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Remember Pearl Harbor! Photos You Have Never Seen Before

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At 0748 Sunday morning December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 350 Imperial Japanese bombers, fighter planes and torpedo planes attacked the island after being View More ›

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This Day in Aviation History: December 6, 1959 Navy F4 Pilot Sets Zoom Climb Altitude Record

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On December 6, 1959 US Navy Commander Lawrence E. Flint set a new world’s record when he zoom climbed his YF4H-1 Phantom II prototype to an altitude of 98,561 feet or 30,041 meters. The View More ›

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Oldest Living Member of the Tuskegee Airmen Dies at the Age of 101

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America lost a true hero when Willie Rogers, the oldest living member of the Tuskegee Airmen died at the age of 101 in St Petersburg, Florida on November 18th, 2016. View More ›

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A New Fighter On the Horizon

November 5, 2016

Former F-16 pilot Nate “Buster” Jaros alerts us about a new fighter that is secretly being developed, but it appears to have lots of challenges. There is a new fighter under development. In View More ›

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Fighter Pilot Legend Bob Hoover Dies at 94

October 26, 2016

World famous aviator and fighter pilot, Robert “Bob” Hoover, who escaped the Nazi’s during WWII by stealing a plane, dead at age 94. Oh, what an aviation life to have View More ›

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Exclusive Photos: 10 Years Gone, the F-14 Tomcat’s Last Flight

September 21, 2016

10 years gone: The F-14’s last flight from NAS Oceana, VA to Republic Airport, Farmingdale NY on October 4, 2006. Check out exclusive photos and thoughts from those who flew View More ›

Joe Ruzicka 4 Comments History, News, Photos
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Remembering 9/11 on the USS Enterprise

September 11, 2016

On the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, a former Naval Aviator gives us his story while on board the USS ENTERPRISE in the Middle East. By CDR William “Libby” Lind Lots View More ›

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Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight Needs Your Help

September 6, 2016

Editor’s Note: The Navy Tailhook Legacy Flight Foundation needs your help. Funding is needed to provide for civilian warbird aircraft and their crews the opportunity to train at NAS Lemoore with View More ›

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Is Naval Aviation Culture Dead?

August 30, 2016

This opinion piece by former SECNAV John Lehman originally appeared in the Naval Proceedings Magazine in September 2011. By John Lehman The swaggering-flyer mystique forged over the past century has been View More ›

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Photos: F-14A Tomcat “Fast Eagle 102” Restored

August 28, 2016

On August 19, 1981, F-14A Tomcat Fast Eagle 102 from VF-41 “Black Aces” shot down one of two Libyan Su-22’s. For years it sat in disrepair until it was restored by View More ›

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