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Posts Tagged ‘butch o’hare’
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First Naval Air Intercept Radar 1941
Posted: Aug 01, 2011Beginning on 01 August 1941 a specially modified Lockheed Electra XJO-3 had an AI-10 microwave radar installed for airborne testing. The radar was developed by Radiation Laboratory from MIT and […]
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HBO and Patriots Point
Posted: Mar 12, 2010HBO invites you to thank our Veterans and Active Military The Pacific, a 10-part miniseries event, executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the producers of Band […]
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F-4F-3A Wildcat Podcast
Posted: Aug 05, 2009We will begin offering podcasts on various aircraft and tours at Patriots Point. This should prove especially valuable to visiting guests as they will be able to download these podcasts […]
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Thanksgiving – A day early and 65 years ago
Posted: Nov 26, 2008Today marks the 65th anniversary of the US Navy’s first successful night intercept on 26 November 1943 by LCDR Butch O’Hare, air group commander of Air Wing 6 on the […]