News & Events
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Navy Develops Pulse Radar Technology 1934
Posted: Mar 14, 2011On 15 March 1934, Dr. Hoyt Taylor, head of the radio division at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) , put into motion a project to develop pulse radar for the detection […]
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Day One April 1861 @ Patriots Point 9-14 April
Posted: Mar 11, 2011Over 300 Civil War reenactors will be camped at Patriots Point in an artillery camp overlooking Charleston Harbor with 20-24 artillery pieces to fire upon Fort Sumter. Living history […]
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Video Thursday "The War Is Coming"
Posted: Mar 10, 2011Today’s Video Thursday features videos with a Civil War theme as we approach the beginning of our nation’s sesquicentennial events. Events that should highlight the tragedy of our bloodiest […]
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Author On Stealth Technology and SR-71 Blackbird Speaks At Patriots Point Saturday, 12 March
Posted: Mar 09, 2011This Saturday from 3 to 4 PM in the Smokey Stover theater on the USS Yorktown, noted author Paul Suhler will speak on Stealth Technology and the SR-71 Blackbird. Special […]
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March Madness Aircraft Carrier Competition
Posted: Mar 08, 2011The United States Naval Air Forces Facebook page is promoting a March Madness Aircraft Carrier Competition. Help Yorktown win this tournament by going to their FB page and clicking on […]
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First Practical Sonobuoy 1942
Posted: Mar 07, 2011On 07 March 1942 aerial antisubmarine warfare took a leap with the demonstration of an aerial dropped, radio sonobuoy off New London, Connecticut. A K-5 blimp used a sonobuoy to […]
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Volunteer Profile – Arnie Stein
Posted: Mar 04, 2011Our March volunteer profile is on our “Head Volunteer” Arnie Stein. Arnie was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from high school in 1957 and joined the United States Army […]
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Video Thursday 3.3.11 The Sound Barrier
Posted: Mar 03, 2011Today our videos take a look at supersonic flight, shock waves and the sound barrier (there is no such thing)…Supersonic flight and sonic booms literally grabbed the imagination and […]
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Centennial of Naval Aviation: First Fleet Use Of The Aircraft Carrier
Posted: Mar 02, 2011Beginning on 02 March 1925, the United States Navy made the first tactical use of naval air power with the operations of the USS Langley, CV-1, during Fleet Problem V. […]
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Medal of Honor Recipient Henry "Red" Erwin
Posted: Feb 26, 2011This is a repost from February of 2009 on Master Sgt. Henry “Red” Erwin (1921-2002), Medal of Honor recipient. Today I met the granddaughter of Henry E. “Red” Erwin. Jennifer […]