Sad News in California this Week.

A US spyplane out of Beale AFB was lost this week.  you can read more here, and here, and here and here.

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Lockheed P-3C Orion

 This P-3C Orion, from Whidbey Island NAS, was doing touch and goes at the Yakima Airport yesterday.

USS Louisville Still Lives.

Ok, maybe just a part of her.  This article goes into how a retired veteran went above and beyond the call to identify a mystery turret used at the Nevada Test Site for measuring atomic blasts.  Turns out it was a turret from the USS Louisville.  I think it's cool that two of my interests are in this one article.  The USN and the Atomic Test Program.

you can view the article here.