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October 5th – Carriers and Hellcats!
Posted: Oct 05, 200905 October 1943 was a day of “Firsts” for the United States Navy. It was the first use of multiple carrier groups in battle with the use of three new […]
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Naval aviators in space!
Posted: Jul 16, 2009Forty years ago today at 9:32 AM (EST) Apollo 11 launched from Pad 39A on its way to the moon. The mission commander was former naval aviator Neil Armstrong. Neil […]