NORFOLK, Va. - Wednesday marks 53 years since a deadly fire broke out on the former USS Forrestal aircraft carrier, killing more than one hundred men. The ship was the first of the Navy's ...
At 10:50 a.m. on July 29, 1967, a Zuni rocket misfired in its launcher aboard the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, ...
Sometimes the stories I encounter in this job leave me stunned. To wit, I recently spoke with Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Anthony O’Malley, who served aboard the USS Forrestal during a ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- Remembering a day they wish they could forget. The USS Forrestal Fire resulted in the worst loss of a life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II. Five decades later, ...
Peter Booth couldn't help but think of the past nearly every day of the two years he commanded the USS Forrestal from 1977 to 1979. That's because 10 years earlier on July 29, 1967, a fire broke out ...
The USS Forrestal Fire, Explained: Aircraft carriers can be dangerous places to work. These ships are literally floating airports, and if proper safety measures aren’t carried out, things can turn ...
Kenneth V. Killmeyer marks his publishing debut with the release of “Fire, Fire, Fire on the Flight Deck Aft; This Is Not a Drill” (published by AuthorHouse). The book charts the inconceivable story ...