2014 Hawkeye-Greyhound Symposium POSTEX
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Did you miss the Symposium this year? Fear not – all you would like to know may be found over at the Hawkeye-Greyhound Association’s site – pics, briefs, and a summary. Just head over here |
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Did you miss the Symposium this year? Fear not – all you would like to know may be found over at the Hawkeye-Greyhound Association’s site – pics, briefs, and a summary. Just head over here |
Quick note from Southern Air Pirate this week. Remember to drop a note or other item via the snail mail to VAQ-130 or VMM-263 this week and tell ’em how much we appreciate what they’re doing for us… – SJS Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 aircraft from the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11…
Prologue It began in December, 1943 with the delivery of the 8th and 9th YP-59 Airacomets (s/n 42-108778 and 42-100779) to the Navy for investigation of bringing jets to aircraft carriers. By all accounts, one wouldn’t have been surprised if the Navy had passed on the concept based on initial impressions from these prototypes (also…
Lord, guard and guide the men who flyThrough the great spaces in the sky,Be with them always in the air,In dark’ning storms or sunlight fair.O, Hear us when we lift our prayer,For those in peril in the air. (Update 22 Apr):More details at Tailhook Daily Briefing, also you need to head over to Lex’s place…
Skippy-san thinks so: When the Navy was a lot larger-a lot of these billets did not exist, and we where an organization that was 200,000 people bigger and 300 ships bigger. Yet we still got ships deployed. Why does it take so many flag officers to do so now? It doesn’t-and you know it. More…
One of the reasons we went with the ‘Postcards from deployment…’ feature a couple of years ago was to bring an unvarnished look at deployments from a sailor’s POV that doesn’t always make it to the light of day, except in rare fora like the “Carrier” series late last year. Charles touches on something everyone…
OK – so this week we’re doing something a little different by going Joint (before Joint was cool, so to speak). During the Midway postings, a commenter (commentator?) asked if YHS would provide a little more on skip bombing. Since 5th AF pretty much originated the tactic for counter-ship attacks (ASUW) and had such success…