The Original Top Gun
•October 19, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
One of the world’s busiest airports is named for World War II ace and 1937 U.S. Naval Academy graduate Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare. More »
•October 19, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
One of the world’s busiest airports is named for World War II ace and 1937 U.S. Naval Academy graduate Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare. More »
•August 16, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
The aircraft carrier USS Lexington waged a gallant war in the Pacific against the Imperial Japanese Navy. More »
•July 5, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Efforts to reach peace accords and the expectation of one decisive battle actually put Japan on a collision course to war with the United States. More »
•April 18, 2017 • 1 Comment
The pilots of the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. More »
•March 21, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
Panic set in when Japanese subs raided coastal areas. More »
•February 1, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
A powerful typhoon wreaked havoc with the U.S. Navy’s task force 38 in December 1944. It would be followed shortly after by a second. More »
•January 18, 2017 • Be the First to Comment
During the Battle of the Philippine Sea, American carrier air power decimated inexperienced Japanese Navy pilots in the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. More »
•November 16, 2016 • Read Comments (2)
U.S. Navy air power shattered Japanese carrier based strength in a one-sided battle during the invasions of Saipan, Guam, and Titian. More »
•November 15, 2016 • Be the First to Comment
A seaman recalls his harrowing rescue as the light career USS Princeton sank in the Sibuyan Sea doing the Battle of Leyte Gulf. More »
•October 26, 2016 • Read Comments (2)
In early 1942, a furious air-sea battle in the Solomons set the stage for Pacific Theater combat yet to come. More »
