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Mud flats to master jet base: fifty years at NAS Oceana
2001, Hallmark Pub.
in English
1893276066 9781893276062
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Machine generated contents note: Mud Flats, Liberators, Fighters and Privateers * 6
A Navy Pilot's Dreams-and Life- End at Hiroshima 24 * The Ace of Aces 30
The J-Bird That Saved Christmas 33 :Ace of Spades 34
Building for the Future
and the Fight 0 36
Heroes Can Be Your Wingman 50 The Pioneering Aviator: A Risk-Taker They Called "Slim" 52
Family Ties and a Fortuitous Glance 54 * The Pretentious House Called Salisbury Plain 56
Ye Chapel of Ease 58 * Joshua James' Legacy 60
"Roger, Soucek'"-Attaining Status and a Name * 62
The Test Pilot Admiral 88 Tarsiers and Starfighters 94
Some Legends Live On in Memory-and Legacies 98 The Legend of the Skull and Bones 102
Mach Knockers and Challengers No More 107 0 ATip of the Top Hat tothe Navy's Oldest Squadron 110
Farewell, Be-Devilers and Speed Kings of Fighting Seventy-Four 114
Phantoms and Intruders * 120
Intruder College 152 A Midway Avenger Takes Command 153
Diamondbacks and Strike Cats 156 Surveilling Airspace 158 Blue Blasters and;Hornets 159
Give 'em Hell, IBaby * 164
The Super Tomcat 180 Strike Cat Control-Fighter Wing Atlantic 181
Sluggers No More-Well, Almost! 183 Sans-Reproache 187
The Last of a Breed
Bittersweet Changes * 190
"A Sobering Understanding of War and Peace" 200 Fair Winds, Formidable Panthers 203
The Haymakers Leave Their Mark 208
The Sting of the Hornet-Into the TwentyuFirst Century * 212
Valions Making History-From Roosevelt to Roosevelt 228 Adios, Ghostriders 229
The Hornet's Nest 233 * Paddles Contact
Oceana's Landing Signal Officer School 234
The Sweetest Sixteen in the Fleet 236 A Dream to Fly Among the Stars 238
The Grim Reapers 239
Appendices * 248
Oceana Commanding Officers 1943-2001 248 Oceana's World War II Squadrons 250.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257) and index.
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