Vietnam Air Losses: USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in SE Asia 1961-1973 by Authors: Chris Hobson I just found this book available from several sources and seems highly recommended and have ordered it to perhaps answer my question on Nov 21,22, or 23 1971 fixed wing...

I have never heard of a single navy aircraft getting airborne at Pearl Harbor. Was this because all the naval aircraft were based at a single facility? Has there ever been an accounting of what actually happened to immobilize the navy air? The army managed to get up an assortment of fighters...

Does anyone know of where a good map of Santiago harbor (Cuba) could be located? So far all of the 1898 era maps seem fairly inaccurate and contradictory. A modern map would work just as well for me, but I can't find even any good commercial maps. I assume somewhere there might be some USAF...

On Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, Jjjg4 wrote: I've got several questions on some squadrons and/or units of the Navy that operated 121's, R7V's, Connie's. The first is a squadron know as MATRON-2, I have seen a picture of a R7V-1 (131659) with "MATRON-2" painted on the fuselage,...

This can be a problem. I get calls from friends talking about how the wife or husband tends to be too much into small problems, that why can't they see the "big picture"? Sometimes you do not want all the details when you call back home. The other problem is that when someone dies, the fellows...

I understand that the T-34C is now phased out of Naval service. I have also heard rumors that the Navy, in their infinite wisdom, is going to cut them all up, rather than sell them to willing civilian buyers. Anybody out there know the truth?

This past Saturday, I had the privilege of flying in a massed Veterans' Day formation at DeLand, FL. I was leading White Flight, consisting of my Johnson Rocket, a Comanche and a Bonanza. We had arranged to form up over Bob Lee Airport with Red Flight, consisting of an SX-300, a T-34 and and SBD...

Neat color films of WW-II carriers in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9dR3h2HdnBQ -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me.

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Former Miramar, Lemoore pilot to head Navy's Blue Angels ASSOCIATED PRESS (EXCERPT) 1:22 p.m. April 22, 2004 PENSACOLA, Fla. – A veteran of combat over Afghanistan was named Thursday as the next leader of the Blue Angels, the Navy's precision flying team. Cmdr. Stephen R. Foley, now a graduate...

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New Mexico skies host Navy, allied planes in joint exercise http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2005/no032305.htm {EXCERPT} United States Joint Forces Command - 3 hours ago Pilots from the US Air Force, US Navy and the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force are flying together as part of a US...

CNO wants more skilled, efficient Navy workforce http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26381 {EXCERPT}, by Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes European edition, Wednesday, January 5, 2005 WASHINGTON — Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark said he wants to create a more skilled...

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Navy reassigns squadron leader aboard carrier http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=25006 {EXCERPT}, by Scott Schonauer, Stars and Stripes European edition, Wednesday, October 20, 2004 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — The Navy has reassigned an F-14 Tomcat fighter squadron commander...

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Friendly Fire Notebook An effort has begun to collect and preserve the details of every friendly fire incident that took or changed the lives of American soldiers. Since the Revolutionary War thousands upon thousands of military personnel have been injured or killed due to mistaken or...

The Longest War: Unconventional Landing, By Tom Hain EXCERPT: "The flight started out like all the other Huey rides that I'd been on before. There were no seats, so we sat on the supplies that were stacked in the middle of the floor. There were no doors, so it was windy and noisy, but it was a hot...