[DustyMoment]

Ahh, the Chicken Hawk - a grand old lady of the sea.

Good to know she's still in business.

[beckett]

My uncle, a Navy pilot, served as XO of the Kitty Hawk in the 60s. And before that he had more night landings on her than any other pilot in the Navy had on any other aircraft carrier.

She's been around a long time, you're right.

[lentulusgracchus]

Due to be laid up soon, from what I've read. Failed her predeployment ORI's last year, CO and Engineering Officer were relieved........but then you probably knew about that.

What I want to know is, how did they handle the Chinese requirement that the Chinese red rag fly above our colors during port visits? Hanoi's thugs have that law, too. It's also a violation of Navy regs.

I'd boycott Chinese ports before I displayed Old Glory trailing from a low staff below their bloodthirsty rag. That goes for the Canal Zone, too, where Chinese companies have taken over administering the canal and Chinese nationals are being imported by the shipload.

We're going to have issues down the road with these people, and I don't want to see anyone on our side yielding to Chinese one-upmanship, which is 5,000 years old and seems never to stop.