In The Hangar: Part 4: A Personal Favorite Hangar Photo

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This Photo Shows An F-18 HORNET Being Pushed Into Position As It’s Taken Up From The Hangar Deck On The Hangar Elevator Up To The Flight Deck.

It Was Taken In Such A Way As To Illustrate Just How Massive The Hangar Deck, And Therefore The Ship, Actually Is.

It’s Freakin’ HUGE, My Peeps.

Fo Sho FO SHO!!!

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In The Hangar: Part 3: The Other LOUD Aircraft

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Just Thought Y’all Might Like These Two.

Ya Know…

…Since They Show-Off A Couple Of The Other Aircraft We Carried Along With Us.

The Top Aircraft Was What Was Used To Ferry Passengers, Equipment, And…

…One Of THE Most Important Things In The Life Of A Military Person…

…MAIL.

We’d Wait In Line For However Long It Might Take Just At The Off Chance We’d Receive Something.

MAIL-CALL…

…Meant EVERYTHING To Some Of Us, Fo SHO!!!

The Bottom Aircraft (called a Prowler if I remember correctly) Was Used For Radar Jamming Purposes.

Since I Honestly Can’t Remember Exactly I Shall Leave It There And Simply Say…

…I Hope You Like These Two Pics.

I Enjoy Them Very Much So.

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In The Hangar: Part 2: An F-14 TOMCAT Being Serviced

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Click The Picture If You Wanna Get A Little Closer.

I Tried To Leave This One As Large As Possible So Y’all Could See It Up-Close And Personal.

And…

…For Those Of You Wondering…

…YES…

…The F-14 TOMCAT Was The Jet Flown By TOM CRUISE And The Like In The Film…

“TOP GUN“

…So You Can Understand How Exciting This Was For Me To See, As I Said, Up-Close And Personal.

Hope You Dig It, My Peeps!!!

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In The Hangar: Part 1: Sardines

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Packed In Like Sardines, Aren’t They.

That’s How You Travel Aboard A Ship Like The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.

With Over 5,000 People On-Board When The Air-Wing Is Tagging Along…

…Space Is VERY Limited.

As I Said…

…Sardines…

…Alllll The Way!!!

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Were The Navy Days Really THAT Long Ago?!?

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Yep.

They Sure Were.

Sheesh.

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“A Veteran is Someone Who, at one point in His or Her Life, Wrote a Blank Check Made Payable to “The United States of America” for an Amount of “Up To And Including My Life”.”

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“In Criticism I Will Be Bold, And As Sternly, Absolutely Just With Friend And Foe. From This Purpose Nothing Shall Turn Me.” — EDGAR ALLAN POE

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