Sunday Cinema: The Romance of Naval Aviation (1970)
Quite a review of the types present in Naval Air in 1970…although they are missing one major player…
Quite a review of the types present in Naval Air in 1970…although they are missing one major player…
The small town of Bedford, VA lies in the mountain country of southwestern Virginia. Tracing its roots back to the earliest days of the country when it was established in 1782 as the town of Liberty, Bedford’s chief clam to fame lay in having served at one time as a Thomas Jefferson’s personal retreat (Poplar…
Thus far, and not surprisingly so, the conversation has focused on the naval forces – afloat and ashore, at work in the Solomons. Today we go a wee bit joint and talk about land-based air and its contribution. We are all (or should be) pretty familiar with the inter-service rivalry that sprung up pre-war between…
Sixty-five years ago. . . . . . Guts, determination, innovation & courage were defined (and well before Joint was “cool”) (Courtesy Mary R. over at USNI’s blog — General Doolittle describes the Tokyo raid) Conceived in the dark aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the raid had its genesis in the idea of…
Following up from our earlier post , we now have a shot (still unofficial) of the Raptor and its prey:
Read about it…and remember.
…Attend this event for sure: All part of the official rollout for 21st Century Mahan: Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era.  Meet the author – get some perspective on another aspect of Mahan beyond his seminal work. And while you’re there – how about picking up a copy to be signed by the…
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Little Low A-6 in the middle, Little Not Enough Hummer in the groove, OK-3.
Note the suspend launch evolution at 1:08. Also decided lack of float coats on flightdeck personnel.
w/r, SJS
F-86 Naval variant landing towards the end of the reel?
FJ Fury
All we AIC types trained with FJ-4 types at NAS Glynco in days past. Fortune hunter squadron, as I recall.