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Nathan Gordon stretched his flying boat’s capabilities past the limit — saving 15 downed USAAF crew members amid 18 foot swells.
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Despite their new peacetime role being different than their intended one, it is still a testament to the Grumman "Iron Works" that the Tracker remains in active use over 70 years later. [...] ...
Five aviation companies are under contract to develop armed, unmanned aircraft and control systems for use on the Navy’s ...
The US Navy has initiated development of carrier-capable uncrewed combat aircraft, awarding preliminary contracts to four ...
Landing on an aircraft carrier defines Naval aviation. But new pilots won't have to do it until later in their training.
Students training to fly F/A-18s, F-35s and EA-18Gs are no longer required to land on a carriers before receiving their ...
Gordon was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as commander of a Catalina Patrol Plane that rescued 15 United States Army Fifth Air Force service members shot down in ...