TUESDAY BLUESDAY!
Team maintainers look on as Boss Adam "Gilligan" Bryan taxies out at the Spirit of Saint Louis show in Chesterfield, MO, June 6th. US Navy photo.
#tuesdaybluesday#blueangelsdecades
WELCOME BACK, BUBBAS!
A Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull assigned to VGS-1 recovers aboard the USS Long Island (AVG-1), April 20, 1942. US Navy photo.
Let's make this a great, Nav Air week!
TRACOM TUESDAY!
The Lockheed T2V-1A (later designated T-1A) SeaStar was operated from 1957 through the early 70s. A derivative of the USAF P-80 Shooting Star, the Navy purchased 150 T2V-1As. US Navy photo.
Does anyone here have time in the SeaStar?
Welcome Back, Bubbas!
A TBM assigned to VC-13 recovers aboard the USS Anzio cruising somewhere off the coast of Okinawa, May 1945. US Navy photo.
Make it a great, Nav Air week!
Let's Launch This Weekend!
An SB2C-4 assigned to Satan's Angels of VB-7 prepares to launch from Hancock, circa 1946. US Navy photo.
Well, that's another week in the books. See you back here on Monday!
Irish Sends
Wayback Wednesday!
A Demon gets towed from the hangar with a DRUT already staged, with Hornet and two other carriers are anchored in the background. North Island, date not provided. US Navy photo.
Tuesday Bluesday!
Lt. Mark Perrault's Blue Angels' ID Card, issued January 6, 1959. My scan, Perrault family collection.
#tuesdaybluesday#blueangelsdecades
Phabulous Phantom Friday!
An F-4B assigned to the Fighting Falcons of VF-96 fires a salvo of Zunis on a NVA target, circa 1966-67. US Navy photo.
Well, that's another week in the logbook! See you back here on Monday!
Irish Sends
Throwback Thursday!
Skyraiders assigned to the Skynights of VA-95 fly over mother, USS Hornet, sometime in the mid to late 50s. US Navy photo.
The squadron would change their name to the Green Lizards in 1963-64.
Welcome Back, Bubbas!
Grim 500 arriving! An EA-18G assigned to the Gray Wolves of VAQ-142 recovers aboard TRR, date unknown. US Navy photo.
Here's hoping you have a great, Nav Air week!
Let's Launch This Weekend!
F4U-4s assigned to the Death Rattlers of VMF-323 prepare to launch from the USS Sicily, cruising off the Korean coast. US Navy photo.
Well, that's all for this week. See you back here on Monday!
Irish Sends
Throwback Thursday!
An AD-4NA assigned to the Dambusters of VA-195 - Chippy Ho! - flies over unidentified terrain. US Navy photo.
The squadron received this variant around 1953, the same time they relocated to Moffett Field, so this might be San Francisco Bay. Thougths?