The Hook - Naval Aviation In Color - Spring 2000
VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1 SPRING 2000
© 2000, all rights reserved
ISSN: 0736-9220
On The Cover
Section of TraWing One T-45C Goshawks display the aircraft's vertical capability over the Mississippi countryside near NAS Meridian. Photo by Boeing, C22-602-16
Table of Contents : Air Plan
- BRIEF
- Naval Time Critical Strike: The Way Ahead
VADM Dennis V. McGinn, USN, Commander, Third Fleet - From the Chairman: The View From Here
RADM Thomas F. Brown III, USN(Ret) - From the Executive Director: The New Year Takes Shape
CAPT J.R. Davis, USN(Ret) - Naval Aviation In Color — The Mighty Spad Douglas Skyraider
photo essay by Robert L. Lawson
- Naval Time Critical Strike: The Way Ahead
- FROM THE CATWALK
- From the Catwalk
conducted by CAPT Hook - The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome: First Blood
CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret), artwork by Carl Snow
- From the Catwalk
- LAUNCH
- Shortening the Training Pipeline
Vivienne Heines - Where are the Carriers?
- Courtesy of VMFA(AW)-332: Kodak Moments in Kosovo
Margaret Bone - U.S. Navy Non-Tactical Units
LCDR Rick Burgess, USN(Ret)
- Shortening the Training Pipeline
- AT MARSHAL
- Command Changes
- Air Wing and Squadron Reports
- RECOVERY
- Commentary: Potomac Currents
Michael Dennis - The Last Crusader
Bruce R. Boland
- Commentary: Potomac Currents
- IN REVIEW
- RESPOT
- Trader Jon, Naval Aviation Legend, Dies at Age 84
- Blue Angels 2000 Performance Schedule
- PATCH PAGE
- Oldies But Goodies
- WAVEOFFS & BOLTERS
- What is It?
Steve Millikin and Hal Andrews
- What is It?
Executive Staff Members
- EDITOR : CAPT Steve Millikin, USN(Ret)
- MANAGING EDITOR : CDR Jan C. Jacobs, USNR(Ret)
- ASSOCIATE EDITORS
- CAPT Wynn F Foster, USN(Ret)
- Barrett Tillman
- Carmelle Carter
- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
- Steven P. Albright
- Hal Andrews
- Margaret Bone
- CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
- Mike Weeks
- CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret)
- CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Ted Carlson
- Rick Llinares
- Jose M. Ramos
- LCDR Chris Buhlmann, USNR
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