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The Anniversary Of The Doolittle Raid
April 18, 2022, 10:35 AM
Flash-LBThe Anniversary Of The Doolittle Raid
April 18, 1942
April 18, 2022, 11:23 AM
1KPerDayBig brass ones.
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My hovercraft is full of eels.
April 18, 2022, 11:32 AM
corsairGiant, big and heavy.
April 18, 2022, 11:42 AM
V-Tail
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים April 18, 2022, 11:49 AM
BOATTRASH1Hurlburt and Eglin are having a flyby today along the beach. Sounds like it will be everything in the local inventory plus maybe a B-25 will show up too. A C-130 gunship, a C-130 Combat Talon,
V-22, F-15, F-22, F-35, F-16, F-18.
At 1700 East along the beach from down by Hurlburt Field past the boardwalk and on to Destin.
April 18, 2022, 12:22 PM
1KPerDayquote:
Originally posted by BOATTRASH1:
Hurlburt and Eglin are having a flyby today along the beach. Sounds like it will be everything in the local inventory plus maybe a B-25 will show up too. A C-130 gunship, a C-130 Combat Talon,
V-22, F-15, F-22, F-35, F-16, F-18.
At 1700 East along the beach from down by Hurlburt Field past the boardwalk and on to Destin.
I would LOVE to see that. Super cool.
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My hovercraft is full of eels.
April 18, 2022, 12:35 PM
PASigAll those Raiders are gone now...
They have "slipped the surly bonds of Earth"
April 18, 2022, 12:36 PM
sigmonkeyYes. And the final "toast of the goblet".
RIP brave men, all of them.
And, Thank You.
-Grateful American
(Hand, Salute)
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! April 18, 2022, 01:03 PM
TMatsAFSOC FB page is supposed to be live streaming the 80th Anniversary Final Goblet Ceremony at 1400 EDT (in other words, right now). I’m having trouble getting it to work right now.
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despite them
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! April 18, 2022, 01:09 PM
Fly-SigDoolittle's autobiography "I Could Never Be So Lucky Again" is a must-read.
One of my treasured possessions is an autographed photo of General Dolittle.
April 18, 2022, 01:13 PM
TMatsOk, it’s streaming now
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despite them
April 18, 2022, 01:32 PM
bigwagon30 Seconds over Tokyo. One of my favorite books as a kid.
April 18, 2022, 01:39 PM
architectI got to tour the inside of a Mitchell at one of the Andrews air shows some years back. I'm not a big guy, but the word cramped doesn't do it justice. My hat is off to those brave aviators who gave the Japs an early idea of the ultimate consequences of their brutal aggression and imperial arrogance.
April 18, 2022, 01:41 PM
46and2An Uncle of mine wasn't one of the 80 men on the 16 bombers, but he was on one of the ships involved at the time. I forget which one, the Hornet, Nashville, etc. Not hero status, himself, but pretty cool to be a part of the raid in any way at all.
April 18, 2022, 01:53 PM
Silent“... we should thank God that such men lived.”
Patton
Silent
April 18, 2022, 02:04 PM
BOATTRASH1My father had some B-25 time in early 1942 out of New Guinea. Several trips to Rabaul on photo missions. Once they got their A-20’s that was what he flew.
I went to high school with the daughter of one of the Raiders. Didn’t really know that at the time….
April 18, 2022, 02:35 PM
TMatsI hope a few here had the time to watch the Final Goblet Toast and 80th Anniversary Ceremonies; very moving.
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despite them
April 18, 2022, 02:52 PM
Tailhook 84quote:
Originally posted by Fly-Sig:
Doolittle's autobiography "I Could Never Be So Lucky Again" is a must-read.
I'll second that. I'm in the middle of reading the book and amazed at what Col. Doolittle accomplished BEFORE World War II.
"The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." April 18, 2022, 03:41 PM
Flash-LBFirst man to ever do an outside loop in an airplane.