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A Navy Flyer's Creed
I am a United States Navy flyer. My countrymen built the best airplane in the world and entrusted it to me. They trained me to fly it. I will use it to the absolute limit of my power. With my fellow pilots, air crews, and deck crews, my plane and I will do anything necessary to carry out our tremendous responsibilities. i will always remember we are part of an unbeatable combat team - the United States Navy. When the going is fast and rough, I will not falter. I will be uncompromising in every blow I strike. I will be humble in victory. I am a United States Navy flyer. I have dedicated myself to my country, with its many millions of all races, colors, and creeds. They and their way of life are worth of my greatest protective effort. I ask the help of God in making that effort great enough.

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RF-4B Lands Itself
By Capt. Chuck "Overstress" Strong / Updated Dec. 2025
11 Jan. 1981 Terry "T Bird" Sweeney was flying with Capt. Chuck "Overstress" Strong in Iwakuni. They had a dual engine flame out and both punched out while theRF-4B Phantom landed itself. It is the only jet in military aviation history that a pilot ejected out during flight and the aircraft flew again.

Famous Father
Capt. Sweeney's father is the famousGeneral Charles Sweeney who was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

Alright, you glorious Rat Phixers and Phlyers, if we ever survived a TAD, a Det, or a BOHICA, who haven't, and you didn’t think I was the biggest gaff off in the squadron. Got a sea story, or some grainy photos your ex didn’t set on fire, and they’re only slightly illegal? Send ‘em by email, snail mail, or safety wire it to a carrier pigeon. I collect ‘em all, just nothing that would incriminate me.
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