With the huge effect that the Boeing Corporation has had on the greater Seattle community, it is no wonder that there are so many flight schools located here. SeaTac International airport is the largest commercial airport in the area, but it is by no means the only place where you can fly and land a ...
Bremerton, Washington is a rollercoaster of a city. At the peak of World War II, the naval city housed approximately 80,000 people. By 1950, however, only 27,678 people still lived there. While the city maintained itself fairly well from 1950 to 1970, downtown Bremerton began to deteriorate in the late ’70s, prompting the Bremerton City ...
May 19, 2007 will mark the fifty-eighth annual celebration of Armed Forces Day in the United States. Prior to 1950, celebratory military days were split into three separate holidays: Air Force Day, Army Day, and Navy Day. In August of 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the combination of these three days into one ...
Dear Sister Pat, So the time is almost here for me to take my broken wings that have healed, and fly on out of here. There is no need for any man to carry his cross alone. If he is near the Shipyard’s Gate, the Green Lord’s House he will see. Men of broken heart, ...
The Super Hornet vibrated as its two engines ramped up, each capable of more than 20,000 pounds of thrust. The F/A-18 fighter jet was armed and ready, loaded out with more than 13,000 pounds of Sidwinder missiles, 20 mm ammunition for its nose cannon and other ordnance. The USS John C. Stennis cut through the ...
You have heard how beautiful the Olympic Mountains are in Washington state and decided to pay them a visit. While over here, why not visit the multitude of casinos that are here for the picking? There are many casinos located on both Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas in western Washington waiting to help you have fun ...
Floating alongside Navy Pier in San Diego, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Midway has begun a second life as a museum of naval aviation and history. The Midway herself was commissioned in September 1945 and served for nearly fifty years, being decommissioned in 1992. The museum intends to bring the naval history and Midway’s history for ...
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