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Midway 70 Years Later: June 3rd — First Contact
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Midway 70 Years Later: June 3rd — First Contact

BySteeljawscribe

WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE 1942 ALASKA: In an attempt to divert forces from the Midway area, a Japanese carrier-based bombers and fighters bomb and strafe Ft Mears and Dutch Harbor in several waves inflicting little damage but killing 52 US personnel. P-40s from Cold Bay trying to intercept them arrive 10 minutes after the last attack…

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Fleet Forces Command Flies E-2D Advanced Hawkeye With VAW-120

BySteeljawscribe

…And then writes about it. This past week I spent a day with the “Greyhawks” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE TWO ZERO (VAW-120) – the Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for Hawkeye and Greyhound aircraft. As an FRP squadron, VAW-120 is tasked with training pilots, naval flight officers (NFOs), and aircrew and maintenance personnel…

Northrop-Grumman With Inside Track on Next-Gen Bomber?

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At a cool (and covert) $2B, N-G’s Integrated Technology division has been funded to build a demonstrator which may be a twin-engine aircraft resembling an X-47B according to this AW&ST article released today. There is some discussion that an extended range, unmanned bomber will follow based on knowledge gained from the secret-demonstrator, but that runs…

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  1. Should say “unworthy” prey Scribe. We didn’t build that fighter to shoot down that P.O.S. ! ;- )

    b2

  2. Well, you know — fish, barrel…sumpthin’ along those lines 😉
    – SJS

  3. So… F-4s… F-14s… and now F-22s. Maybe my kids will someday look at a picture of a UCAV intercepting a Bear.

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