The adventures of USS Wasp CVA-18
#OTD in 1952, USS Wasp (CVA-18) collided with destroyer minesweeper USS Hobson (DMS-26) while conducting night flying operations. Wasp...
OTD in 1991
#OTD in 1991, an F-14 from VF-103 became the only U.S. Navy Tomcat to be lost to hostile fire when it was shot down by an Iraqi missile....
USS Enterprise CV-6
#otd in 1938 USS Enterprise #CV6 is commissioned. Here is her launch in 1936. #ussenterprise #navalaviation #aviationsafari...
U.S.S. Langley CV-1
#otd #usslangley #CV1 was commissioned, here is archival footage of the first landing in 1922 and how they improved by 1922. Note the...