From the desk of PMA-231:
One of our long-standing family traditions we have had to forego since moving to Occupied Territory from Hampton Roads some few years back was the drive down to the carrier and destroyer-sub piers at the Norfolk Naval Base after evening service on Christmas Eve. There we’d see all manner of creative talent put to display,…
 It is clear that the XFV-12A program will not enhance the image of naval aviation. Note that in this case the outcome was not only predictable, but was in fact predicted. As is so often the case, all of the principals in the decision have moved on in both OSD and the Navy. The task…
Something here for everyone – props & jets, straight deck carriers and battleships ("…a typical task force consisted of 3-4 carriers and a couple of battleships…" *sigh* those were the days – ed.), UNREPing a Gearing-class DD and more. Transferred from home movies shot by an F9F pilot during the period 1953-54, the narrative is…
NORFOLK — The Navy gave up its hunt for three missing aviators this afternoon and declared them deceased after searching the ocean off North Carolina for them since Wednesday night. Navy spokesman Mike Maus said the Navy concluded there was no chance the three had survived the crash of their E-2C Hawkeye aircraft into…
The missile warning lit up again. Jake checked the strobe indicator on the missile detection gear, which told him the radar was at five o’clock. He swung hard, maintaining his altitude, and searched the blackness. Two missiles were in flight, and a third lifted off as he watched. The missile light flashed and the aural…
