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Flightdeck Friday Special Edition: The Space Shuttle – Thirty Years of Dreams, Sweat and Tears

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The dream was given form and fire on April 12, 1981 with the launch of STS-1, the world’s first reusable spaceplane — the Shuttle Columbia. At the controls were a crew of only two, Astronauts John W. Young, commander for the mission, and Robert Crippen (both Naval Aviators) for this first “test flight” which would…

Forty-Six Years Ago — A New Age Took Wing…

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The W2F-1 Hawkeye (later re-designated YE-2) first took flight on 21 October 1960. We’ve come a long way to this (E-2C Hawkeye 2000) And the future looks bright: Northrop Grumman has completed assembly of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and battle management test aircraft fuselage. System components are now being added into…

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USNI: Taking Back Our Institution — Guest Post (CDR Turk)

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Guest post tonight folks from CDR Turk; read, think, write – debate. See also the Navy Times article, our work is far from over.  Keep the faith – SJS The revolt of the USNI members against the ballot initiative to change the mission statement of the Institute has had an effect.  It is interesting to…

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Flightdeck Friday – Bonus Edition: “RAVEN ONE” by Kevin Miller

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A good friend, fellow scribe and most importantly, a shipmate of the very best kind, CAPT Kevin Miller, USN-Ret. has just published his first novel, Raven One as an ebook with Kindle Books.  Hozer was an F/A-18 driver and served penance with me on the Navy Staff many passings of the Moon ago.  Over time we’ve gone…