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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...
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[/caption] Yesterday marked the 89th anniversary of the formation of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics on 10 August 1921. Charlestonian Captain William Adger Moffett was nominated by President Harding...
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If you thought flying off an aircraft carrier at night was pretty hairy, check out this video below of a 15 year old girl in a steep mountain canyon in Washington State. She fell off a cliff into the...
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Coming back up the ladders from the 3rd deck (2 decks below the hangar deck, naval architecture is a topic for another post) a short while ago, I met two lost gentlemen who asked if there was a way to...
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The use of the term knot goes back to the day of sailing ships. Sailors would toss over a "Dutch log" which had a line attached with knots tied into it at intervals. Through trial and error, seamen...
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[/caption] One beautiful summer day a 15-year-old boy and future Eagle Scout looked up into the New Jersey sky and saw a Marine F4U Corsair fly over in a low pass, he said to himself, "That's what I...
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[/caption] The South Carolina State Guard Foundation and The Citadel are hosting the 2010 Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s Convention in Charleston, South Carolina. This will be a celebration...
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Everyone has a hero, someone you admire and wish to become. Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle wrote, “Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your...
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Here is the rest of Colonel Murray's story... read here if you missed the first part... He knew that this bridge like the first would be mined. Lt. Murray considered using the rubber boats, but...
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[/caption] Lots of Americans know the significance of 01 September (Germany invaded Poland) and 02 September (VJ Day), but rare is the individual who knows the significance of 03 September. In 1783...