operate from the ship. That divert occurred in 1983. When I left CVW-5 the ship was preparing to transition to updated aircraft including the E-2C and F-18A. I'm not sure when Midway transitioned to F-18's but she definitely did and operated F-18's during the Gulf War by 1991. later when I was flying the NEACP (now the NAOC) we tracked the aircraft status and locations of certain ships (don't ask why......) so by 1986 the Coral Sea was absolutely operating F-18's.

I've heard from relatives in the area, all safe. over 22" of rain and counting

Aboard the R 101 Mazarin Patroling the Skys of Dhimar in 1965 WIP

Bring any thoughts to mind?

Experiments With Sea States And Shadows.

Defending russian interests over Syria

Having Fun, More Than One Way To Skin A Cat With Limited Resources, Scales Obviously Look Off But It Serves The Purpose. Two versions of the SSC-2 were developed from the Soviet "KENNEL" air-to-surface anti-shipping missile. They resemble a small jet fighter in appearance and are transported on one-axle semitrailers. The field missile SSC-2a "SALISH" is launched from its transport semitrailer which is towed by a KrAZ-214 tractor truck The SSC-2b "SAMLET" coastal missile transport semitrailer is towed by a ZIL-157V tractor truck and is not used for launching. The missile must be removed from the transport semitrailer and placed on a large rail-type launcher for firing. The "SAMLET" coastal defense missile is the most commonly encountered cruise missile, and has been identified in East Germany and Poland. Another Note of Interest From The Archives Of History. SSC-2a Salish was a nuclear capable mobile launching system designed for ground combat. With a 12 kiloton warhead and 180km range it entered the equipment of Soviet and DDR forces in 1957. It carried nuclear warheads with yields from 5 to 14 kilotons. Unknown to the US military during the Cuban missile crisis, two FKR regiments (the 561st and 584th) armed with 80 fourteen kiloton warheads were positioned in Cuba — one to attack the American base at Guantanamo with the second positioned near Havana to destroy any units attempting landings. Although some authorities dispute whether local commanders had authority to use these theater nuclear weapons, the weapons were present and it is argued that if pressured, Soviet soldiers might have used them.

Slowly but steady, ... working upwards through the numbers