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Posts Tagged ‘F-6F Hellcat’
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Battle of Okinawa Memorial Held 70 Years After Kamikaze Attack on USS Laffey
Posted: Apr 21, 2015On Thursday, April 16, 2015, seven World War II veterans who served in the Okinawa campaign assembled on the fantail of the USS Yorktown overlooking the USS Laffey to remember […]
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F-6F Hellcat Podcast
Posted: Aug 12, 2009The Grumman F-6F Hellcat was the United States Navy’s primary fighter aircraft from mid 1943 till the end of the war. It achieved a combat kill ratio of 19-1. The […]
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Future Top Gun pilots!
Posted: Jan 28, 2009Every weekend onboard the USS Yorktown, scout troops camping aboard have the option of working on their aviation merit badge. At each class, the scouts also have the opportunity of […]