Forty-Six Years Ago — A New Age Took Wing…
The W2F-1 Hawkeye (later re-designated YE-2) first took flight on 21 October 1960.
We’ve come a long way to this (E-2C Hawkeye 2000)
The W2F-1 Hawkeye (later re-designated YE-2) first took flight on 21 October 1960.
We’ve come a long way to this (E-2C Hawkeye 2000)
13 October 1775: Continental Congress “Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, and that the commander be instructed to cruize eastward, for intercepting such transports as may be laden with…
Occasionally questions arise from those unfamiliar with Naval Aviation and, just as occasionally, we shall endeavor to address them here. One item that, certainly today, seems to be self-evident is the need for an angled deck for carrier operations. Like many other features of modern day CV/CVNs (e.g., armored flight deck), the angled flight deck…
Folks, we’re two weeks out and the vermin and carrion eaters are crawling out from the shadows. On the one hand, you have those who wouldn’t mind another 9/11 if in the aftermath their political agenda is met. So a few innocents get off’d in the process, well, you know, it’s “All For The Greater…
Earlier today, at a Change of Command and Retirement ceremony hosted onboard USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), Admiral John C. Harvey turned over the conn to Admiral William E. Gortney, bring to close a distinguished career spanning some thirty-nine years — a period that saw dramatic change in the Navy’s missions, force structure and…
Bit of a surprise as most folks had expected a “safe” initial deployment in support of HOA ops: Osprey Aircraft to Make Combat Debut in Iraq By John J. KruzeAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 13, 2007 – A Marine aircraft with dual personalities — part airplane, part helicopter — will soon buzz and hover…
(Washington Post 8 Oct 06) NEWPORT NEWS, Oct. 7 — Despite a steady downpour that chilled thousands gathered Saturday in the shipyard here, President Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush, basked in the warm embrace of extended family and friends as they celebrated the christening of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the former…