Naval Aviation History: July 23-24, 1968

Today in Naval History - From The Naval Historical Center

This Day in History: Library of Congress|The History Channel

Quote of the Click

When at grips with the enemy on the sea, beneath the sea and in the air, no Task Force Commander ever had enough destroyers.

VADM Walden L. Ainsworth

CSA Archives

Operation Forward Pass - "gouge" for those entering the service

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July 23rd, 2008 by xformed

40 years ago, the USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) “hosted” the carrier trials of the F-111B.

I found this bit of history covered in more detail at the USS CORAL SEA’s website.

Octopussy movie On that page, you’ll find a link the Ship’s Store, where you can purchase a 20 min DVD of the trials, as well as three links to the background story of the TFX program (done by SteelJaw Scribe buy One Hour Photo

) about the navalized version of the Air Force’s F-111A.

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