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Flightdeck Friday: Video Edition
Because… Because you can never get enough of props: Because you can never forget your roots nor those who came before, who were tested in the crucible of the Pacific War — and prevailed: And because, well, in an age of plastic it’s worth remembering when planes (and their crews) were made of iron: Just,…
Flightdeck Friday: Implementing the Maritime Strategy-Quantity vs Quality (II) CV OPS
So the discussion earlier this week revolved around quantity vs quality and used as an argument in favor of quality that the Navy in the 1920’s and 30’s chose to press technology (and hence chose quality) over quantity (maintaining a large force structure), developing the tools, tactics and laying the groundwork for success in the…
Boeing Wins Tanker Protest
Well, this just got more interesting… Agency Recommends Air Force Reopen the Bid Process Washington, DC – (June 18, 2008) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO)today sustained the Boeing Company’s protest of the Department of the Air Force’s award of a contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for KC-X aerial refueling tankers. Boeing challenged the…
The Solomons Campaign: Operation Vengeance – The Shootdown Of Yamamoto
On its face, it was innocuous enough a simple administrative traffic providing notification of an inspection by a senior officer of some outposts: ON APRIL 18 CINC COMBINED FLEET WILL VISIT RXZ,R–, AND RXP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE: 1. DEPART RR AT 0600 IN A MEDIUM ATTACK PLANE ESCORTED BY 6 FIGHTERS. ARRIVE RXZ…
Flightdeck Friday: Skipbombing and The Bismarck Sea
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Reflections – NFO Copilot
In the mid-80’s, the VAW community in an attempt to address soaring OPTEMPO and a shortage of pilots tried the NFO Copilot program, wherein 2nd tour LTs and LCDRs were taken through a FRS NATOPS syllabus and qualified to fly right seat for day/VMC ops off the boat… “So Scribe, what was it like as…