{"id":3748,"date":"2003-04-02T16:07:29","date_gmt":"2003-04-02T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2003-04-02T16:07:29","modified_gmt":"2003-04-02T21:07:29","slug":"old_bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/02\/old_bird.html","title":{"rendered":"Old bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/CapeCanaveral\/Lab\/5139\/Best.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tomcat\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/f14.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"101\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Yeesh.  I remember when <a title=\"KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katu.com\/news\/story.asp?ID=56039\">F-14s<\/a> were high-tech darlings of the air, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinfo.navy.mil\/navpalib\/factfile\/aircraft\/air-f14.html\">pride of the Navy&#8217;s air power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Getting old, man.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.command-post.org\/archives\/003381.html\">Command Post<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeesh. I remember when F-14s were high-tech darlings of the air, the pride of the Navy&#8217;s air power. Getting old, man. 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