On July 18th, 2015, I realized that the Republican Party had left me behind. On this day, while seeking the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump had the following to say about an Annapolis graduate who was shot down, captured and tortured as a POW by the communist North Vietnam regime:

“He's not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."

This verbal diarrhea came out of the mouth of a man who used his father’s wealth and privilege to dodge the draft five different times due to his “bone spurs”. Donald Trump is a traitor, a repeated draft dodger and the largest fraud in the history of our country.

PBY Catalina

A Navy E-2D Hawkeye takes off from the USS George Washington in the Atlantic Ocean after performing a touch and go, Jan. 14, 2024.

USN McDonnell F3H Demon photographed in 1958

Pete Mitchell "Maverick" Aesthetic

she flies the planes btw

Vought A-7 Corsair of VA-72 Blue Hawks

So the story of this piece, roughly, is that the B-26 was being attacked by Japanese fighters and dove for the deck trying to shake them and ended up buzzing the flight deck of an IJN Carrier! Lol I bet that was one hell of a ride!

I saw the Blue Angels documentary last night (the one produced by Glen Powell & JJ Abrams) and it was amazing! Several of the shots of them flying really made me feel like I was right there in the cockpit. And let me tell you, there is a HUGE difference in reading that they fly 18 inches apart and actually seeing them fly that close. The skill these pilots have is just incredible. And a heads up, that if you were like me and thought it was going to be narrated by Glen or have him in it at any point, you will be slightly disappointed. It's not a narrated documentary and you only see Glen for a few moments when he's talking about the Blue Angels Foundation charity right before the movie starts. Despite that, it was still a fantastic documentary and now I need someone to make one about the Air Force Thunderbirds! 😄 Also, do yourself a favor and try to see it in true IMAX if possible and not that faux digital IMAX places like AMC has. Blue Angels deserves to been seen in all of it's 70mm glory.

Well, I’m going anyway.

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Launch/Recovery (Equipment) 1st Class Jared K. Midgett (AW), from Killeen, Texas, assigned to V-2 division in air department launches a T-45 Goshawk on Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 23, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson)

Navy over Nevada

Turnin' and Burnin' This image shows Blue Angels 1-4 initiating a hard turn low to the “deck” at the 2022 Aviation Roundup in Minden Nevada, USA. The Boeing F/A-18E “Super Hornet” is an impressive military airplane and with those two big General Electric turbofans throttled up the rumble of a maneuver like this will shake you to the core. In my Etsy shop: https://buff.ly/4bVWJLj

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