Naval Aviation Through the Decades: War in Korea
Inter-service struggles in Washington took place amid the looming threat of atomic war between the United States and the Soviet …
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Naval Aviation Through the Decades: Rotary Wings
A little-known fact is that the Coast Guard was ahead of the other services in helicopter development – acting, at …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: Catalina Rescue
Another of naval aviation’s countless heroic actions of World War II began Feb. 11, 1944, when a PBY-5 Catalina broke …
Faircount Media Group Releases Defense Summer 2011 Edition
In the Summer 2011 Edition of Defense
Clarence A. Robinson interviews Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) about the defense budget, his …
High Flight: The Most Famous Aviation Poem Is Born
“An aeroplane is not to us a weapon of war, but a flash of silver slanting the skies; the hum …
F-4 Phantom II 50th Anniversary | Photos
At a time when jet aircraft were said to lack character in comparison to their piston-engined forbears, the F-4 Phantom …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: Lean Years and War
The Great Depression of the 1930s hindered the development of naval aviation, but a few stalwart pioneers – Lt. John …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: New Naval Air Pioneers
While Theodore G. “Spuds” Ellyson worked with Glenn H. Curtiss, the Wright brothers mentored others. In June 1913, Towers was …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: A Towering Figure
With air ace David S. Ingalls (a naval aviation pioneer who followed Theodore G. “Spuds” Ellyson) away at law school …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: The Beginning
With his red hair and freckled face, Theodore G. “Spuds” Ellyson could be likeable. “[He] will stop at nothing in …