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 Apr 28 2007, 05:17 PM
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QUOTE(Thunderbird Fan @ Apr 28 2007, 05:54 PM) [snapback]7121[/snapback] I came across the article today. This should make us all want to be better role models for our youth. Blues Fanbeautiful story.. very touching..
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Apr 28 2007, 05:23 PM
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QUOTE(Thunderbird Fan @ Apr 28 2007, 05:54 PM) [snapback]7121[/snapback] I came across the article today. This should make us all want to be better role models for our youth. Blues FanTears......again.
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Apr 28 2007, 10:58 PM
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Looks like the Blues will take another week off and not fly at Offutt. http://www.offuttairshow.com/
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2010 Airshow Season
Janesville, WI (Thunderbirds and Snowbirds)
Milwaukee, WI (Blue Angels and F-22 Raptor)
Davenport, IA (F-15E Strike Eagle, A-10 West, F/A-18 C & F West)
Dubuque, IA (Golden Knights)
Oshkosh, WI
Rockford, IL (Thunderbirds)
Offutt AFB, NE (USAF Thunderbirds & F-22 Raptor)
Kirksville, MO (A-10 East)
Burlington, IA (F-15E Strike Eagle)
7 Down 2 to go.
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Apr 29 2007, 12:58 AM
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QUOTE(Thunderbird Fan @ Apr 28 2007, 03:54 PM) [snapback]7121[/snapback] I came across the article today. This should make us all want to be better role models for our youth. And here....Again.... 
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Apr 30 2007, 12:08 AM
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QUOTE(b52hbuff @ Apr 23 2007, 12:20 PM) [snapback]6701[/snapback] I have a question about Kojack. I am curious how he got the nickname and what it means? The TV show character is Kojak. Has everyone been misspelling the name, or is it some other reference? Kojak got his callsign in a bar in Lisbon, Portugal. It was soon after he joined the VF-11 Red Rippers flying the F-14B Tomcat in the summer of 2000, his first squadron out of the FRS. We were out doing what fighter guys do when they pull into port; drinking heavily, joking around, and having a good time. I'll leave it up to your imagination what exactly we were talking about. But it is in fact a reference to the TV character's freshly-shorn cranium. ****** I wasn't able to make it to Kojak's funeral this weekend, but someone who did make it told me it was a really good. The service was held in the chapel of Pensacola NAS, and the burial at Barrancas. A missing-man was performed by two F-18F's from VFA-11 and two F-18's from the VFC-12 Omars. (His two squadrons previous to the Blue Angels)
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Apr 30 2007, 08:23 AM
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QUOTE(Ed de Bruijn @ Apr 28 2007, 03:17 AM) [snapback]7086[/snapback] The Royal Netherlands Air Force is sending their condolences to the family, friends and collegues of Kevin J. Davis. I personally worked with Kojak last year arranging the Blue Angels overseas tour to The Netherlands. We will remember Kojak as a passioned aviator and a warm personallity. We surely will miss him.
Ed de Bruijn
Head Air Display Office RNLAF Class move Ed de Bruijin, and welcome to airshowbuzz. Jim Deveney
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Apr 30 2007, 11:29 AM
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QUOTE(draven @ Apr 30 2007, 12:00 PM) [snapback]7254[/snapback] yesm yyou are corrrrect!!!!! thx for sharing God Bless Cdr Kevin Davis May He Rest in Peace
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Apr 30 2007, 10:38 PM
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The on-base newspapers of Oceana and Pensacola ( Jet Observer and Gosport, respectively), committed the front page of their current issues to Kojak. Anthony
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May 1 2007, 04:19 PM
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I was in attendance on Saturday at Beaufort when the crash happend. I drove down from Atlanta for the show. This was one of the hardest things I have ever been a "witness" to. I did not see the crash happen, as I was walking towards the gate behind obstructions. The Blues handled the situation very perfessionally. If you didn't care or followed the Blues closley, you would have never known that it happend. My most sincere condolences go out to the family, crew and friends of LCDR Davis and the entire Blue Angels community. Here are some photos I took Saturday before the accident. Shots of him doing what he loved. LCDR Davis, you will be missed.
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May 1 2007, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE(ScottH711 @ Apr 26 2007, 12:03 AM) [snapback]6903[/snapback] Does anyone know if it was Kojak that flew the #6 jet back to Florida and returned with a different jet during the 06 Oceana show?
Scott Yes, it was Kojak that flew the #6 back to Pensacola (Rob or someone said there was some type of issue with the jet) and that he would fly it back to Pensacola and pick up the spare jet and get back to Ocean in time for the Blue's Demo.
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 May 1 2007, 09:26 PM
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these are various shots i took from the grandstand area last year at pensacola on friday for the homecoming of the blues on their 60th year.here are a few of kojak , god speed my friend ,we will really miss you . the memories will only grow stronger as our hearts try and heal themselves ,but not anytime soon, i look forward too seeing everybody soon once you all get back on the road .our hearts will always be with kojak and his family along with the blues past and present. blue skies and blue jets jane and grady
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2009 is in the bag and so many images to get through. maybe i will be done by march can not wait to see where we will be headed in 2010.
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Blues were back up in the air today... 
