Flying Sharks
J-15s onboard CV 16 Liaoning in 2013 – sporting a familiar tail emblem…
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AT1 checks in today with a post about routines – daily and otherwise. Folks who have never been to sea or put to sea for extended periods often ask how one gets by on a day-to-day basis, what with the monotony of the scenery and smallness of the ship and all. My answer is, as…
Saturday Matinee: US Naval Aviation – the First 100 Years
From the good folks at the Naval Institute:
VT-10 Celebrates Fifty Years of Wildcats (June 23-25)
A Quick History Before there were NFOs there were Naval Aviation Observers. In June 1960, the Basic Naval Aviation Officer School was established to train the future radar intercept officers, bombardier/navigators and air intercept control officers that were joining the fleet in ever increasing numbers. This was spurred in no small degree by the revolution…
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Postcards from Deployment: Homeward Bound (I)
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