Re-enlistments in the Navy Reserves are memorable occasions as a
Sailor passes a milestone in his or her career and looks forward to
the road ahead. But when Aviation Boatswain's Mate Fuels Chief
Thomas E. Wharton raised his right hand and repeated his service
oath almost one year ago, little did he know that this important
milestone would eventually be celebrated at more than 300 knots in
the back seat of a F/A-18 Super Hornet jet.
By ANN Senior Correspondent Kevin "Hognose" O'Brien
Afghanistan once had a powerful air force with fighter planes,
attack helicopters and transport machines. Indeed, I saw evidence
of it everywhere I went in that country: hangars shredded by AC-130
fire, fighters left derelict, jet pilots working as privates in the
Army. Between the civil war, the end of Russian aid (all military
types were of Soviet origin), and the Coalition blitzkrieg of 2001,
nothing was left but souvenirs.
Northrop Grumman says it recently performed successful
high-speed captive flight tests of its multi-mode air-to-ground
terminal guidance seeker during moving-target engagement exercises
at Eglin Air Force Base.
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