Next day Newspapers list among the survivors are ….
Category: A Victory!
A multi-million-dollar U.S. warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy said.
A tractor that was towing the fighter plane — a model that cost $67 million in 2021 — also slipped off the ship into the sea.
“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” the Navy said in a statement.
“Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard,” it said. “All personnel are accounted for, with one sailor sustaining a minor injury.”
The carrier and its other planes remain in action and the incident is under investigation, the Navy added. No details of recovery work were released.
It is the second F/A-18 operating off the Truman to be lost in less than six months, after another was mistakenly shot down by the USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser late last year in incident that both pilots survived.
The Truman is one of two U.S. aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East, where U.S. forces have been hammering Yemen’s Huthi rebels with strikes since mid-March in an attempt to end the threat they pose to ships in the region
————————————————————————————– This is going to be one hell of a board of inquiry and I feel sorry for that Junior Sailor. Grumpy
Claude Strother is an avid outdoorsman. He hunts and fishes and has always kept a journal of his experiences.
In his 82 years, he has learned to become an expert turkey caller. His friends and family take him with them to call.
Since 1975, he has had 247 kills, including four Royal Slams and eight Grand Slams. Strother has helped his loved ones take over 75 turkeys by doing the calling.
Even when one of his friends takes a turkey, he jots it down in his journal.
His latest story is one he will never forget.
“It was big,” Strother said. “It was a monster.”
It isn’t a big buck or a monster bass Strother is talking about, and this time, he was the one being hunted.
Last Friday, Strother decided to take a short turkey hunting excursion in Wilcox County. It was there that a bobcat attacked him.
“All of a sudden, I thought somebody hit me with a baseball bat,” Strother recalled. “Knocked me forward and I looked back and nothing, then I looked forward and this giant bobcat was trotting off.”
Strother wasn’t seriously injured, and he was able to take photos of his injuries. The bobcat’s claws left gashes in his face, close to his eyes.
Although his head was sore for a few days, he said he plans to go right back to the same spot and call for turkeys. His inspirational story serves as a reminder never to let fear get in the way of life’s adventures.