And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, February 5, 2021
US Navy, Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine passing underneath a Lockheed P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft.
A visual remake of Admiral Karl Donitz's WWII propaganda poster; ..."caught between the U-Boats and the Luftwaffe"....
The poster was meant to scare the Allies into believing that there was no place on the surface safe for our ships, instead it became a prophecy of their eventual doom as U-Boat commanders found themselves hiding from the both the British Navy and the Mighty 8th U.S. Airforce!
A visual remake of Admiral Karl Donitz's WWII propaganda poster; ..."caught between the U-Boats and the Luftwaffe"....
The poster was meant to scare the Allies into believing that there was no place on the surface safe for our ships, instead it became a prophecy of their eventual doom as U-Boat commanders found themselves hiding from the both the British Navy and the Mighty 8th U.S. Airforce!
At least three P-3 Orions are back flying as air tankers. The new company Airstrike has hopes to eventually buy and refurbish seven of bankrupt Aero Union's P-3 Orions. IIRC, two were flying on the fires in California last year. It sure is fun to see them flying again.
Always laughed watching (and helping) my Ordnanceman load dozens of sonobuoys on our P-3. Every one had the regulation "Lithium Battery - Do Not Load on Aircraft" warning sticker.
Photo credit: perhaps OldNFO?
ReplyDeleteI think it interesting that the wake is slewed to port of the longitudinal axis of the boat.
ReplyDeleteThat is one cool picture.
Now that's fuckin' awesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteA visual remake of Admiral Karl Donitz's WWII propaganda poster;
ReplyDelete..."caught between the U-Boats and the Luftwaffe"....
The poster was meant to scare the Allies into believing that there was no place on the surface safe for our ships, instead it became a prophecy of their eventual doom as U-Boat commanders found themselves hiding from the both the British Navy and the Mighty 8th U.S. Airforce!
A visual remake of Admiral Karl Donitz's WWII propaganda poster;
ReplyDelete..."caught between the U-Boats and the Luftwaffe"....
The poster was meant to scare the Allies into believing that there was no place on the surface safe for our ships, instead it became a prophecy of their eventual doom as U-Boat commanders found themselves hiding from the both the British Navy and the Mighty 8th U.S. Airforce!
At least three P-3 Orions are back flying as air tankers. The new company Airstrike has hopes to eventually buy and refurbish seven of bankrupt Aero Union's P-3 Orions. IIRC, two were flying on the fires in California last year.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is fun to see them flying again.
I bet the MADD boom of the P3 detected it!...maybe this was a picture of a training exercise...maybe the picture is "shopped"...
ReplyDeleteExercise. In a real-life combat situation, that boat wouldn't be anywhere near periscope depth.
DeleteAhh the age old Airedale vs Bubblehead saga. Been there.
ReplyDeleteI was the guy in the P-3 for several years. Lots of fun.
ReplyDeletePlaying Fox & Hounds, with our tax dollars. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI was the guy logging the sonar bouy contacts in sonar. I hate sonar bouys.
ReplyDeleteAlways laughed watching (and helping) my Ordnanceman load dozens of sonobuoys on our P-3. Every one had the regulation "Lithium Battery - Do Not Load on Aircraft" warning sticker.
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