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The Solomons Campaign: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24-25 August 1942

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Today Steve Ambrose joins the project with the battle of the Eastern Solomons.   A former S-3 NFO, Steve has a wonderful blog that runs the gamut from hand-crafted wooden canoes to an on-line novel about life at sea (‘On The Line‘). Coral Sea was the scene of the first carrier vs carrier battle where…

Reflections on the E-2 Hawkeye’s 50th Anniversary
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Reflections on the E-2 Hawkeye’s 50th Anniversary

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This Thursday, 21 October 2010, marks the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the first purpose built AEW aircraft, the E-2 Hawkeye (actually, it was the YW2F-1).  Designed around the radar, rather than adapting an existing airframe, the Hawkeye symbolized function over form – from the 24ft “rotodome” prominently perched over the fuselage, to…

Postcards from Deployment: Now Liberty Call, Liberty Call…

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Our guest correspondent, Southern Air Pirate, sends his latest missive on the joys of that well known locus of liberty in the Mediterranean, Naples.     Napoli Bella! We just wrapped up a 6 day port visit to Naples, Italy. Naples is like it has always been the last three times I had visited there. There…