Posted on 01/25/2022 7:41:09 AM PST by Enlightened1
I have 6 reserve parachute deployments in my short skydiving career. One axiom that stood out over that span of time- when in doubt whip it out!
Also, this one- he who hesitates shall inherit the earth forever, amen.
Git’ er’ dun’ 🍊
Now we have to recover the plane before the Chinese do.
could swear I read something similar to this a few weeks ago, except we had to recover a plane before the Russians did.
I don’t know how it is today but back in the 90s the Carl Vinson was the Armpit of the Navy
The soviets had female snipers and combat pilots, but that is a different culture that probably does not see females as “the weaker sex” needing protection from males.
Due to copyright issues, the image at the provided link cannot be posted here at FR as it is an MSN / Newsweek publication.
Note the connection to Weibo, a Chinese website, in the photo credits.
The image is purported to have come off of a social media website and may not be authorized by the DOD.
Image caption:
An image circulating on social media websites on January 27, 2022, purportedly showed a US Navy F-35C Lightning II that crashed into the South China Sea on January 24, 2022.
*THIS >>> Weibo
Roger. Was that source the UK’s JNEWS website?
Guessing that someone onboard the carrier likely first posted it to a social media account such as Twitter, Facebook or Instagram...
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