USS Blakley DE-1072 Launching
We look back on #otd in 1969 to USS Blakley DE-1072 being launched at the Avondale Shipyard. She along with the rest of the Knox Class...
More Tomcat Tuesday
More #tomcattuesday with a gaggle of Turkey's peeling off in August 1979. #f14 #f14tomcat #topgun #flynavy #aviationsafari...
SB2U-2 in August 1940
We have seen some aircraft camouflage, but this one might take the cake. In front of Building 308 at Naval Air Station North Island on...
Henderson Field August 1942
A look back at Henderson Field in WWII #otd in 1942, looking south east. The aircraft on field are F4F's and note all the craters from...
USS Knapp DD-653 (1955)
#otd in 1955 USS Knapp DD-653 was photographed steaming out of San Diego Harbor. You can see both lighthouses on Point Loma in the...
Bear Escort
More #tomcattuesday with an air-to-air view of a F-14A Tomcat escorting a Soviet Bear-D March 1987. #f14 #f14tomcat #flynavy #vf1...
USS Oriskany CV-34 (1950)
A look back at USS Oriskany CV-34 off New York City in December 1950, while en route to conduct carrier qualifications off Jacksonville,...
Tomcat Tuesday
A Turkey from VF-41 waits behind the jet blast deflector as another #Tomcat aircraft is launched from the No. 1 catapult aboard USS...
New Gear
We have some new F-8 Crusader gear! #thelastgunfighter #f8 #f8crusader #flynavy #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari
C-123’s back in the day
A look back at some C-123’s during the Vietnam War at Tan Son Nhat Air Base. #c123 #usaf #vietnamwar #tansonnhatairport #aviationsafari...
