Captain Carroll “Lex” Lefon, USN (ret), of Neptunus Lex blog, passed away on March 6:
Carroll “Lex” LeFon, ATAC F-21 pilot, retired Naval Aviator, TOPGUN Graduate and prominent military blogger known as Neptunus Lex, was killed in a plane crash on the morning of March 6th, 2012 when his F-21 Kfir crashed at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada; he was 51. Although the investigation is on-going, there is no question that erratic and severe un-forecast weather changes contributed greatly to the accident.
Lex is survived by his wife and three children. The Secretary of the Navy issued the following statement:
I mourn the passing of a great naval aviator, a professional analyst of all things naval, and a soulful and compelling writer of poetry and prose.Ray Mabus, SecNav
His funeral is today. From the announcement at his blog:
Captain Carroll “Lex” Lefon, USN (ret) will be interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA. The funeral will be at the Fort Rosencrans chapel on March 27th at 1:00pm. The “Mighty Shrikes” of VFA-94, the squadron that Lex commanded, will conduct a fly-over.The family has graciously invited Lex’s many friends and fans here at Neptunus Lex to attend. Their only request is that you consider carpooling due to limited parking at Fort Rosencrans.Lex’s former employer, ATAC, is coordinating a charity that will be accepting donations in lieu of flowers. When details about charities and scholarship funds become available, they will be posted on Neptunus Lex. ATAC’s latest press release can be found here.Condolences can be mailed to: 3525 Del Mar Heights Road #605 San Diego, CA 92130-2122
Here is the image posted at his blog:
I enjoyed Lex’s blog, and we linked to each other from time to time.
With the loss of Lex, Gina Cobb and Andrew Breitbart, we have lost three important blogospheric voices in the past three months.
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