Having landed her torpedo planes and dive bombers at Hatson in Orkney (UK), Wasp had loaded 47 Spitfires of No. 603 Squadron at Glasgow on 13 April, then departed on the 14th for “Operation Calendar”. Wasp and her consorts passed through the Straits of Gibraltar under cover of the pre-dawn darkness on 19 April. AtContinue reading “USS Wasp (CV-7)U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat from Fighting Squadron 71 (VF-71) and Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc of No. 603 Squadron RAF on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on 19 April 1942.”
Category Archives: US Aviation
Air Force retires original Compass Call after more than 40 years of operations
An EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, left, and an EA-37B Compass Call aircraft fly over Southern Arizona on Sept. 3, 2026. The EC-130H is being retired as the Air Force transitions the Compass Call mission to the newer EA-37B. (Devlin Bishop/U.S. Air Force) By JENNIFER H. SVAN STARS AND STRIPES Published 10 hours ago The Air ForceContinue reading “Air Force retires original Compass Call after more than 40 years of operations”
Always a good read – Hunter’s Fountain
Posted on July 9, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Some 85 years ago this week, the 10,000-ton Dutch Java-Pacific Lijn/VNS passenger steamer SS Jaegersfontaine pulled out of San Francisco on 10 July and, steaming West across a wide and nervous ocean, arrived a little over 8,000 miles away at Rangoon in British Burma on the 28th, making it in aContinue reading “Always a good read – Hunter’s Fountain”
Beale AFB picked to host new battle management squadron
By Courtney Mabeus-Brown U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragon Ladies and chase cars from the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, T-38 Talons from the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, and KC-135R Stratotankers from the 940th Air Refueling Wing conduct an elephant walk at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 4, 2023. (Senior Airman Juliana Londono/Air Force) Beale Air Force Base, California, willContinue reading “Beale AFB picked to host new battle management squadron”
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) comes alongside the Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) for an underway replenishment (UNREP) while U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WEHC-716) performs duties as plane guard.
Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer誷 Mate 3rd Class Christopher B. Stoltz. (RELEASED)
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