To: hole_n_one
To: hole_n_one
The USS Reagan will be heading to berth in San Diego (Coronado). One more carrier in this class to be built -- USS George Herbert Walker Bush.
93 posted on
07/12/2003 9:12:10 AM PDT by
PhiKapMom
(Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
To: hole_n_one
The Tomcat is from VF-213, the Black Lions. They have had a somewhat jinxed history in the F-14. It is the squadron where LCDR Stacy Bates crashed his Tomcat and died in front of his parents, and also the squadron of LT Kara Hultgren, the affirmative action female pilot who died trying to land on a carrier. VF-213 had 4 Tomcat crashes in a single year. Let's all hope that they have better luck aboard the USS Reagan.
107 posted on
07/12/2003 9:20:27 AM PDT by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
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