NANews 2004 Index Aeronautical Organization P2V-5, Korean War crash SECDEF Maintenance Mar-Apr Navy Jul-Aug 42 on Oahu Jan—Feb Sep-Oct USMC Jul-Aug 39 PV-1, WW II remains SECNAV Aircraft identified Mar-Apr Energy Conservation Jan—Feb AH-1Z RQ-8A, 100th flight Mar-Apr Nov-Dec 1,000 flight hours Mar-Apr S-3B Jul-Aug Environmental Jul-Aug turned exhaust May-Jun mass memory unit Stockdale, VAdm. Sep-Oct upgrade Nov—Dec James B. Jan—Feb AV-8B, new display May-Jun TA-4, photo platform Jan—Feb Texas Aviation Hall C-2, 40 years Nov—Dec T-45, improved steering of Fame Jan-Feb CH-46, 40 years with system Nov—Dec Book reviews HMM-265 Nov—Dec UH-IN, mishap Jan-Feb A-I Skyraider in Vietnam: CH-53, ramp-mounted UH-1Y, weapons testing Jul-Aug The Spad’s Last War Jul-Aug weapon system Jan—Feb V-22, icing tests Mar—Apr All the Factors of Victory: CH-53E, last to USMC Mar-Apr deck landing qualifications Adm. Joseph Mason Reeves E-2, 1 million hours Nov—Dec on Bataan (LHD 5) Mar-Apr and the Origins of E-2C, 2,000 flight hours Carrier Airpower Mar-Apr enhanced main display since return to flight +May—Jun Angles of Attack: An A-6 units May-Jun Aviation Units, see Squadrons Intruder Pilot’s War May-Jun traps with NP2000 Awards AWACS and Hawkeyes: propeller Mar-Apr Air Medal May-Jun The Complete History of E-6B, Block I mods Jul-Aug with Combat V Mar-Apr Airborne Early Warning EA-3B, Cold War May-Jun Aircraft Sep-Oct memorial Nov-Dec Atlantic Fleet Retention Chariots of the Damned: EA-6B Excellence Mar—Apr Helicopter Special structural fatigue Jan—Feb Battenberg Cup Sep-Oct Operations from Vietnam ICAP III, operational Battle E Jul-Aug to Kosovo May-Jun evaluation Jul-Aug CHINFO Merit, Cockpits of the Cold War May-Jun outer wing panel/wig NANews Nov—Dec Defenseless: Command Failure center production Mar-Apr CNO at Pearl Harbor May-Jun USMC Sep-Oct Aviation Safety Sep-Oct Hurricane Aces 1941-45 Jul-Aug EA-18G, design contract Mar—Apr Capt. Charles Tranian F-4 Phantom II F/A-18A, mishap Jan—Feb Nechvatal Nov—Dec Units in Combat Nov-Dec F/A-18C/D, new display May-Jun Safety Afloat Nov-Dec Lost Black Sheep: The Search F/A-18F, forward Coast Guard Foundation May-Jun for WW II Ace Chris deployed Jan—Feb Davis, Noel Jul-Aug Magee Mar-Apr F-14, last at TOPGUN Mar-Apr Distinguished Flying Cross One Hundred Years of World H-1, upgrade program, with Combat V Sep-Oct Military Aircraft Sep-Oct 1,000 flight hours Jul-Aug DON Safety Excellence Nov—Dec PBJ Mitchell Units of the low-rate initial Ellyson, Theodore G. Sep-Oct Pacific War Jul—Aug production Jan—Feb Flatley, Adm. Sep-Oct Punk’s Fight Jul-Aug HH-65A, deploys to Hall of Honor, Pensacola Sep-Oct Reaper Leader: The Life of Arabian Gulf May-Jun Hancock, Joy Bright Nov—Dec Jimmy Flatley Jan—Feb KC-130J, operational Hoff, Michael G. Nov—Dec Slingshot Warbirds: World evaluation Jan—Feb McClusky, RAdm. War II U.S. Navy MH-60R, low-rate C. Wade Jul-Aug Scout-Observation production Jul-Aug Naval Education & Airmen Sep-Oct MH-68A, named Jan-Feb Training Excellence Jan-Feb US Navy Hornet Units of Multimission Maritime Aircraft, Jul-Aug Operation Iraqi Freedom, request for proposal Jan—Feb Navy League Sep-Oct Part One Nov-Dec P2V, remains recovery Prowler Week Jan—Feb USS Lake Champlain, in Greenland Nov—Dec Radford, Adm. Arthur W. Jul-Aug CV/CVA/CVS-39 Jan—Feb NANews 2004 Index Aeronautical Organization P2V-5, Korean War crash SECDEF Maintenance Mar-Apr Navy Jul-Aug 42 on Oahu Jan—Feb Sep-Oct USMC Jul-Aug 39 PV-1, WW II remains SECNAV Aircraft identified Mar-Apr Energy Conservation Jan—Feb AH-1Z RQ-8A, 100th flight Mar-Apr Nov-Dec 1,000 flight hours Mar-Apr S-3B Jul-Aug Environmental Jul-Aug turned exhaust May-Jun mass memory unit Stockdale, VAdm. Sep-Oct upgrade Nov—Dec James B. Jan—Feb AV-8B, new display May-Jun TA-4, photo platform Jan—Feb Texas Aviation Hall C-2, 40 years Nov—Dec T-45, improved steering of Fame Jan-Feb CH-46, 40 years with system Nov—Dec Book reviews HMM-265 Nov—Dec UH-IN, mishap Jan-Feb A-I Skyraider in Vietnam: CH-53, ramp-mounted UH-1Y, weapons testing Jul-Aug The Spad’s Last War Jul-Aug weapon system Jan—Feb V-22, icing tests Mar—Apr All the Factors of Victory: CH-53E, last to USMC Mar-Apr deck landing qualifications Adm. Joseph Mason Reeves E-2, 1 million hours Nov—Dec on Bataan (LHD 5) Mar-Apr and the Origins of E-2C, 2,000 flight hours Carrier Airpower Mar-Apr enhanced main display since return to flight +May—Jun Angles of Attack: An A-6 units May-Jun Aviation Units, see Squadrons Intruder Pilot’s War May-Jun traps with NP2000 Awards AWACS and Hawkeyes: propeller Mar-Apr Air Medal May-Jun The Complete History of E-6B, Block I mods Jul-Aug with Combat V Mar-Apr Airborne Early Warning EA-3B, Cold War May-Jun Aircraft Sep-Oct memorial Nov-Dec Atlantic Fleet Retention Chariots of the Damned: EA-6B Excellence Mar—Apr Helicopter Special structural fatigue Jan—Feb Battenberg Cup Sep-Oct Operations from Vietnam ICAP III, operational Battle E Jul-Aug to Kosovo May-Jun evaluation Jul-Aug CHINFO Merit, Cockpits of the Cold War May-Jun outer wing panel/wig NANews Nov—Dec Defenseless: Command Failure center production Mar-Apr CNO at Pearl Harbor May-Jun USMC Sep-Oct Aviation Safety Sep-Oct Hurricane Aces 1941-45 Jul-Aug EA-18G, design contract Mar—Apr Capt. Charles Tranian F-4 Phantom II F/A-18A, mishap Jan—Feb Nechvatal Nov—Dec Units in Combat Nov-Dec F/A-18C/D, new display May-Jun Safety Afloat Nov-Dec Lost Black Sheep: The Search F/A-18F, forward Coast Guard Foundation May-Jun for WW II Ace Chris deployed Jan—Feb Davis, Noel Jul-Aug Magee Mar-Apr F-14, last at TOPGUN Mar-Apr Distinguished Flying Cross One Hundred Years of World H-1, upgrade program, with Combat V Sep-Oct Military Aircraft Sep-Oct 1,000 flight hours Jul-Aug DON Safety Excellence Nov—Dec PBJ Mitchell Units of the low-rate initial Ellyson, Theodore G. Sep-Oct Pacific War Jul—Aug production Jan—Feb Flatley, Adm. Sep-Oct Punk’s Fight Jul-Aug HH-65A, deploys to Hall of Honor, Pensacola Sep-Oct Reaper Leader: The Life of Arabian Gulf May-Jun Hancock, Joy Bright Nov—Dec Jimmy Flatley Jan—Feb KC-130J, operational Hoff, Michael G. Nov—Dec Slingshot Warbirds: World evaluation Jan—Feb McClusky, RAdm. War II U.S. Navy MH-60R, low-rate C. Wade Jul-Aug Scout-Observation production Jul-Aug Naval Education & Airmen Sep-Oct MH-68A, named Jan-Feb Training Excellence Jan-Feb US Navy Hornet Units of Multimission Maritime Aircraft, Jul-Aug Operation Iraqi Freedom, request for proposal Jan—Feb Navy League Sep-Oct Part One Nov-Dec P2V, remains recovery Prowler Week Jan—Feb USS Lake Champlain, in Greenland Nov—Dec Radford, Adm. Arthur W. Jul-Aug CV/CVA/CVS-39 Jan—Feb USS Ranger: The Navy’s First Multimission Maritime HMM-265, 40 years Flattop from Keel to Aircraft, request for with CH-46 Nov—Dec Mast Jul-Aug proposal Jan—Feb 8 HS-5, 30,000 hours Jul-Aug Victory Roll! The American NAS Keflavik, 28 HSL-37, Arabian Gulf Jul-Aug Fighter Pilot and Aircraft mishap-free years Jul-Aug HSL-41, 120,000 hours in World War II Nov—Dec National Air and Space Marine Aircraft Group 11 Jul-Aug Carrier Groups, renamed Museum Annex opens Mar-Apr ; VA-195, visits Carrier Strike Groups Nov—Dec Naval Aircrew Training namesake dam Nov-Dec : Caruso, Hank, Aerocatures™ program, streamlined Mar—Apr VAQ-128, deactivated Jul-Aug sketchbooks Naval Aviation News VAQ-209, NATO ex. Nov—Dec_ 3: Mercy and Muscle: U.S. CHINFO awards Nov—Dec VC-8, deactivated Jan—Feb Coast Guard Aviation May-Jun editor retires Nov-Dec 3 VF-2 becomes VFA-2. Mar-Apr 3 Nobody Flies Without NP2000 propeller, carrier VF-102, first Super Hornet These Guys Mar-Apr landing Mar-Apr squadron CGAS Salem May-Jun Portz, Matthew H., dies Jul-Aug forward-deployed Jan—Feb Clark, Adm. Vern, Ratings, Enlisted, USCG May-Jun ° VF-154 becomes Honorary Naval Aviator Sep-Oct Rittichier, Lt. Jack C., VFA-154 Jan—Feb Clean Hunter, NATO USCG May-Jun :‘ VFA-94, 50,000 hours Jul-Aug operation Nov—Dec 3:2 Russell, Sandy, NANews VFA-195, 90,000 hours Mar-Apr Coast Guard Aviation Editor retires Nov—Dec ; VFA-203, deactivated | Nov—Dec in transition May-Jun San Diego Aircraft Carrier VFC-12 Jan—Feb history May-Jun Museum Mar-Apr ¢ VFC-13 Jan—Feb CWOS, first promotion Jan—Feb Schechter, Kenneth, Korean VMAT-203 Nov-Dec 22 Denneny, Cdr. Doug, War mishap Sep-Oct VFA-131, 70,000 hours Sep-Oct Distinguished Flying Cross Ships VMFA-112, deploys Nov—Dec ; with Combat V Sep-Oct Boxer (LHD 4), force VMFA-323, 35,000 hours May-Jun Earhart, Amelia, search for Sep—Oct rotations in Iraq May-Jun VMGR-452, mobilizes |N ov—Dec Expeditionary Strike Group, Constellation (CVA/CV 64), VMX-22, activated Jan—Feb second deploys May-Jun history Mar—Apr VP-7, Korean War staff crossdeck at sea Nov—Dec CVN 21, preparation crash on Oahu Jan—Feb Frankenberger, LCdr. Kurt, contract Sep-Oct VP-46, 280,000 hours May-Jun Distinguished Flying Cross George Washington (CVN 73), VR-52, 6,564 hours Mar-Apr with Combat V Sep-Oct 100,000 traps Mar-Apr VS-29, deactivated Mar-Apr Global War on Terrorism Nov—Dec Halsey (DDG 97), VS-38, deactivated Mar-Apr _ 3: Grampaw Pettibone christened Mar-Apr VT-27, 300,000 hours May-Jun A4D Nov—Dec High Speed Vessel 2 Jul-Aug VQ-2, OIF Mar—Apr A-6 May-Jun John F. Kennedy (CV 67), VX-30 Sep-Oct F4D Nov—Dec photos Nov—Dec Stability Augmented Steering F4U Jan—Feb Makin Island, named Jan—Feb System, T-45 Nov—Dec F-14B May-Jun Midway (CV 41), Summer Pulse Sep-Oct FG-1D Sep-Oct donated Jan—Feb Survival, Evasion, Resistance Mishap reduction Jul-Aug becomes San Diego and Escape school Sep-Oct Philosophy Mar-Apr Aircraft Carrier TOPGUN, last F-14 Mar-Apr SH-60B Nov—Dec Museum Mar-Apr Udvar-Hazy Center opens Mar-Apr : T-34C Jan-Feb Oriskany (CV 34), to Weapons & Technology UH-IN Sep-Oct become artificial reef Jul-Aug Advanced Multipurpose Color Greenland, P2V aviator remains Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Display, F/A-18C/D recovered Nov—Dec : new home port Sep-Oct and AV-8B May-Jun Hardisty, Adm. Huntington, San Diego (LPD 22), AIM-9X, full-rate dies Jan—Feb named Jul-Aug production Jul-Aug Honorary Naval Aviator, Wasp (LHD 1), leads Electromagnetic aircraft Adm. Vern Clark Sep-Oct ESG 2 May-Jun launch system, prototype Korean Defense Service Squadrons/Aviation Units contract Jul-Aug Medal authorized Jul-Aug HC-3, 170,000 hours Nov—Dec : LITENING AT pod, Marine Marine Aircraft Group 11 Jul-Aug Helicopter Interdiction F/A-18Ds May-Jun Moorer, Adm. Thomas H., Tactical Squadron May-Jun Wright, JO1(SW) Ed, retires Jan—Feb dies May-Jun HMM-161, 40,000 hours Nov—Dec ° Year in Review, 2003 Jul-Aug