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Flights and Fancy: How I Bagged an F-4J

Who would think a kite could down a fighter?
August 2011 | By Michael Barton

Where do you park a zeppelin (here, the Navy airship <i>Los Angeles</i>)? On a seven-story-high mooring mast.

Last One Out, Shut off the Helium

Fifty years ago, the Navy ended its lighter-than-air program.
August 2011 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

Northrop Grummans portrait of the future for naval aviation the X47B on the runway in Palmdale California

*Pilot Not Included

Military aviation prepares for the inevitable.
July 2011 | By Michael Milstein

011105-N-6259P-001 At sea aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Nov. 5, 2001-- Sailors aboard USS Enterprise spell out "E = MC2x40" on the carrier

Deck Drawings

Whether it's a single letter or a 100-foot greeting, aircraft carrier crews stand ready to spell it out.
May 27, 2011 | By Roger Mola

No soft underbelly here: The EA-18G Growler hauls missiles, fuel tanks, and electronic warfare pods.

When Hornets Growl

The new, supersonic face of e-warfare.
March 2011 | By D.C. Agle

F/A 18V

100 Years of Naval Aviation

The Navy's first pilot and 10 more milestones.
March 2011 | By The Editors

Viewport: Naval Aviation’s 100th Birthday

March 2011 | By J.R. Dailey

For more than 50 years, Sidewinder missiles have been riding the rails of U.S. Navy fighters, from F9F-8 Cougars to F-14 Tomcats (shown here).

Sidewinder

The missile that has rattled enemy pilots since 1958.
November 2010 | By Preston Lerner

Snodgrass’ repertoire extends beyond modern jets; here, Snort flies a World War II SNJ trainer at a 1999 airshow.

The Real Top Gun

Nobody handled a Tomcat like Snort.
July 2010 | By Debbie Gary

The author went on to fly anti-submarine P2V Neptunes.

Flights and Fancy: It Started off Bad and Went Downhill

May 2010 | By William J. Onderdonk

The author with his anti-sub Lockheed Orion

Above and Beyond: Adventures in the South China Sea

January 2010 | By Tracy Wilkinson

Various Stages of painting the Aviation Heritage Park Panther F9F-2 as it starts to receive official Blue Angels paint. All work was done at the hanger and paint was donated by PPG Aerospace.

Panther Paint Job

Watch a 57-year-old warbird go from Winona rags to Blue Angel royalty.
November 17, 2009 | By Michael Klesius

Lieutenant Harold Robinson

Steichen Sent Me

Led by famed fashion photographer Edward Steichen, a group of camera men captured the action of World War II naval aviation.
October 01, 2009 | By Mark D. Faram

“Efforts to keep down our air power were begun as soon as the sound of the cannon had ceased on the Western Front in 1919,” said Mitchell (second from right).

The Billy Mitchell Court-Martial

Courtroom sketches from aviation's Trial of the Century.
July 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

Pine Island, anchored off Antarctica during Operation Highjump, prepare a PBM-5 Mariner for flight during a snowstorm.

Operation Highjump

A year after World War II ended, the U.S. Navy mounted a massive-though hastily planned-mission to the bottom of the world.
July 2007 | By Paul Hoversten

Trapped inside an ice cave in 1992, the P-38 looked helpless despite its fearsome weapons.

Glacier Girl: The Back Story

How it got trapped in the ice, and how it got out.
July 2007 | By airspacemag.com

Above & Beyond: Milk Run

How a milk run from an aircraft carrier nearly killed me.
May 2007 | By Chris McKenna

Wildcats were dispatched in divisions of four to protect their aircraft carriers and other ships from Japan

Mystery on Guadalcanal

In the wreckage of a Wildcat lay clues to what happened in a famous World War II dogfight.
January 2007 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Steam-powered catapults, expensive and difficult to maintain, are operating near their limits and will not be able to accommodate heavier aircraft planned for the future.

How Things Work: Electromagnetic Catapults

From zero to 150 in less than a second.
January 2007 | By Tim Wright

Feathers ruffled, a "Turkey" rests on the deck of the Harry S. Truman while a Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk hoists in supplies for the carrier population.

Tomcat Tribute

The Navy's fearsome fighter retires.
September 2006 | By The Editors


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