The Hook - Tailhook Strike Force - Fall 2004
Cover: Carrier Air Wing Three landing signal officers grade a recovery on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), 12 Feb '03, following an Operation Enduring Freedom mission. From left: LTs Rob Roy (VF-32), Jeffrey Hart (VF-32), Geoff Bowman (VFA-37); LTJG Tim James (VS-22) and Capt Scott Sitterle (VMFA-115).
USN photo by PHAN Ryan O'Connor, USN, via CHINFO
Table of Contents
BRIEF
- Manning the 21st Century From a Position of Strength
VADM Gerald L. Hoewing, USN
Chief of Naval Personnel - Naval Aviation on the Move
RADM Mark P. Fitzgerald, USN
Director, Air Warfare (N78) - From the President: Tailhook Update
CAPT David A. "Roy" Rogers, USN - From the Executive Director: The Tailhook Strike Force
CAPT J.R. Davis, USN(Ret) - Reflection on the Naval War College
CDR Matthew J. Faletti, USN
TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
FROM THE CATWALK
- From the Catwalk
conducted by CAPT Hook - When Is a Squadron Not a Squadron?
The Curious Case of VAQ-143
LCDR Rick Morgan, USN(Ret) - The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome: Dances With Wimmins
CDR Jack D. WoOdul, USNR(Ret), artwork by Carl SnOw - Naval Aviation Over Fallon, Whidbey and the Gulf
photo essay by CDR Chris Buhlmann, USNR, and Tieme Festner
LAUNCH
- Midway Magic in the Northern Pacific
Rick Berg - EA-18G: Airborne Electronic Attack for the Future
Rick Morgan - Tailhook Aircraft From Mr. Grumman's Iron Works:
Part Seven — A Two-Taled Tomcat and the Death of An Eagle
Bob Lawson with LCDR Dave "Hey Joe" Parsons, USN(Ret)
AT MARSHAL
- Command Changes
- Air Wing and Squadron Reports
RESPOT
- Hook '04: The Tenth Return to Reno
Barrett Tillman with Mark Morgan
RECOVERY
- Washington Report: So Many Studies, So Much Confusion
Sandra I. Erwin
WAVEOFFS & BOLTERS
- The Redtails Retreat Into History
CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
IBC PATCH PAGE
- VS-21: From World War II to 2005
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Air Plan
VOLUME 32 NUMBER 3 FALL 2004 ©2004, all rights reserved ISSN: 0736-9220
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
Hal Andrews
LCDR Richard R. Burgess, USN(Ret)
CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
Mike Weeks
CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret)
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Rick Llinares
Jose M. Ramos
CDR Chris Buhlmann, USNR
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