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On 22 November 1917, a Tellier seaplane flown by a naval aviator, Ensign Kenneth R. Smith, was forced down at sea on his flight out of Naval Air Station LeCroisic at the mouth of the Loire River to...
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On 29 November 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss wrote to the Secretary of the Navy under President Taft, the Honorable George von Lengerke Meyer. In his letter to the Secretary of the Navy, Curtiss offered to...
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[/caption] On 30 November 1959, the Airship Training Group at Naval Air Station (NAS) Glynco, Georgia, was decommissioned, bringing an end to lighter-than-air training in the United States Navy. Click...
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Today sixty-nine years ago, the keel of the USS Yorktown was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding, not far from the battle site of Yorktown, Virginia. The mighty Fighting Lady (nickname given by her crew...
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Welcome to Video Thursday! Have you ever wondered what it is like to pilot a Navy jet aboard a moving mass of steel at sea? Here's your chance, watch this S-3 Viking pilot below, see his methodical...
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On 03 December 1915, Naval Aviator #14 Lieutenant Richard C. Saufley set an American altitude record flying the Curtiss AH-14 to 11,975 feet over Pensacola, Florida. Saufley was a member of the first...
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Arriving at San Diego on 01 December 1950 from her first successful Korean combat cruise, the Valley Forge's crew were dreaming of being home by Christmas. Indeed, most of the armed forces in Korea...
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[/caption] Today two hundred and sixty-six Americans gathered on a cold, windy 07 December at Patriots Point to remember Pearl Harbor. The memorial program was put together and run by the local...
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Interestingly, the United States declared war on the same date that the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked Pearl Harbor. Because of the International Dateline, the Japanese attack came on 08 December in...
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It's the holiday season and for a little fun, if you hadn't seen this one before it is a classic bit of everything you see is not necessarily so in the air or on the ground... [youtube:http://www...
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Tomorrows BIG game features Army against Navy! Army' record this year is six wins and five losses. Navy has eight wins and three losses. This Saturday's game marks the 111th time the two have played...
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The first dive bombing exercise by the United States Navy was reported on 13 December 1926 by Rear Admiral J. M. Reeves. The Boeing FB-5 and the Curtiss F6C were used as dive bombing platforms. Naval...
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Testifying before the House Naval Affairs Committee on 21 February 1922, Bureau of Naval Aeronautics Chief, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, told the committee that unless the United States built the...
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On 15 December 1936 the Secretary of the Navy, Virginian Claude A. Swanson, approved acceptance of a new observation/ scouting plane, the Curtiss XO3C-1, later designated the SOC (Scout Observation...
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It was on 17 December 1903 that the whole aviation dream came alive with the Wright Brothers' first four flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their aircraft had to use a single track like a ship's...
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Two P2V Neptune and two R5D Skymaster aircraft of VX-6 , aka the Puckered Penguins, completed the first air transportation link with Antarctica by establishing a route between Christchurch, New...
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The first magnetic launch of a naval aircraft took place a few days ago, 18 December, at NAVAIR Lakehurst, New Jersey. The electromagnetic aircraft launch system or EMALS was tested using a F-18 Super...
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[/caption] Our A-3D Skywarrior arrived on high tide this afternoon. Originally designed by Douglas Aircraft Corporation to be a twin engined nuclear bomber for the Navy, the "Whale" served most of its...
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[/caption] Last Saturday, 17 July, Patriots Point was the site of a reunion for five members of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1973. Their service in the United States Navy was performed in...
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On 23 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. This "surprise" war led to the United States rebuilding our military, which had been pared down rapidly at the end of the world war. Many reservists...