News & Events
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Video Thursday, 23 Dec 2010
Posted: Dec 23, 2010It’s Video Thursday and tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Enjoy these holiday videos and Merry Christmas to one and all! Our first video to remind you that NORAD (North American Aerospace […]
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First Magnetic Launch of Naval Aircraft!
Posted: Dec 21, 2010The first magnetic launch of a naval aircraft took place a few days ago, 18 December, at NAVAIR Lakehurst, New Jersey. The electromagnetic aircraft launch system or EMALS was tested […]
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Puckered Penguins Make History, 20 December 1955
Posted: Dec 20, 2010Two P2V Neptune and two R5D Skymaster aircraft of VX-6 , aka the Puckered Penguins, completed the first air transportation link with Antarctica by establishing a route between Christchurch, New […]
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Wright Brothers Bring The Dream Alive!
Posted: Dec 17, 2010It was on 17 December 1903 that the whole aviation dream came alive with the Wright Brothers’ first four flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their aircraft had to use […]
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Curtiss SOC "Seagull" 1934
Posted: Dec 15, 2010On 15 December 1936 the Secretary of the Navy, Virginian Claude A. Swanson, approved acceptance of a new observation/scouting plane, the Curtiss XO3C-1, later designated the SOC (Scout Observation Curtiss) […]
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USS Lexington, CV-2, Commissioned 1927
Posted: Dec 14, 2010Testifying before the House Naval Affairs Committee on 21 February 1922, Bureau of Naval Aeronautics Chief, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, told the committee that unless the United States built […]
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First dive bombing tests 1926
Posted: Dec 13, 2010The first dive bombing exercise by the United States Navy was reported on 13 December 1926 by Rear Admiral J. M. Reeves. The Boeing FB-5 and the Curtiss F6C were […]
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Go Navy! Sink Army!
Posted: Dec 10, 2010Tomorrows BIG game features Army against Navy! Army’ record this year is six wins and five losses. Navy has eight wins and three losses. This Saturday’s game marks the 111th […]
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Video Thursday, 09 December 2010
Posted: Dec 09, 2010It’s the holiday season and for a little fun, if you hadn’t seen this one before it is a classic bit of everything you see is not necessarily so in […]
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United States Declares War on the Imperial Japanese Empire, 1941
Posted: Dec 08, 2010Interestingly, the United States declared war on the same date that the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked Pearl Harbor. Because of the International Dateline, the Japanese attack came on 08 December […]