Anyone know which squadron is the oldest continuously commissioned squadron in the Navy and which is currently the largest?

Has anyone out there read this new book at Barnes & Noble (and Borders), "KeAloha - The Keeper" by Emel Kay? especially anyone on the Big Island or Maui? it's really cool. it's a submersion into Hawaiian Mythology, and I wanna know how much of the stuff in the book is real???

I have always wondered that if the the U.S. and Russia were really serious about MAD why were boomers ever deployed to the opean seas? Think about it. The Great Lakes are very large and deep, some over 1,000 feet deep. There is no reasonable way I can think of to attack a boomber once out on a...

Look at this thing caught in flight. Google Earth or Google Maps coordinates: 38º13'36.36"N, 112º17'56.59"W It look like a cruise missile but the wings are much shorter Any idea?

Hi Sports Fans! I've pretty much exhausted the web and eBay for items relating to VA-304. I'm wondering if anyone has a VA-304 Patch that has a sideview of an A-7 Corsair II superimposed on it? I'm also looking for any printed material: Booklets, Programs, Plan-of- the-Day's, etc. Anything that...

Hi Sports Fans! I'm looking for someone who might know why the A-4C Skyhawk Squadron VA-93 "Blue Blazers" was also known by the nickname "Blue Boozers", at least on the 1966 Westpac/Vietnam Cruise on the "Big E." The implications are obvious. But, I want to know the back story. Was there a...

an interesting thread (and pictures) on an unrelated website. (take note of the F4, maybe someone here knows the driver) http://radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85681

Looks like they put the jamming pods on an F/A-18F for some aerodynamic testing. Full Story at: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Flies_EA_18G_Wingtip_and_Jamming_Pods.html Story says that planned IOC for the Growler is 2009. JD

Former Navy pilot Scott Crossfield dead at 84. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/20/georgia.plane.ap/index.html Flew the F6F and SNJ during the early 1940s. JD

Looks like Iran is testing more missiles and torpedos: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/05/iran.missile.ap/index.html Excerpt: "Iran said the torpedo tests were conducted Sunday and Monday. The torpedo -- called a "Hoot," or "whale" -- is able to move at 223 mph, too fast for any enemy...

I heard on the radio that the BRAC 2005 list was going to be released sometime this week. Anyone got a link? Rumor has it that Los Angeles Air Force Base (Station?) is on the list. It is mainly a contract administration office, no aircraft located there. Haven't heard anything about Naval bases...

Fox News reporting a mid-air collision between two Super Hornets at China Lake. Two crewmembers recovered with injuried, one crewmember missing. JD

Looks like MCRD San Diego, and Pearl Harbor are being considered for closure now.... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002355470_watch02.html

From the Time.Com website: "The interrogators also asked Saddam if he knew about the location of Captain Scott Speicher, a U.S. pilot who went missing during the first Gulf War. "No," replied the former Iraqi president, "we have never kept any prisoners. I have never known what...

I'm watching a program "Lost Nuke" on the National Geographic Channel right now (9pm eastern US time). It's about the first lost USAF nuke from a B-36 in British Columbia in the 1950's. It's also on at midnight tonight Tuesday Feb 24. It's very interesting so far. Joe

In the Fall Air Power History magazine, which you Air Force types can get from your unit historian, William Sayers wrote an article "The Red Baron Reports: What They Really Said". He looks at the now unclassified USAF Red Baron reports and tries to explain the disparity between USAF and USN/USMC...

Question for the naval aviators: How is the new 737 MMA going to perform as the P-3s replacement? I know it's bigger, carries more "stuff" and whatnot, but from what I know of jet engines (even high-bypass fans), won't it be very fuel INefficient in the same regime as the P-3 prowls? Cruising...

Howdy all. I found a copy of Wildcats to Tomcats: The Tailhook Navy (Tailhook Navy Series) editted by Barrett Tillman. It seems to be oral histories by three naval aviators - Wally Shirra, Zeke Cormier, and Phil Wood. Has anyone read it and have any comments about the book itself? Thanks in...

My son is soon to complete FRS flying the SH-60B, just wondering what the future holds when he deploys. Presumably on a cruiser or destroyer. How do the aviators 'fit' in the ship's responsibilities, typical (if there is such a thing) deployment lengths, do they get attached to the same ship all...

There are several resources that you can use, but don't expect a response here in the newsgroup to answer all your questions or to provide you with a complete, ready-made script. The earlier mention of the Museum as a source is excellent. I commanded several ships and the Boatswains Mate of...