U.S. Navy Aircraft History

By Tommy H. Thomason

Friday, August 21, 2026

Bell HSL ASW Helicopter

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                                      The Bell HSL was to be the answer in 1950 to a major Navy requirement - find and kill Russian submarin...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

U.S. Naval Air Superiority Revised and Updated

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https://crecy.co.uk/product/us-naval-air-superiority The previous edition took the story up to 1962 and the F4H Phantom. This one provides c...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Ginter Books

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 Hopefully not the last Ginter Book:  At the moment, the Ginter family is fulfilling orders and considering options for the future of Ginter...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Steven J. Ginter 1947-2026

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 Steve's formal obituary:  https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/thousand-oaks-ca/steven-ginter-12912783 I regret to report that my frie...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Well, That Was Colorful II

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 From Scooter! Revised Edition:  In February 1958, VA-83 had just begun a deployment aboard Essex, the first for the A4D-2, when one of the ...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

F-86 Sabre by Duncan Curtis

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  Newly published by Crécy in England, to say it is comprehensive would be an understatement: There are 384 8 1/2 x 11 inch pages, at least ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

In Defense of the F7U-3 Cutlass

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 Uninformed speculation repeated often enough becomes fact. An example is the horrific ramp strike of F7U-3 BuNo 129595 piloted by LCDR Jay ...
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In 1956, at age 12, I lived on NAS Sangley Point in the Philippine Islands. Always enamored with airplanes, I imprinted on the Cougars, Banshees, and Skyraiders then being deployed. Not able to be a Naval Aviator because I was nearsighted, I instead became an aeronautical engineer and general aviation pilot. Now retired, I write books and monographs on U.S. Navy aircraft.
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