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Navy takes flight, gives widow a 100th birthday to remember
Ima Black wanted to go for a helicopter ride on her 100th birthday. The US Navy granted that wish. Author: Tom Santaniello Updated: 10:22 PM EDT August 3, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Turning 100 is already a special milestone for those who make it to the century mark.
For Ima Black, the big day became even more memorable when the US Navy took her on the ride of a lifetime.
The navy granted Black s birthday wish. They gave her a helicopter ride.
Black is the widow of Delbert Black, the navy s first-ever master chief petty officer. On the ride, the helicopter flew around the USS Delbert D. Black, a ship named after Black s late husband.
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Amid worries about China s growing navy, the US Navy is only asking for 4 new combat ships next year rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell)
The US Navy s fiscal year 2022 budget asks for just eight ships, only four of which are warships.
The new combat ships the Navy wants are two submarines, one destroyer, and a frigate.
The limited request comes amid growing concern within the military about the growing Chinese navy.
The US Navy s newest budget request is asking for just eight ships, only four of which are combat vessels.
The Department of the Navy s fiscal year 2022 budget is $211.7 billion and focuses more on readiness than growing the fleet, even as the service calls attention to China s rapidly growing naval force. Shipbuilding procurement funding is down $700 million.
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