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Delivery of new transformers to the Electricity Sub-station at Millfields in connection with grounding of the overhead wires.
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SN/NC: Portulaca Grandiflora, Portulacaceae Family
A beautiful pair of portulacas accompanying the pink, orange, yellow and wine colours -- also in the street as grounding plant carpet for the taller plants. But always nice, delicate, so beautiful -- and can still be used in salads (edible) and also medicinal (intestines problems). A truly beautiful low growing ground cover type plant is called the portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), or sometimes known as the sun rose or moss rose. Portulaca plants are native to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Portulaca flowers are easy to grow and enjoy.
Um lindo par de portulacas acompanhando as cores rosa, laranja, amarelo e vinho -- também na rua como tapete de plantas de aterramento para as plantas mais altas. Mas sempre agradável, delicado, tão bonito -- e ainda pode ser usado em saladas (comestíveis) e também medicinal (problemas intestinais). Uma planta de cobertura de solo de crescimento baixo verdadeiramente bela é chamada de portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), ou às vezes conhecida como rosa do sol ou rosa musgo. As plantas de portulaca são nativas do Brasil, Argentina e Uruguai. As flores de portulaca são fáceis de cultivar e aproveitar.
Una hermosa pareja de portulacas que acompañan los colores rosa, naranja, amarillo y vino; también en la calle como una alfombra de plantas de base para las plantas más altas. Pero siempre lindas, delicadas, tan hermosas; y aún se pueden usar en ensaladas (comestibles) y también medicinales (problemas intestinales). Una planta de cobertura del suelo de crecimiento bajo verdaderamente hermosa se llama portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), o a veces conocida como rosa del sol o rosa musgosa. Las plantas de portulaca son nativas de Brasil, Argentina y Uruguay. Las flores de portulaca son fáciles de cultivar y disfrutar.
Une belle paire de pourpiers aux couleurs rose, orange, jaune et bordeaux – également dans la rue comme tapis végétal pour les plantes plus hautes. Mais toujours belle, délicate, si belle – et peut toujours être utilisée dans les salades (comestible) et aussi médicinale (problèmes intestinaux). Une très belle plante couvre-sol à croissance basse s'appelle le pourpier (Portulaca grandiflora), ou parfois connue sous le nom de rose soleil ou rose mousse. Les plantes de pourpier sont originaires du Brésil, d'Argentine et d'Uruguay. Les fleurs de pourpier sont faciles à cultiver et à apprécier.
Ein schönes Paar Portulakpflanzen, die die Farben Rosa, Orange, Gelb und Weinrot begleiten – auch auf der Straße als Bodendecker für die größeren Pflanzen. Aber immer schön, zart, so schön – und sie können immer noch in Salaten (essbar) und auch als Heilpflanze (bei Darmproblemen) verwendet werden. Eine wirklich schöne, niedrig wachsende Bodendeckerpflanze ist die Portulakpflanze (Portulaca grandiflora), die manchmal auch Sonnenrose oder Moosrose genannt wird. Portulakpflanzen sind in Brasilien, Argentinien und Uruguay heimisch. Portulakblüten sind leicht zu züchten und zu genießen.
Una bella coppia di portulache che accompagnano i colori rosa, arancione, giallo e vino, anche in strada come tappeto vegetale di base per le piante più alte. Ma sempre belle, delicate, così belle, e possono ancora essere utilizzate nelle insalate (commestibili) e anche medicinali (problemi intestinali). Una pianta di tipo tappezzante a crescita bassa davvero bella è chiamata portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), o talvolta conosciuta come rosa del sole o rosa muschio. Le piante di portulaca sono originarie del Brasile, dell'Argentina e dell'Uruguay. I fiori di portulaca sono facili da coltivare e da apprezzare.
Een prachtig paar portulaca's die de kleuren roze, oranje, geel en wijnrood vergezellen -- ook op straat als grondingsplantentapijt voor de hogere planten. Maar altijd mooi, delicaat, zo mooi -- en kan nog steeds worden gebruikt in salades (eetbaar) en ook medicinaal (darmproblemen). Een werkelijk prachtige laaggroeiende bodembedekker is de portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), of soms bekend als de zonneroos of mosroos. Portulacaplanten zijn afkomstig uit Brazilië, Argentinië en Uruguay. Portulacabloemen zijn gemakkelijk te kweken en te genieten.
زوج جميل من نباتات الرجلة يرافقه اللون الوردي والبرتقالي والأصفر والنبيذ - كما يمكن استخدامه في الشوارع كسجادة نباتية للنباتات الطويلة. لكنه لطيف وحساس وجميل للغاية - ولا يزال من الممكن استخدامه في السلطات (صالح للأكل) وأيضًا في العلاج (مشاكل الأمعاء). يُطلق على نبات الرجلة الجميل حقًا الذي ينمو على الأرض اسم الرجلة (Portulaca grandiflora)، أو يُعرف أحيانًا باسم وردة الشمس أو وردة الطحلب. نباتات الرجلة موطنها البرازيل والأرجنتين وأوروجواي. أزهار الرجلة سهلة النمو والاستمتاع بها.
ピンク、オレンジ、黄色、ワイン色の美しいポーチュラカのペア。背の高い植物のグランド カーペットとして街路にも植えられています。しかし、常に上品で繊細でとても美しいです。サラダ (食用) や薬用 (腸の問題) にも使用できます。本当に美しい低木地被植物はポーチュラカ (Portulaca grandiflora) と呼ばれ、サン ローズやモス ローズとも呼ばれます。ポーチュラカの植物はブラジル、アルゼンチン、ウルグアイ原産です。ポーチュラカの花は育てやすく、楽しむのも簡単です。ポーチュラカの手入れに必要なものを見てみましょう。
When boat groundings occur in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, sanctuary biologists are on the scene! Often, corals that have been overturned can survive if they are righted and reattached to the reef. Biologists mix a special cement while onboard a boat, then carry it to the injury site where they reattach the broken coral to the seafloor.
Photo Credit: Alicia Farrer/NOAA
This Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier was built as hull #417 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI for the American Steamship Co. (Boland & Cornelius, managers), Buffalo, NY. She was launched May 9th, 1953 as the John J. Boland (3) and is one of three near sister vessels built by this shipyard. The other two vessels are the John G. Munson built as hull #415 for the USS Great Lakes Fleet still actively sailing, and the Detroit Edison built as hull #418 also for the American Steamship Co. A grounding in northern Lake Michigan on December 22nd, 1980 ended the Detroit Edison’s career on the Great Lakes.
Burning heavy fuel oil, the vessel is powered by a De Laval cross compound steam turbine engine built by De Laval Steam Turbine Co., Trenton, NJ, normally rated at 7,000 s.h.p. The self-unloader is equipped with double Helical gear reduction and two Foster-Wheeler water tube boilers and has a maximum service speed of 16.1 m.p.h. She is equipped with a bow thruster. Her 30 hatches service 6 holds where she is capable of carrying 20,200 tons (20,525 tonnes) at a mid-summer draft of 26'02" (7.98m). This vessel was one of the last to be built with telescoping hatch covers. A double bucket type self-unloading system feeds a forward mounted 250 foot (76.2m) discharge boom that can be swung 120 degrees to port or starboard. The self-unloader is classified by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) as a bulk carrier for Great Lakes service and displaces 7,740 tons (7,864 tonnes) lightweight.
This vessel was the third lake boat to carry the John J. Boland name. Mr. John James Boland was born in Buffalo, NY September 20th, 1875. He had developed a vessel brokerage business and in 1904, formed a partnership with Mr. Adam E. Cornelius resulting in the firm Boland & Cornelius which further resulted in the formation of the American Steamship Company in 1907. Mr. Boland died October 3rd, 1956.
The John J. Boland’s first cargo was a load of limestone on September 25th, 1953 from Port Inland, MI for a lower lakes port. Her cargoes remained focused in the stone and coal trades throughout her tenure with the American Steamship Co. Of note; on December 16th, 1973, her discharge boom fell onto the dock at the Pulliam Power Plant, Green Bay, WI and was completely destroyed. The cause of the incident was reported to have been broken support cables. The boom was replaced by Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI in March of 1974. The John J. Boland continued sailing through until the mid-eighties when she was laid up with an uncertain future.
In the early 1990’s; American Steamship Co. refit the John J. Boland including upgrading her instruments and remodeling her cabins. She was returned to service on her usual trade routes until she was laid up again at Superior, WI’s Fraser Shipyards on December 27th, 1998. Her more modern and efficient fleet mate, the Adam E. Cornelius had been returned to ASC after coming off a long term lease with Central Marine Logistics. The Boland’s trade routes were to be taken over by the much newer Cornelius with the resulting announcement that the John J. Boland would not sail the 1999 navigation season.
On October 22nd, 1999; after 46 years of service to her original owners, Lower Lakes Towing Ltd., Port Dover, Ont. announced the purchase of the John J. Boland from American Steamship Co. The vessel was taken in tow from the Fraser Shipyards to the Government Dock, Sarnia, Ont. by the tug Roger Stahl owned by Detroit’s Gaelic Tug Boat Co. She received a refit, upgrades, and a coat of Lower Lakes grey for her hull. The vessel was christened Saginaw (3) on November 20th, 1999 in honor of Michigan’s Saginaw River; an artery leading to many of her new owner’s key customers.
Of note; in early 2000, the modern American Steamship Co. self-unloader Charles E. Wilson was renamed John J. Boland (4) to continue the name in the fleet co-founded by Mr. Boland nearly a century ago.
The first vessel to carry the Saginaw name was a wooden steamer built in 1866 by Thomas Arnold of Marine City, MI. Her dimensions were 194.42’ (59.26m) long x 27.66’ (8.43m) wide x 11.58’ (3.53m) deep, and 707.47 gross tons (718.83 tonnes). The vessel’s enrollment was surrendered November 4th, 1913 at Rochester, NY as “abandoned”. The second Saginaw was ironically built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI in 1919. The steel hulled vessel was launched as the Coperas for the U.S. Shipping Board but entered service too late for service in WWI. The vessel was named Saginaw (2) following her acquisition by Saginaw Dock & Terminal Co., Cleveland, OH in 1937. She sailed under this name until being sold to the U.S. Navy September 27th, 1941 when she was renamed USS Matinicus (AG-38). She was renamed Saginaw in 1946, then renamed Ramsdal in 1948 after being sold and registered in Finland. She was scrapped in Finland in 1967 bearing the name Transdal.
The Saginaw (3), now registered Canadian, departed Sarnia on her maiden voyage for her new owners in December 4th, 1999 sailing light for the Lafarge Construction Materials quarry at Meldrum Bay, Ont. where she loaded stone destined for Marysville, MI. The Saginaw’s cargoes now could include stone, aggregates, coal, wheat, or salt. Much of the 2004 season was spent trading on Lake Superior with cargoes of coal from Thunder Bay, Ont. to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (Algoma Steel) and wheat cargoes from Thunder Bay, Ont. to ports such as Owen Sound and Goderich, Ont..
Of recent note, on December 6th, 2002; the Saginaw damaged her rudder in the channel above Lock 7 of the Welland Canal in Thorold, Ont. while attempting to turn and dock to unload at the Welland Canal's Wharf 6 in Thorold. After unloading, the Saginaw proceeded under her own power with the assistance of Nadro Marine's tug Miseford to Heddle Marine in Hamilton, Ont. for repair. On April 4th, 2003; the vessel became stuck in ice outside Marquette, MI's harbor and was not freed until April 7th with the assistance of CCGS Samuel Risley. The Saginaw was the last commercial vessel to transit the Soo Locks thus closing the locks for the 2003 navigation season on January 23rd, 2004. She had a cargo of coal from Duluth, MN bound for Nanticoke, Ont.
The Saginaw laid up at the north slip in Sarnia, Ont. for the last time as a steam powered vessel on December 31, 2007. Over the next several months, her steam plant was removed and replaced by a new MaK 6M43C 6-cylinder 8,160 BHP diesel engine. Combined with a newly installed controllable pitch propeller, this new powerplant is capable of pushing her at upwards of 16 mph and has resulted in better than expected vessel performance and fuel consumption. Returning to service in June 2008, this substantial upgrade ensures the Saginaw will be an efficient, productive asset as part of the Lower Lakes fleet for many years to come.
Of recent note, the Saginaw suffered a boom collapse on December 31, 2011 while loading coal in Thunder Bay, Ont. destined for Essar Steel Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie. Repairs were completed at the dock in Thunder Bay and she arrived at Essar to unload on January 20, 2012.
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FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Authority) and Boeing Commercial today (2013-01-10) announce a comprehensive review of the safety of the Boring 787 Dreamliner, following a string of electrical failure, fire and cracked windshield of the brand new aircraft type in recent weeks.
Currently 50 Boeing 787s are in service, including 6 in the U.S.
I've mentioned many times that I never pick a new (anything under 2 year-old) aircraft type when I book a flight. This is the reason. Yes, I look at many things when booking a flight.
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USS Trigger SS237's Memorial at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, PA on August-14th-2021.
USS Trigger was a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the triggerfish.
Construction
Trigger's keel was laid down on 1 February 1941 at Mare Island, California, by the Mare Island Navy Yard. She was launched on 22 October 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Walter N. Vernou, and commissioned on 30 January 1942, with Lieutenant Commander Jack H. Lewis in command.
Battle of Midway
The submarine sailed for Hawaii on 22 May and reached Pearl Harbor the following week. She sortied for Midway Island with Task Group 7.2 (TG 7.2) on 29 May in anticipation of a Japanese attack on that island. Her station during the ensuing Battle of Midway was northeast of Midway, but her usefulness was curtailed when she ran aground. She freed from her grounding and returned to Pearl Harbor on 9 June.
First patrol: June–August 1942
On 26 June, Trigger got underway for the Aleutian Islands to patrol an area west of Cape Wrangell, Attu Island. She encountered six destroyers, three freighters and a patrol boat, attacking none, before calling at Dutch Harbor on 8 August en route back to Hawaii.
Second patrol: September–November 1942
Trigger got a new skipper, Roy S. Benson (Class of 1929), before her second war patrol, conducted from 23 September to 8 November in "Empire Waters" (the seas immediately surrounding Japan). In the early morning hours of 5 October, the submarine sighted smoke on the horizon and headed for it. A vessel soon appeared, coming toward the submarine. As the target approached, the submarine identified it as a small ship. Trigger then surfaced and manned her machine guns. As the target neared, however, the submarine learned that the Japanese ship was larger than initially thought. Enemy shells soon began exploding close to Trigger, and the 4,000 ton ship turned and accelerated in an attempt to ram the submarine. Trigger barely avoided a collision as she submerged for an attack; she launched two torpedoes and heard one hit. She then surfaced and gave chase, only to have the target again open fire. The submarine missed with three more torpedoes and then discontinued the pursuit.
Before dawn on the morning of 17 October, Trigger made a surface attack on a freighter off the Bungo Suido. She fired two spreads of torpedoes which sank Holland Maru with her guns still firing. That night, a destroyer came out of Bungo Suido and dropped a string of depth charges near the submarine. Trigger launched three torpedoes "down the throat" at the onrushing destroyer and, one minute later, observed an explosion so powerful it threw enough flame and water into the air to obscure the target. When the air cleared, the enemy ship was still intact, suggesting Trigger's first torpedo may have exploded prematurely, detonating the next two by its turbulence. The submarine fired one more torpedo as the enemy disappeared, but failed to score a hit.
Near midnight of 20 October, Trigger fired a spread of four torpedoes from very close range, 900 yards (820 m), in a surface attack on a 10,000-ton tanker. Two torpedoes hit the enemy ship as it turned in an attempt to ram. The submarine went to 100 feet (30 m) to evade a counterattack, and heard a heavy explosion as either gasoline, magazines, or boilers blew up. Trigger then came up to periscope level but found nothing in sight. (This sinking was not confirmed by JANAC postwar.) Four days later, Trigger attacked a large enemy tanker in ballast. A spread of three torpedoes produced three observed hits, one near the target's stern. The screws of the enemy ship stopped, and she began emitting heavy white smoke aft, but she soon got underway again. Trigger fired her last torpedo at the ship as it was moving off and missed. That night, she surfaced and began her homeward voyage.
Third patrol: December 1942–January 1943
From 3 December 1942 to 22 January 1943, the submarine conducted a combined minelaying and offensive patrol, again in waters surrounding the Japanese home islands. On 20 December, she began planting a minefield off Inubo Saki, Honshū. Trigger planted the northern half of the field and was working on the southern part when a cargo ship passed her, heading into the newly-laid mines. Five minutes later, a violent explosion rocked the freighter which sank while an escort circled her. The submarine later heard another explosion from the direction of the minefield and, when she surfaced the next day, found the field was covered by smoke.
On 22 December, Trigger sighted a ship approaching from Uraga and made a surface attack. A spread of three torpedoes produced one hit forward of the bridge, and the target started to settle by the bow. The submarine fired one more torpedo into the ship and, when last seen, Teifuku Maru was awash forward with her screws nearly out of the water. On 31 December 1942, she attacked a cargo ship loaded with planes. Trigger fired three torpedoes from extremely close range 700 yards (640 m), and watched two hit. The target began to list to starboard and was down by the bow. Sound reported a heavy secondary explosion. The submarine came up to periscope level and saw the freighter with her stern high out of the water and a destroyer approaching. Trigger went deep and when she next came up for a look, there was nothing to be seen. (The sinking was not confirmed by JANAC postwar.)
On 10 January 1943, a Japanese destroyer approached Trigger, and the submarine fired three torpedoes from 1,600 yards (1,500 m). One hit under the well deck and folded the destroyer's forecastle up at a 45° angle, and another hit the target's stern. Soon, the Minekaze-class destroyer Okikaze sank on an even keel.
Fourth patrol: February–April 1943
Trigger stood out of Midway on 13 February to patrol off the Palau Islands. Two weeks later, she launched four torpedoes at a freighter, but the target managed to steer between them. Heavy air cover prevented a second attack. On 4 March, the submarine attacked a freighter in a rain squall, but all three of her torpedoes missed. On 15 March, Trigger sighted a convoy steaming in two columns. There were two freighters in the right hand column and three in the left, with an escort on the outboard bow of each column. Trigger worked her way between the two columns and launched three torpedoes at each of the leading ships. She hit the lead freighter in the left hand column twice but missed her target on the right because it unexpectedly changed course. Trigger then fired three more torpedoes at the right lead ship at just 700 yards (640 m) and observed two hits before the escorts forced her to go deep. When she surfaced again, there was nothing to be seen. Trigger was later officially credited with having sunk Momoha Maru, a 3,103-ton cargo ship.
That night, the submarine fired six torpedoes at a ship that was being towed by a smaller freighter. Five of the torpedoes missed, and the sixth made a circular run and passed over the submarine's engine room. A shaken crew broke off the attack.
On 20 March, the submarine launched three torpedoes at the lead ship in a convoy of four cargo ships. One hit caused the target to list 10° to port and stop, but it soon got underway and rejoined the convoy. Trigger terminated the patrol at the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, on 6 April.
Fifth patrol: April–June 1943
Between 30 April and 22 June, the submarine made a patrol which returned her to Empire waters. Directed by an Ultra from Pearl Harbor, Trigger lay athwart the projected track of Admiral Koga's task force returning from Truk. Koga's force came in sight the morning of 22 May, but zigged away, out of range, "a bitter disappointment".[7] On 28 May, Trigger contacted two freighters off Iro Saki and fired three torpedoes at the larger. One hit aft. When last seen, the ship was down by the stern. The next day, the submarine fired a spread of three torpedoes at a small cargo ship. Two missed and the third exploded prematurely. She then fired a fourth torpedo, which apparently hit but failed to explode.
On 1 June, the submarine was searching for Japanese shipping off Sagami Nada when she sighted two columns of smoke. She closed the range toward a firing position, made out two cargo ships, and fired a spread of three torpedoes at each target. Hit in her stern, the lead ship, Noborikawa Maru, sank immediately. The second ship saw the torpedo wakes, turned and passed between them. Trigger then fired a torpedo at the oncoming ship; if the torpedo reached the target, it failed to explode.
Again alerted by Ultra, on 10 June (her last day on station), Trigger sighted an aircraft carrier protected by two destroyers. She closed and fired six torpedoes from only 1,200 yards (1,100 m). Although as she went deep the submarine heard four explosions, postwar accounting showed two of the torpedoes missed ahead and one failed to explode. The escorts kept Trigger down for several hours.[8] The damaged Hiyō limped into Tokyo Bay and was out of action for almost a year. Admiral Lockwood (COMSUBPAC), who knew Hiyō's fate, was furious. Had the torpedoes functioned correctly, Benson would have sunk her. The next day, Trigger began her return voyage to Pearl Harbor; just after her triumphant return, the Mark 14 torpedo's defective Mark 6 exploder was ordered deactivated.
Sixth patrol: September 1943
On 1 September, after a yard overhaul, Trigger (now in the charge of Commander Robert "Dusty" Dornin was ready to begin her sixth war patrol. The patrol took her into the East China Sea, off the China coast, north of Formosa. On 17 September, she made two hits on a Japanese freighter, one aft and one on the bow, but both torpedoes proved to be duds. The next day, she again contacted the same ship and launched four torpedoes at her. One struck Yowa Maru, and the 6,435-ton cargo ship slid beneath the waves.
21 September was Trigger's best day. She was patrolling some 30 miles (48 km) north of the Hoka Sho light when she sighted a convoy of three tankers and three freighters protected by Japanese planes. The submarine attacked the tankers first, firing three torpedoes at the leader and three at the second. One hit aft was seen on the lead tanker, and flames shot over 500 feet (150 m) into the air. The target's crew, dressed in whites, could be seen running forward to escape the fire. One torpedo hit the second tanker amidships, and it broke in half beneath the stack and sank immediately. Trigger turned and fired three stern tubes at the third tanker. This target swung toward the submarine, and all three torpedoes missed. Trigger then fired another torpedo which hit that ship's starboard side. When the submarine went deep, Dornin slipped and fell into the periscope well as the quartermaster was lowering it. He supported himself on his elbows, and the quartermaster heard his shouts in time to prevent a serious accident. Sonar reported two more explosions before the submarine came back up to periscope depth to resume the attack. Trigger fired two bow torpedoes at the third freighter in the column and scored two hits on the target which went down by the bow. The submarine then made two more attacks on the freighter, but all of her torpedoes either missed or were duds. During the three and one-half hours of action, Trigger sank two tankers, Shiriya and Shoyo Maru, and a freighter, Argun Maru, for a total of 20,660 tons of enemy shipping. The submarine returned to Midway on 30 September to be refitted and rearmed.
Seventh patrol: October–December 1943
The East China Sea and Yellow Sea were Trigger's objective for her seventh patrol. She stood out of Midway on 22 October and proceeded to her patrol area. At 22:00 on 1 November, she sighted a convoy that was steaming in two columns. When a ship in the nearer column overlapped one in the more distant group, Trigger fired a spread of three torpedoes at them. One torpedo struck the nearer freighter in the bow and one hit the farther ship amidships. The submarine saw the nearer ship go down by the bow, before she herself was forced to go deep where she was severely depth-charged by two escorts.
Early the next morning (2 November), Trigger launched three torpedoes at a freighter and scored one hit. At 00:50, she attacked the ship again with another three-torpedo spread. Two of them hit forward, and Yawata Maru went down, bow first, in a vertical plunge. Two hours and 25 minutes later, Trigger launched three torpedoes at a 7,148-ton transport. All hit, and Delagoa Maru disintegrated. On 5 November, the submarine attacked a convoy of three cargo ships protected by one destroyer and two planes. Trigger fired three bow tubes at the second ship in the convoy and one bow tube at the third before going deep to avoid the escort which dropped 20 depth charges. Thinking she was clear, the submarine came to periscope depth and was greeted by five near bomb misses.
On 13 November, Trigger made a submerged approach on a convoy of nine merchantmen and four escorts. After the Japanese ships zigged, the submarine found herself between two columns of ships, but Trigger had no torpedoes remaining in her bow tubes. She emptied her stern tubes at the last and biggest ship, believed to be a transport, from a pointblank range, 800 yards (730 m). The target, which carried a large deck cargo, took one hit aft and one under her stack. The submarine went deep, received a short depth charge attack, and came up to periscope depth to learn that her target had gone down. On 21 November, Trigger sighted a cargo ship and closed to 2,000 yards (1,800 m) before firing four torpedoes. Two hits started the victim down by the bow as the submarine's crew took turns at the periscope to watch Eizan Maru sink. More than a fortnight later, the submarine arrived at Pearl Harbor on 8 December 1943.
Eighth patrol: January–February 1944
Trigger stood out to sea on New Year's Day 1944 to begin her eighth war patrol, this time in the Truk-Guam shipping lanes. On 27 January, she sighted the conning tower of an Ro-class submarine dead ahead. Trigger set up to fire a bow shot from 800 yards (730 m). She came to periscope depth and saw the Japanese submarine, then less than 100 yards (91 m) away, was preparing to attack. Trigger submerged to 150 feet (50 m), expecting a torpedo at any minute, but sound heard no torpedo screws. She came up to periscope depth and saw the Japanese periscope so she decided to make an end around. When Trigger returned to periscope depth, the enemy had disappeared.
Four days later, she contacted a convoy of three ships accompanied by two Fubuki-class destroyers. The submarine scored two hits on the coastal minelayer Nasami, which disappeared in a cloud of smoke and debris. The nearer destroyer began closing the range, and Trigger missed it with four aft tubes. She caught up with the convoy again and fired five torpedoes at the last ship. Two hits produced flames that reached mast height and several secondary explosions that marked the end of the 11,933-ton converted submarine tender Yasukuni Maru. Over three weeks later, the submarine terminated the patrol when she arrived at Pearl Harbor on 23 February.
Ninth patrol: March–May 1944
On 23 March, Trigger (now in the able hands of Commander Frederick J. "Fritz" Harlfinger II, and still with "Ned" Beach as executive officer) headed for the Palau Islands on her ninth war patrol. In the early morning of 8 April, she contacted a convoy of approximately 20 large ships with an estimated 25 escorts, and closed to attack. When she raised her periscope, she saw a destroyer 150 feet (46 m) away firing at the scope and attempting to ram. The submarine loosed four torpedoes at the convoy and went deep as several more escorts joined the attack. On her way down, she heard four explosions. Trigger ran at 300 feet (91 m) or more for 17 hours as six escorts dogged her trail and rained down numerous depth charges. Six exploded extremely close. When the submarine surfaced, her forward torpedo room was flooded to her deck plates, and the hull air induction and most compartments were in about the same condition. The bow planes, trim pump, sound gear, and both radars were all dead. Her radio antenna was grounded, and the submarine could not transmit. The crew spent the next four days making repairs "by use of spares, baling wire, and considerable ingenuity."[citation needed]
Trigger met submarine USS Tang on 14 April and exchanged information by line gun. The next day, Trigger's executive officer went on board Tang by a rubber boat, to borrow an air compressor part and to make plans for a coordinated search and attack. On 18 April, Tang's executive officer delivered spare parts for the air compressor to Trigger, and she continued on patrol.
Shortly before midnight on 26 April, Trigger contacted a convoy of six ships off the eastern Palaus. She fired six torpedoes, from 2,400 yards (2,200 m), at four ships that were closely bunched and overlapping. Four hits were seen and heard, with a big explosion on each ship. Suddenly, a terrific explosion blew up one of the closer ships. One of the more distant ships stood straight up on her bow and sank immediately. At six minutes after midnight, Trigger launched three torpedoes at another group of ships and heard one timed explosion. At 01:57, she launched four torpedoes at a damaged cargo ship and two at an escort. The cargo ship received two more hits. Five minutes later, the submarine fired three stern tubes at a group of three escorts, and the middle one disappeared in a cloud of smoke. During the attack, Trigger sank the 11,739-ton passenger/cargo ship Miike Maru and heavily damaged the destroyer escort Kasado, the 9,467-ton cargo ship Hawaii Maru, and the 8,811 ton cargo ship Asosan Maru. Trigger returned to Pearl Harbor on 20 May and four days later, headed for the United States for a major overhaul. She arrived at San Francisco, California, on 31 May and, after overhaul, returned to Hawaii on 11 September.
On 24 September, Trigger got underway to take station off the east coast of Formosa and perform life guard patrol for bomber strikes due on 12 October. The morning of the strikes, she rescued a pilot from aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill whose burning plane had crash-landed nearby. On 19 October, as the invasion of the Philippines was about to begin, Trigger contacted a convoy of two Takao-class heavy cruisers, one Nagara-class cruiser, two other light cruisers, and several destroyers with air cover. Trigger had no chance to fire but reported the contact. On 30 October, she launched four torpedoes at a tanker but missed. She then fired another four from her stern tubes and heard one hit the target before running up the periscope to watch the other three blow off part of the stern, but the ship did not sink. Trigger went deep as 78 depth charges were rained down on her within the next hour, but caused no damage. The damaged 10,021-ton tanker Takane Maru was later sunk by submarines USS Salmon and USS Sterlet. The next morning, Trigger received word from Salmon that she had been heavily damaged by depth charges and was unable to submerge. Trigger rendezvoused with Salmon that night and was joined by USS Silversides and Sterlet to escort the damaged submarine to Saipan. They were provided with air cover from the Mariana Islands and arrived at Tanapag Harbor on 3 November. A week later, Trigger departed with six other submarines but was ordered to discontinue her patrol on 17 November and returned to Guam.
Eleventh patrol: December 1944–February 1945
On 28 December 1944, Trigger headed for the Bungo Suido-Kii Suido area to begin her 11th war patrol. At 21:05 on 3 January 1945, she sighted a light, and radar made a doubtful contact. Thirty minutes later, a torpedo passed by her starboard side. Trigger reversed course and cleared the area but returned two days later. That day, she sighted a periscope at 2,000 yards (1,800 m), and—realizing that instead of hunting, she was being hunted—she slipped away.
On 29 January, the submarine made radar contact from 23,000 yards (21,000 m) on a large convoy with six escorts and well covered by aircraft. As she closed, the moon came out bright and clear. An enemy bomber turned and started in as radar picked up another plane coming in astern at 5,000 yards (4,600 m). The submarine went deep, and the convoy slowly pulled away. The next day, the ship was ordered to terminate her patrol, and she returned to Guam on 3 February.
Twelfth patrol: March 1945
Trigger (with new skipper Commander David R. Connole) stood out to sea on 11 March to begin her 12th war patrol and headed for the Nansei Shoto area. On 18 March, she attacked a convoy west of the islands, sinking the cargo ship Tsukushi Maru No.3 and damaging another. She reported the attack on 20 March, and the submarine was subsequently ordered to radio as many movements of the convoy as possible to help find a safe passage through a known mined area of the East China Sea. On 24 March, Trigger was ordered to begin patrolling west of the islands the next day, outside the 100-fathom (600 ft; 180 m) curve, and to steer clear of restricted areas. On 26 March, she was ordered to join a wolf pack called "Earl's Eliminators" and to acknowledge receipt of the message. A weather report came from the submarine that day but no confirmation of her having received the message. The weather report was Trigger's last transmission. On 4 April, she was ordered to proceed to Midway, but she had not arrived by 1 May and was reported as presumed lost.
Postwar records indicate she torpedoed and sank the repair ship Odate on 27 March. The next day, Japanese planes and ships joined in a two-hour attack on a submarine heard by Silversides, Sea Dog, Hackleback, and Threadfin in adjacent areas. Threadfin was the only one of these submarines attacked that day, and she reported hearing many depth charges and several heavy explosions east of her after the attack on her ceased. Postwar Japanese records showed a Japanese aircraft detected and bombed a submarine on 28 March 1945. Kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59 were then guided to the spot and delivered an intensive depth charging. After two hours, a large oil slick appeared.
Trigger was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 July 1945.
Trigger was immortalized and eulogized in Beach's 1952 book Submarine!.
Destroyer escort USS Connole (DE-1056, later FF-1056) was named in honor of Commander David R. Connole.
Awards
Trigger received 11 battle stars via the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal for World War II service and the Presidential Unit Citation for her fifth, sixth, and seventh war patrols. She is credited with sinking 18 ships (tied with Seawolf and Rasher for seventh on the list of confirmed sinkings by number of ships), totaling 86,552 tons (seventh on the list of confirmed sinkings by tonnage), according to the official JANAC accounting postwar.
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Boeing 720B Cockpit Simulator
The first jet powered airliner, the deHavilland Comet, flew for the first time in 1949 and entered service in 1952. A series of accidents pointed out serious problems in the aircraft's design, and the grounding of the Comet for the next four years opened the door for Boeing and Douglas Aircraft to take the lead in jet airliner design. Boeing's entry into the jet age, the 707, quickly came to dominate the market, outstripping both the Douglas DC-8 and the redesigned Comet. Based on Boeing's design for an aerial refueling tanker for the U.S. Air Force, the 707 took advantage of Boeing's experience with jet bomber designs to incorporate a swept wing and engines in separate pods under the wings. The first production 707 flew in 1957, with the first commercial flight by Pan American Airways in October 1958. Between then and 1978 a total of 1,010 aircraft were built by Boeing for the world's airlines. In addition to the standard 707s, Boeing built 152 of a slightly shorter version of the plane called the 720. These planes were designed to fly medium range flights from smaller airports, a niche in the market that would eventually be filled by the Boeing 727.
Training of airline pilots is accomplished to a great extent in detailed cockpit simulators that exactly duplicate the aircraft they will one day be flying. In full motion simulators, like this one, hydraulic or electric jacks move the simulator realistically in response to the pilot's control inputs and simulated external forces. Each simulator not only represents a specific type of aircraft but replicates the flying characteristics of one particular example of that type. This simulator was programmed to replicate a Boeing 720 with the registration N93143 which was once owned by Western Airlines. The use of simulators makes practicing both normal and emergency procedures less expensive and much less dangerous. Today the vast majority of airline pilot training is done in full motion simulators rather than in real aircraft.
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Technical Specifications (B-720)
Length: 136 ft 2 in
Wingspan: 130 ft 10 in
Height: 41 ft 7 in
Weight: 235,000 lbs (loaded)
Speed: 540 knots
Service Celling: 43,000 feet
Range: 3800 miles
Crew: 3
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1-MC6, 17,000 lbs thrust
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With the groundings of the Boeing 737 MAX, Air Canada has had to lease this 767-200 from Omni Air International to cover on the YVR-Hawaii flights. Note the brand new pushback/tug that does not use a tow bar.
An ice shelf is a thick platform of ice that forms at the grounding line of a glacier, where the glacier meets the coastline. Most freshwater on earth is bound in the huge ice shield covering almost entire Antarctica and extending in shelf-ice to the sea. Increasing melt of Antarctic ice would lead to significant sea level rise.
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Feb. 2014 -- ODOT contractors perform an exothermic weld to connect existing and new ground rings at Bosley Butte in Umatilla County.
These aren’t much - old snapshots that I scanned several years ago, but I thought I would post them for mlbrookmire, who says she can’t get enough of all the lobster boats and our means of working on them. When I grounded out to paint the starboard side, it was a tight squeeze on a rocky beach and I had to plop her down just right between ledges and boulders. The port side I had to do next door on my relative’s beach of crushed mussel shells, which are brutal to any barefoot kid going swimming but very soft on a boat. (Adults don’t swim in the salt water in Maine, the warmest the water ever gets is 67°, about 19° Celsius). Grounding out against the wharf is fairly easy: just leave your lines tied properly to allow for the boat to drop 12 feet yet remain snug to the wharf and you can walk away and leave her going up and down with the tide for days if you like.
The old risk of grounding sign on the approach to Achterneed level crossing, when it was an automatic open crossing. The crossing was subsequently upgraded with the addition of half barriers and this sign was replaced with the modern version.
Speaker Pelosi is now reportedly will visit Taiwan on August 2, touching down at 10:20 pm local time, before going to Japan. In the meantime, the U.S. is grounding most if not all of its F-35 fighter jets due to ejection seat quality control problems.
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Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say
(CNN) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official, despite warnings from Biden administration officials, who are worried about China's response to such a high-profile visit. The stop -- the first for a US House speaker in 25 years -- is not currently on Pelosi's public itinerary and comes at a time when US-China relations are already at a low point.
The Taiwanese official added that she is expected to stay in Taiwan overnight. It is unclear when exactly Pelosi will land in Taipei. The US official added that Defense Department officials are working around the clock on monitoring any Chinese movements in the region and securing a plan to keep her safe.
During a regular foreign ministry briefing Monday, China warned against the "egregious political impact" of Pelosi's planned visit to the self-governing island that China claims as a part of its territory and reiterated that its military "won't sit by idly" if Beijing feels its "sovereignty and territorial integrity" is being threatened.
"We would like to tell the US once again that China is standing by, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army will never sit idly by. China will take resolute responses and strong countermeasures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters, when asked about the fallout from Pelosi leading a congressional delegation to Taipei.
"As for what measures, if she dares to go, then let's wait and see," Zhao added. Though China's military did not mention Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command said it would "bury incoming enemies" in a video posted online Monday showing off its weaponry and fighting tactics. "Firmly stand by and ready for the fighting command; Bury all incoming enemies," a message posted on Weibo said.
National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said Monday that the Biden administration will support Pelosi on a trip to Taiwan.
"We want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely and we're going to make sure of that. There is no reason for the Chinese rhetoric. There is no reason for any actions to be taken. It is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to Taiwan," Kirby told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "New Day."
"We shouldn't be as a country -- we shouldn't be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. This is an important trip for the speaker to be on and we're going to do whatever we can to support her," Kirby continued.
Asked if the US was prepared for fallout with China over the visit, Kirby said that "there is no change to our policy. No change to our focus on trying to keep a free and safe and open Indo-Pacific."
The issue of Taiwan remains one of the most contentious. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed it at length in a two-hour-and-17-minute phone call on Thursday, as tensions mounted between Washington and Beijing.
"The question of Taiwan is the most sensitive, important core issue in China-US relations," said Chinese Ambassador to the US Qin Gang at the Aspen Security Forum in July.
While Biden has said publicly the US military did not believe it was a good time for Pelosi to visit Taiwan, he has stopped short of telling her directly not to go, according to two sources.
Administration officials have worked over recent weeks to apprise the House speaker of the risks of visiting the democratic, self-governing island of 24 million residents, including in briefings from Pentagon and other administration officials. But Biden did not believe it was his place to tell her she should not go, and he has avoided commenting publicly about her trip since his initial statement on July 21.
Biden said last month that the US military opposed Pelosi visiting Taiwan, though since then has refused to elaborate on the warnings. The White House has said it is up to the House speaker where she travels.
Still, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently said he'd discussed a visit to Asia with Pelosi.
The administration takes extra care for Pelosi's security when she travels overseas because she is in the presidential line of succession.
Administration officials are concerned Pelosi's trip comes at a particularly tense moment, as Xi is expected to seek an unprecedented third term at the upcoming Chinese Communist Party congress. Chinese party officials are expected to begin laying the groundwork for that conference in the coming weeks, putting pressure on the leadership in Beijing to show strength.
Officials also believe the Chinese leadership doesn't completely grasp the political dynamics in the United States, leading to a misunderstanding over the significance of Pelosi's potential visit. The officials say China may be confusing Pelosi's visit with an official administration visit, since she and Biden are both Democrats. Administration officials are concerned that China doesn't separate Pelosi from Biden much, if at all.
Pelosi has long been a critic of the Chinese Communist Party. She has met with pro-democracy dissidents and the Dalai Lama -- the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader who remains a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. In 1991, Pelosi unfurled a black-and-white banner in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate victims of the 1989 massacre, which said, "To those who died for democracy." In recent years, she voiced support for the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
The Chinese embassy to the United States has objected to her expected trip, which was planned for April before Pelosi tested positive for Covid-19, urging members of Congress to tell the speaker not to make it.
"I would say there's been a full-court press from the Chinese embassy to discourage a trip to Taiwan," Washington Democratic Rep. Rick Larsen, the co-chair of Congress' US-China working group, told CNN. "I just don't think it's their business to tell us what we ought to be doing. That was my message back."
Liu Pengyu, spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the US, responded that his office is in "regular contact" with members of Congress, including Larsen.
"On the Taiwan question, we have made our stance loud and clear," Pengyu said. "The Embassy is making all our efforts to prevent the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the stability of China-US relations being damaged by the potential visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan."
"We hope serious consequences could be avoided," he added. "This is in the common interests of both China and the US."
Many Democrats and Republicans in Congress said it was Pelosi's right to travel to Taiwan.
"It is Speaker Pelosi's decision alone on whether or not to travel to Taiwan, not any other country," said Illinois Republican Rep. Darin LaHood, Larsen's Republican counterpart on the US-China working group. "In our democratic system -- we operate with separate but equal branches of government."
"It is inappropriate for foreign governments, including the Chinese government, to attempt to influence the ability or the right to travel for the speaker, members of Congress, or other US government officials to Taiwan or anywhere else around the world," he added.
Other members appeared to be more cautious about the diplomatically sensitive trip.
California Democratic Rep. Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, said she has "always supported Taiwan."
But when asked whether a Taiwan trip now would send the wrong message, Chu said, "You could look at it two ways. One is that the relationships are very strained right now. But on the other hand, you could say maybe that's when Taiwan also needs to be shown the strength and the support."When asked what she thought, she said, "I leave it up to those who are going to make that decision."
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EXCLUSIVE: Air Force grounding F-35s over ejection seat concerns
The stand-down follows the Navy grounding an undisclosed number of jets due to concerns with ejection seat safety.
WASHINGTON: The Air Force is grounding the majority of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet today, due to a faulty component inside its ejection seat that could prevent the pilot from being able to safely egress from the aircraft during an emergency, Breaking Defense has learned.
In response to an inquiry, Air Combat Command spokeswoman Alexi Worley confirmed the temporary standdown of ACC-controlled F-35s.
“ACC’s F-35s do have Martin-Baker ejection seats, and on July 19, began a Time Compliance Technical Directive to inspect all of the cartridges on the ejection seat within 90 days,” she stated. “Out of an abundance of caution, ACC units will execute a stand-down on July 29 to expedite the inspection process. Based on data gathered from those inspections, ACC will make a determination to resume operations.”
Later on Friday afternoon, Air Education and Training Command announced it had also paused F-35 operations on July 29 “to allow our logistics team to further analyze the issue and expedite the inspection process,” said AETC spokeswoman Capt. Lauren Woods. AETC controls F-35 training squadrons at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and Eglin AFB in Fla.
“Based on the results of these inspections and in conjunction with ACC, the lead command for F-35, AETC will make a decision regarding continued operations,” Woods said.
While ACC controls the majority of operational USAF F-35s, smaller numbers of jets are spread out among other major commands, including United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It was not immediately clear if those units would also be standing down their fifth-generation fighters for a safety check.
At issue are cartridge actuated devices — explosive cartridges used inside ejection seats to help propel the seat out of an aircraft during an emergency. According to the Air Force, certain production lots of CADs used in Martin-Baker ejection seats have been identified by the company as being defective and needing replacement.
“Since CADs are used in the ejection process, a faulty CAD may not allow all the functions necessary to take place that would allow a complete and safe ejection,” Michael Cisek, a senior associate at the aviation consulting firm AeroDynamic Advisory, told Breaking Defense on Wednesday. “While the aircraft are flyable, I don’t think too many pilots would be willing to fly knowing they may not be able [to] eject.”
This latest news comes days after the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command stated that it had temporarily grounded almost 300 training aircraft due to the CAD-supply issue, and the Navy separately acknowledged that it had grounded an unspecified number of its own trainers and combat aircraft.
Breaking Defense first reported the Navy groundings on Wednesday and Air Force Times first reported the Air Force groundings on Thursday.
The problems have left the US Navy and Air Force scrambling to understand the scope of the problem, which has also impacted the United Kingdom’s Eurofighter Typhoons and Red Arrow demonstration team, according to the Daily Express.
The Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) supplies CADs and Propellant Actuated Devices for the entirety of the joint force, including the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.
According to Naval Air Systems Command, the Navy was notified of a potential defect by Martin-Baker and began using “validated radiography procedures” to scan its available CAD inventory and verify that it was “properly manufactured.” NSWC IHD then began shipping cleared replacement parts on July 24 “to several fleet maintenance centers,” the NAVAIR news release stated.
The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a “90-day Time Compliance Technical Directive (TCTD) inspection procedure” that F-35s will go through to be checked for defective CAD, the program office said in response to questions from Breaking Defense. International F-35 customers have also been made aware of CAD issue.“
The collective team is actively engaged in supporting the inspection process, providing supply as needed, and communicating with stakeholders,” the JPO stated.
A Temporary Standdown of Air Force Trainers
The Air Force initiated a standdown on July 27 so that maintainers could inspect the 203 T-38 and 76 T-6 aircraft suspected of being equipped with the defective CAD, Air Force spokeswoman Aryn Lockhart said in a statement. That number represents 40% of AETC’s T-38 fleet and 15% of its T-6 fleet, including trainers at the undergraduate pilot training bases and Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Once maintainers confirm the ejection seats are fully functional, those specific aircraft will return to service, with flying operations for unaffected aircraft expected to resume on July 28, Lockhart said.
However, Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, 19th Air Force Commander, emphasized that aircraft will not begin flying unless the service is “confident” its ejection seats are in proper working order.“
Our primary concern is the safety of our airmen and it is imperative that they have confidence in our equipment,” he said in a statement. “Our actions today were taken out of an abundance of caution in order to ensure the safety of our pilots and aircrew.”
Although Air Combat Command also operates T-38s, it flies the A and B models that do not have Martin-Baker ejection seats. Therefore, they are not impacted by the stand down, Worley said.
An Unknown Number of Navy Aircraft Affected
On Wednesday, a Naval Air Systems Command spokeswoman said the service “has made the decision to ground some fixed-wing aircraft due to an ejection seat cartridge actuated device (CAD) production issue.”
The spokeswoman declined to comment on how many aircraft were ultimately affected by the problem for “operational security” reasons, but the initial press release on the issue said the defective CAD was isolated to a “limited range of lot numbers” used in F/A-18B/C/D Hornets, F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, E/A-18G Growlers, and T-45 Goshawk and F-5 Tiger II training aircraft.
In light of the Air Force’s public disclosure of the number of T-38 and T-6 aircraft that were grounded, Breaking Defense sought more information from the Navy about the number of aircraft it grounded. A service spokeswoman again declined to provide any specific information, saying the Air Force disclosed numbers of training aircraft, rather than those operational or deployed forward.“
Disclosing the number of total aircraft (with or without specifying Type/Model/Series) poses an OPSEC risk,” the spokeswoman told Breaking Defense on Thursday. “At any given time, we will have an undisclosed number of aircraft being serviced, but stating the total number of aircraft affected by this issue effectively alerts our adversaries to limitations in our ability to respond should the need arise.”
While the Hornets, Super Hornets and Growlers do remain operational in deployed squadrons, the T-45s are primarily used for training Navy pilots. Meanwhile, the service bought nearly two dozen F-5s in fiscal 2020 to “provide air-to-air training for strike fighter and electronic warfare advanced readiness programs, large force exercise, unit-level training and fleet replacement squadron training,” according to budget justification documents.
Airman 1st Class Mark Dunton (left) and Senior Airman Samantha Maquillan work on upgrading lightning protection and grounding on a communications tower at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., June 22, 2015. The installation of the lightning protection gear helps protect resources such as radios that 157th Air Refueling Wing Airmen use to support the mission.The Airmen are assigned to the 243rd Engineering Installation Squadron, Maine Air National Guard in South Portland, Maine. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Curtis J. Lenz)
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