Monday, February 21, 2011

Real Navy Aviators Stand Up

Ex-pilots shoot down timeline of Navy
Slant seen on blacks, women


Navy's first paraplegic African-American lesbian twister champ
Norfolk- The Navy kicked off it's celebration of 100 years of Naval Aviation aboard the carrier USS George Washington yesterday.  Above, LT. Renetta Muhammad, the first paraplegic African-American lesbian fighter pilot,  is honored for winning the ship's Twister contest. 
  A foundation set up to celebrate Navy aviation’s 100th birthday has disavowed an official history on its website, after former combat pilots complained of inaccuracies and political correctness.

As the first celebration commenced last month at a naval air base in California, a number of enraged former pilots began bombarding the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Foundation with complaints. The Navy views the commemoration with high regard, with celebrations planned at Navy and Marine Corps air stations from California to Florida.

The foundation‘s official history slide show featured four “firsts” for women, such as the first female operations officer in 1992. It also accentuated humanitarian missions. But it devoted only two slides to World War II and barely mentioned Vietnam, during which the Navy orchestrated a decade of multiple aircraft carrier operations.

“There is ‘history’ and then there is ‘revisionist history’ written to support a political agenda,” said Roy Stafford, a former Marine attack aircraft pilot.
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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rodg said "LT. Renetta Muhammad, the first paraplegic Black American lesbian fighter pilot"

I think he meant, "LT. Renetta Muhammad, the first (BLIND)(GRAND-DAUGHTER OF A SLAVE)paraplegic Black (MUSLIM) American lesbian fighter pilot (WHO LATER GOT A SEX CHANGE)

(Did I miss anything?)

Vilmar

Anonymous said...

PC killed Lt Kara Hultgreen.
Tim

Papa Rod said...

"Slant"?
Dude. That's racist!

Anonymous said...

We'll get a new navy after the red chinese sink this one.

Casca

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Ouch, Casca. BTW, I was again watching the interminable "Last Days of WWII" last night - the Kamikaze chapter. What chance does a navy have today when, theoretically, a kid with a joystick can control 1000 drones? Will the Reagan be the last carrier built?

Anonymous said...

In 1979, the Navy provides the Village People with the warship, the USS Reasoner, several aircraft and the crew to film the infamous "In the Navy" video.

righty gomez

Anonymous said...

Righty, now they ARE the navy.

Rodger, I'm no Naval Historian, BUT if airpower was the deciding factor in 1941, then it has to be missile technology today. Remember what the Argies did to the British Navy in the Falklands in 1980? Drones need someone to tell them what to do, and that can be defeated. A smart missile just goes and does its dirty work. Besides, even thirty years ago the submariners had a t-shirt that read, "There Are Only Two Kinds of Ships, Submarines, and Targets.

It's nice to be able to park a carrier off some despot's beach, but future high intensity war will probably finally be decided by strategic airpower. So, the BUFF was a good investment.

Casca

DougM said...

Were any Heroic Restraint medals awarded?

They puttin' handicapped ramps on all the ships, now? Should at least put handicapped signs on the lower bunks. You're welcome.

Yep, danged good story.
I posted that over ta sondrak.com, too.

Anonymous said...

"PC killed Lt Kara Hultgreen.
Tim"

And Kara Hultgreen killed her RIO.

Mookie

John the Baptist said...

"And Kara Hultgreen killed her RIO."

He both initiated the eject sequence and survived. Still gross pilot error on her part, and grosser error on the PC police's part.

JtB

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