Project CADILLAC: AEW And the US Navy (Part Two)

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Project CADILLAC (Part II)   As we celebrate the E-2 Hawkeye’s 50th anniversary, we continue here with Part  Two of the Project CADILLAC series.   Project CADILLAC was more than just a program to develop radar; it would develop an entire AEW system — Radar, IFF, relay equipment, shipboard receivers, and airborne platform. Such an undertaking…

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Of Skyhawks, ‘Saders and Sea Stories – TINS

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If, like your humble scribe, you spent anytime turning the pages of the Tailhook Association’s quarterly pub, The Hook, between 1991 and 2011, you undoubtedly paused for Jack Woodul’s column “The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome” drawn from his deep reservoir of stories from his time flying the A-4 and F-8  – and other sundry…

Project CADILLAC: AEW and the US Navy (Part One)

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Project CADILLAC (Part I) Ed note: Everything has a beginning and that beginning is usually quite humble compared to present conditions.  Consider, a small spring at the headwaters of the Madison River in Montana is the source of the mighty Missouri River which itself empties into ol’ man river — the Mississippi, all of which…

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The E-2 Hawkeye At Fifty

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This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the E-2 Hawkeye’s entry into Fleet operations.  Over the course of those fifty-years the aircraft has radically changed and grown in capabilities and mission focus, while visually remaining much the same as the first E-2A .  From Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq,  it has been a part…

COMNAVSURFOR -Vision for the 2026 Surface Fleet

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COMNAVSURFOR – “Vision for the 2026 Surface Fleet” Interesting read & released coincident with the Surface navy Association’s annual meeting. I especially note with interest the emphasis on offensive lethality – to wit: the Surface Force must greatly improve it’s offensive lethality. All well and good and the nod to training is important. BUT: –…