Category: Aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier / Aviation History / fighters / Special Events / U.S. Navy

March 9, 2019

Sundown for the U.S. Navy’s Legacy Hornets

On Friday February 1, 2019 a rare sundown had occurred at 1303 hours at the U.S. Navy’s East Coast Master Jet Base, Naval Air Station Oceana. This sundown had not come early, because this was for the U.S. Navy’s...

Aircraft carrier / Boeing / fighters / Marines / U.S. Navy

February 15, 2019

McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18C and D Hornets

This is Part 2 of a multi-part history of the F/A-18 Hornet by Peter Boschert McDonnell Douglas F / A-18C / D Hornet This variant contains extensive improvements, which for the most part includes the internal systems. All machines...

Aircraft carrier / Special Events / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

June 6, 2018

The 30th Fleet Week New York in 2018

The 30th “Fleet Week New York 2018” was celebrated from May 23rd through May 29th, 2018, all around New York City and there was actually an aviation component included with the participation of the “USS Arlington” (LPD-24), a 684-foot...