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Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:14 am
by Brian James
Douglas AD-2 Skyraider, of Attack Squadron 702 pictured over the Japanese islands, after being launched on a routine flight from USS Boxer in September 1951.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:29 am
by Brian James
Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk (BuAer no. 153683,assigned to Attack Squadron 127 (VA-127, Royal Blues) training aircraft pictured at NAS North Island c1974.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:54 am
by Brian James
McDonnell F3H-2 Demon of Fighter Squadron (VF) 151, USS Coral Sea in 1961.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:30 pm
by Brian James
Grumman F9F-2 Panther of VMF-223 aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt...1950.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:07 am
by Brian James
An original colour slide of Vought test pilot Boone T Guyton alongside Vought's F4U Corsair in 1942.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:32 am
by Brian James
Lockheed Martin announced that in the calendar year 2019 it built at its factory in Fort Worth,Texas and delivered a record number of fifth-generation fighters F-35 Lightning II. In 2019, 134 F-35 aircraft were delivered.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:27 pm
by Brian James
Doolittle Raid
Restored B-25 Mitchell bombers prepare to take off from USS Ranger during a re-enactment of Doolittle Raid 50 years later. April 21st, 1992.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:13 pm
by Brian James
Naval aviation then and now. The bottom photo is from 1943: USS Card (CVE 11) and the Grumman TBF-1 Avenger. The top photo is from 2020: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and the F/A-18C

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:15 am
by Brian James
Boeing announces the delivery of it's 2500th Apache from it's Mesa Plant in Arizona...The AN-64E Guardian,June 1st 2020.

Re: US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:47 am
by Brian James
The Wright R-2600-20 Twin Cyclone of Grumman TBM-3 Avenger 91274/N7835C coughs into life at MCAS Miramar in September 2019.