Testing Blog Entry

Testing Blog Entry December 28, 2008

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Do we have a new web site address since this one is shutting down in Feb. 09?

had to

Just Forward It       A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table.  He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her.       Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man.  He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.       'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman says as she pops her eye back in place.       'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you,' she says.       They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theatre followed by drinks.  They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his.  She listens.       After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast.  They had a wonderful, wonderful time.       The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed.  Everything had been SO incredible!       'You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman.  Are you this nice to every guy you meet?'       'No,' she replies . . .       Wait for it. .       It's coming. .       The suspense is killing you, isn't it?       She says

      'You just happened to catch my eye.'

      (Oh, shut up, and just forward it!)

Happy Holidays

Just wanted to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy and Prosperious NEW YEAR.

 

Blue 31

Adam Mouton MSG USA Ret.

NAM 08 Photos

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This link should provide captions for the photos.

I could not Confirm this with Snopes

According to an Air Force pilot in addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility, all aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are required to give the Iranian Air Defence Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting Iranian airspace. This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination. I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai. It's too good not to pass along. The conversation went something like this... Air Defense Radar: "Unknown aircraft at (location unknown), you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself". Aircraft: "This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace". Air Defense Radar: "You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft". Aircraft: "This is a United States Air Force F-22 fighter, send'em up, I'll wait". Air Defense Radar: ...(no response, ...total silence)...

Return to Vietnam

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Photos taken by James Sheridan, BlueGhost 6X, during his journey back to Saigon, Chu Lai and Ky Ha.

Here are photos of my Dec 08 trip to Saigon and F/8's AO while it operated out of Chu Lai. I stayed in Hoi An, an ancient city located at the juncture of the Son Tu Bon River and the S. China Sea. The Son Tu Bon River was the northern boundary of the Americal AO. Not much left of "our" presence but steel and concrete and memories. James Sheridan sirideain1@gmail.com