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Major Buang-Ly’s Great Escape
As South Vietnam collapsed under the onslaught of communist forces, one South Vietnamese pilot made a brave and daring escape ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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Midway Campaign - The Carriers
the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively large, fast, very sea worthy vessels with excellent protection and large aircraft complements, they played an enormous part ...
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Midway Campaign - The Aircraft
Even so, SBDs went from half of all carrier aircraft in mid 1942 to about six percent by mid ... TBDs to take very heavy losses from Japanese flak and interceptors. At Midway, all the attacking TBDs ...
San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson docks in Busan, South Korea
The San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson has pulled into Busan, South Korea, at what is roughly the midway point ...
Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carrier may come to Bremerton as early as 2029
The Navy has released an environmental assessment draft for its proposal to homeport the Ford-class aircraft carrier at Naval ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
(U.S. Navy/National Archives) When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward “Butch ...