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Recent articles from Naval Aviation News

Grampaw Pettibone.
May 1, 2009... Galloping Goshawk A student naval aviator (SNA) was scheduled as a solo for a day two-plane formation flight. After a brief with the lead instructor pilot and a weather brief, the pilot went to maintenance control, reviewed the aircraft discrepancy book, signed for the jet, and conducted...

CTF-151 pursues pirates.
May 1, 2009... With acts of piracy on the rise in the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean, the U.S. Navy committed ships and aircraft to protect international shipping lanes with the establishment of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 on 8 January under the command of RAdm. Terence McKnight. ...

VS-22 flies from Iraq into sunset.(antiterrorism training )
May 1, 2009... The sailors of Sea Control Squadron (VS) 22 returned to NAS Jacksonville, Fla., on 15 December 2008, having completed a five-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This was the final deployment for VS-22--the Navy's last S-3B Viking squadron--which marked its...

VMA-513: expanding the Predator's role.
May 1, 2009... A section of AV-8B Harrier IIs launches in the dead of night from a mountainous airfield in the belly of the Nellis Tactical Training Range, Nev. Enroute, the Harriers link up with a single MQ-1 Predator from the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron and begin working a game plan to support engagement...

Sea King celebrates 50th anniversary.(Naval Air Systems Command's warship celebrates its anniversary)
May 1, 2009... The H-3 Sea King community at Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., celebrated the 50th anniversary of the aircraft's first flight on 11 March. The twin-engine, all-weather, amphibious helicopter has served in numerous roles through the years including antisubmarine warfare,...