Talk:Interception of the Rex

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DateProcessResult
January 25, 2009Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 27, 2008.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the May 1938 interception of the Rex was the largest training exercise conducted up to that time by the United States Army Air Corps?
On this day...A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 12, 2023.

GA nomination[edit]

The GA nomination is much appreciated (especially on the first day of its posting). I disagree with the edits to the opening summary, but am willing to let it ride in light of the GA process. My understanding (I know wiki changes style every time someone sneezes, so I apologize if I haven't kept up) is that the opening summarizes the article, so that someone looking for a brief encyclopedia explanation can find the distilled, relevant facts. The changes done to the opening defeat this. Writing a good opening is perhaps the most difficult part of a lengthy, detailed article, because it implies information not included is extraneous (in this case the background of prior efforts), but that is rarely the case. (Here, the events in 1921, 1931, and 1937 lead to a better understanding of why 1938 took place.) If the process does not go forward after a time, I will likely restore the opening to its original form. Thanx again to the editor who place the nomination.--Reedmalloy (talk) 14:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think what happened is that the intro was VERY detailed. So this information was sectioned into the body of the article. What needs to happen now is that a few sentences summarizing the information not already included in the intro needs to be added back. I think you're just the person to do it. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:45, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanx. :-).--Reedmalloy (talk) 14:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As it turned out, I could not reconcile the awkward organization. I incorporated a bit of it back into the opening summary, others into the text, and deleted the remainder. Regarding the ? in the review below on images. If anyone can contribute, please do, there are many govt images out there. I have no downloading skills.Reedmalloy (talk) 08:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AC #80 ....[edit]

AC #80 .... My father, Corp James E. Sands, was the Radio Operator for on that mission. He flew with Haynes and Lemay many times. I have a group picture of the crew in front of the Aircraft. My father eventually retired a Lt. Col after a very colorful career. He served from 1931 to 1961 and I 1964 to 1984.

67.236.18.200 (talk) 09:22, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

<ref> As told by my father.

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