A US Navy F/A-18C crashed into the sea Friday morning while on
what the military calls a routine training mission. The pilot,
whose name hasn't been released, was rescued by the US Coast
Guard.
It was a time of transition in the aviation world on Nov. 22,
1953. The jet age was still in its infancy as Naval Air Station
Miramar welcomed aboard thousands of spectators to witness the Air
Power Day military air show commemorating the 50th anniversary of
powered flight.
Squadron Leads First Iraqi Combat Flights From USS Theodore
Roosevelt
Personnel from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 Electronic Attack
Squadron (VAQ) 141 ,along with two of its EA-6B Prowlers, departed
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Sept. 24 while in the Mediterranean
Sea, to enhance the mission capability of Marine Electronic Attack
Squadron (VMAQ) 1, based out of Al Asad, Iraq.
Can Do Everything Including Force-On-Force Scenarios, Long
Before Battle
Long before new military aircraft are built, Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation is saving time and taxpayers' money by virtually
proving digital prototypes inside computer- generated wind tunnels
and battle scenarios. To test how a new aircraft will perform,
Sikorsky relies on server and storage solutions from Silicon
Graphics.
Retired Navy Capt. Roy M. "Butch" Voris, the original flight
leader of the famed US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, was
honored Oct. 10 with a memorial service at the Fort Ord chapel,
followed by a six-plane missing man formation flyover by the Blue
Angels in their blue and gold F/A-18 Hornets.
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