The Hook - Marine Corps Harriers - Spring 2005

Cover: A VA-25 Fist of the Fleet A-1H turns up and unfolds its wings on USS Midway's (CVA-41)flight deck in the Tonkin Gulf, c. 1965.
photo by CAPT John A. Overn, USN(Ret)

Table of Contents

BRIEF

• Road Map for the Future: Helo Concept of Operations Boosts Strike Group Effectiveness
  VADM James M. Zortman, USN
  Commander, Naval Air Forces
• Naval Aviation Key to Tsunami Relief Efforts
  RADM Thomas J. Kilcline, USN
  DirectorThOmasWarfare (N78)
• Fit and Fill
  CAPT Don Quinn, USN
  Navy Personnel Command (Pers 43)
• Directors Plan Bright Tailhook Future
  RADM Jay A. Campbell, USN(Ret)
  Chairman, Tailhook Association Board of Directors
• From the Executive Directors Reno Reunion Plans Firming Up
  CAPT J.R. Davis, USN(Ret)

TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

FROM THE CATWALK

• From the Catwalk
  conducted by CAPT Hook
• The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome: The Sound of Round Motors
  CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret), artwork by Carl Snow
• Where Are They Now? Dick Dunleavy, The Premier Naval Flight Officer
  CDR Robert R. "Boom" Powell, USN(Ret)

LAUNCH

• The "Bombcat" in Operation Iraqi Freedom
  Tony Holmes
• Marine Corps Harriers: The Slam Dunk
  Margaret Bone

AT MARSHAL

• Command Changes
• Air Wing and Squadron Reports
• Capturing Truman's Flight Deck Drama
  photo essay by PHAN Ryan T. O'Connor

RECOVERY

• Washington Report: Navy Faces Program Cuts Despite Spending Growth
  Sandra I. Erwin

IN REVIEW

RESPOT

• The Way It Was: NAS Denver, Colorado
  Mark Morgan

WAVEOFFS & BOLTERS

• Oriskany To Be Sunk As Reef

IBC PATCH PAGE

• Photo Beanies

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VOLUME 33 NUMBER 1 SPRING 2005 02005, 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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THE HOOK, Spring 2005