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February 7th 06, 04:48 AM
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Consistent CAP over a fleet from a land base
Why does the Navy have aircraft but the Air Force doesn't have ships?
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February 7th 06, 04:55 AM
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Consistent CAP over a fleet from a land base
They're too hard to taxi out of the parking spot on the ramp? Lousy
club? Not enough women? JO quarters substandard? BTW USAF did have ships - well, crash rescue launches. Later the USAF Sea Survival in Bscayne Bay (!) had an LCM and some 35 foot Bertrams. Tough duty, indeed. Good friend of mine, Al Brown, worked there for awhile. Walt BJ
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February 7th 06, 05:17 AM
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Consistent CAP over a fleet from a land base
"Cap'n Crunch" Cap'n@Scrambled Eggs.Org wrote:
:Why does the Navy have aircraft but the Air Force doesn't have ships? Because anybody can fly an airplane but not everyone can land one on a ship and take it back off again. -- "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. -- George Orwell
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