Actually, Sweeper, that would make for a good The Final Countdown II...

Considering most of the equipment we all have, it is 1986.

(you’re such a shit)

Yep...that was what we were still calling her, despite the crew of 7 that died that night (obviously a reference to her days as a bomber).

Wow...that is too cool. The Russians really are a great people.

Tyler...Some conclusions I’ve come to:

Among many other books lying on my apartment floor, I can number that one there...but unread. I also have Hill’s Under Pressure: The Final Voyage of Submarine S-Five partially read.

Nate...were you crew aboard a diesel boat?

Sorry...just tried to play it here on FA and it won’t...but if you have the time it is well worth the time.

There are two pics I distinctly remember from Air Force Magazine back in the ‘70s...OV-10s loaded on an old CVE going to Vietnam or coming home...and a C-5 loading a couple of them.

Ahhh the Bronco...what an amazing aircraft.

When you cross the stupid line death stops being a thing in your mind.

Well put.

Amen.

True sailors...all of you (and airmen, soldiers, Marines...).

I can’t imagine...but really great thoughts. Something does get through...and I wonder how much of it is the nature of being human...the need for freedom.

Thanks for these additional boats.

I wonder if you are born North Korean, does it suck to be North Korean when your life is so completely controlled that you know nothing else to which you can compare to create that dissonance...or our outsiders image of who they are.

....sorry...hit “publish” before I completed the statement about the 727...the PSA flight over San Diego in 1978 after colliding with the Cessna...saw it on the news and then on the cover of Time.

I appreciate your thoughts, Donald.