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Aviation HistoryU.S. Navy
Check out this image of CVW-17 Sailors aboard USS Nimitz recreating a 1943 photo featuring Grumman Avenger aboard USS Card
The original 1943 photo (which is shown below) was aimed to demonstrate that about 90 people were necessary, to get one…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The sad Story of EA-3B Ranger 12 Crash on USS Nimitz and the End for the Whale in US Navy Service
by Dario LeoneThe deaths of seven crew in the crash of an EA-3B during a night recovery onboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
F-14 Pilot’s Unreleased Notes on Filming “The Final Countdown”
One of the F-14 pilots who flew in The Final Countdown shares his personal notes on the movie that introduced the…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Former B-52 Pilot Tells the Story behind this Photo of two BUFFs Buzzing USS Midway Aircraft Carrier
by Dario Leone‘We were tasked by the JCS to fly a mission deep into the Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf to surveil the Soviet Fleet.…
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Aircraft CarriersU.S. Navy
US Navy CSG kicks off Overseas Deployment Without its Broken-Down Aircraft Carrier
by Dario LeoneThe ongoing maintenance backlog in the East Coast’s aircraft carrier fleet leaves the Navy with no ready aircraft carrier available to…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
Tomcats 2-Fitters 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Qaddafi’s Su-22s over the Gulf of Sidra on Aug. 19, 1981
by Dario LeoneKleemann waited about 5 seconds for the Libyan to clear the sun, then pulled the trigger The following article titled Sudden…
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Aircraft CarriersMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
Check out this video of when a typical U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing was filled with many beautiful, colorful and different aircraft
by Dario LeoneThere was a time when the Carrier Air Wings crowded the decks with airplanes of different shapes, sizes and capabilities Today…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
SHOCKING VIDEO SHOWS U.S. NAVY F/A-18F SUPER HORNET INTERCEPTING A UFO
by Dario LeoneThe object peeled away. “It accelerated like nothing I’ve ever seen,” Cmdr. Fravor said. He was, he explained, “pretty weirded out.”…
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F-14 TomcatMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
REMEMBERING JIM HUSTON, THE NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER WHO FILMED THE AERIAL SEQUENCES OF “THE FINAL COUNTDOWN” CULT MOVIE
by Dario LeoneWhile in the Jolly Rogers, Jim Huston participated in making the movie “The Final Countdown,” filming several scenes with a camera…
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