Voice from the Noise: Apology Tour Pacific Rim Edition

700 On the Move

Vs-31 CAG Aircraft 700 is shot down the cat of the USS GW Washington, circa 2006. VS-31's final deployment before being decommissioned was onboard the USS Washington. The NG on the tail is the give away. Airwings attached to West coast aircraft Carriers are assigned the lead nemonic of "N" while those on the Atlantic are given "A". The 700 or double nuts aircraft in each aircraft is typically given special paint over and above that customary for a squadron aircraft and is usually offered to the Air Wing Commander. This aircraft is sporting an AWW-13 Weapons Data Link pod on that starboard wing pylon. This pod us used to relay video from an inflight missile (Maverick or SLAM-ER) or controls from the aircraft to the missile. There is an actual joystick at the Co-Pilot station that allows the operator at that station to actually fly the missle while it is in flight.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Apology Tour Pacific Rim Edition

PresBO is off on a tour of Asia. He has to go make sure those Chinese keep buying our Dollar, but besides that I am sure he is going to apologize for America's transgressions in the region. Here is what I think will be some of his agenda:

Japan –

Sorry for those huge giant glowing smoking holes we gave you, we should have tried to negotiate a settlement with you, I mean you couldn't have been all bad.

Korea

Sorry we got in the way of the Communist Unification of the country. All these years you guys would have been even more productive then your brothers in the south have been. Shame on us for preventing that, I mean you could have had all the Nuke Power you need to you know, light up the north if we had just stayed out of your way. Maybe next time, especially if you hurry and invade before I leave office.

China - Sorry we did not get behind the that whole "cultural revolution" thing but I do have a lot of Mao followers in my Administration. I'd have even more if that loud mouth Glenn Beck would stop pointing them out on his TV and radio show.