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Of Skyhawks, ‘Saders and Sea Stories – TINS

If, like your humble scribe, you spent anytime turning the pages of the Tailhook Association’s quarterly pub, The Hook, between 1991 and 2011, you undoubtedly paused for Jack Woodul’s column “The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome” drawn from his deep reservoir of stories from his time flying the A-4 and F-8  – and other sundry…

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The E-2 Hawkeye At Fifty

This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the E-2 Hawkeye’s entry into Fleet operations.  Over the course of those fifty-years the aircraft has radically changed and grown in capabilities and mission focus, while visually remaining much the same as the first E-2A .  From Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq,  it has been a part…

Flightdeck Friday – Independence Day Edition
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Flightdeck Friday – Independence Day Edition

So yes, it’s not really Friday by the calendar – but that hasn’t stopped us before.  For your consideration an interesting take on this Independence Day of Americans flying a British fighter for recce missions deep into Germany, sans armor (or armour if you please) and guns, loaded with gas and cameras.  Big cameras (for…

♫♬ Oh When the Drone is Called Up Yonder… ♬♫
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♫♬ Oh When the Drone is Called Up Yonder… ♬♫

♫♬…When the Drone is Called Up Yonder I’ll be There…♬♫ (with apologies to James M. Black)  😀 First the news and a congratulatory note to the Navy-Industry team behind today’s launch of the X-47B off the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77): Of course, as any end-of-deployment flyoff crew knows, it is a heck of…

Welcome Aboard to RememberedSky.com
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Welcome Aboard to RememberedSky.com

The latest to join the milbog/aviation ‘verse  is RememberedSky.com – brought to you by a former Crusader/Corsair II naval aviator with 170 combat missions in the A-7 over Vietnam while flying off the USS Midway in the 1972-73 timeframe.  Consider one of the more recent posts: All days come from one day, as the writer,…

This Week on MIDRATS: “Let’s Talk Missiles” – UPDATED
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This Week on MIDRATS: “Let’s Talk Missiles” – UPDATED

` Join us for Midrats this Sunday, 22 July 2012 on blogtalk radio, where the topic is missiles – ballistic and cruise; and your humble scribe is the guest.  Seven months into this year and we have seen much on this front.  Pick a theater and you will find ballistic and cruise missiles are at…