The Hook - World War II in Color - Summer 1994

VOLUME 22, NUMBER 2, SUMMER 1994

©1994, all rights reserved

ISSN: 0736-9220

Cover Photo

VF-124's LT Bob "Tube" Bettendoff, USN, pilots a Gunfighters' F-14D over the ramp of USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the Southern California OpArea while completing Landing Signal Officer transition carrier qualifications. Flying the back seat and taking this view was LCDR Tom "Tumor" Tivomey, USN.

Table of Contents : Air Plan

• BRIEF
  • Do Whatever You Think is Right!
    VADM John H. Fetterman, USN(Ret)
  • From the President
    CAPT W.D. Knutson, USN(Ret)
• FROM THE CATWALK
  • From the Catwalk
    conducted by CAPT Hook
  • World War II in Color
    photo essay
  • The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome: The Great Earlobe Episode
    CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret), artwork by Carl Snow
  • Where Are They Now: Bob Vermilya
    by Barrett Tillman
  • The J2F and the Carrier Pilot: A Duck On The Pond
    CAPT John A. Harper, USN(Ret)
• LAUNCH
  • Carrier to the Rescue: When Lexington Lit Up Tacoma
    COL James W. Hammond Jr., USMC(Ret)
  • Lexington Legacy
    Carl Snow
  • At Marshal: Summer of '44
    Lt. Tillman Barrett, NUS-R
• TAILHOOK FOUNDATION
• AT MARSHAL
  • Command Changes
  • Carrier Air Wing Composition
  • BeDevilers Disestablished
  • Bandits Gone After 38 Years
  • Desert Rescue III
    story and photos by Ted Carlson
• MANNING THE SPARE
• RECOVERY
  • Training for the Future: The Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS)
    
  • Vikings, Greyhounds and Intruders
    photo essay by LT Chris Buhlmann, USN
• IN REVIEW
  • Front Seat Photos
    photo essay by LT David Holmes, USN
• RESPOT
• WAVEOFFS & BOLTERS
• IBC PATCH PAGE
  • CVW-3

Executive Staff Members

• EDITOR : CAPT Steve Millikin, USN(Ret)
• MANAGING EDITOR : CDR Jan C. Jacobs, USNR(Ret)
• ASSOCIATE EDITORS
  • CAPT Wynn Foster, USN(Ret)
  • Barrett Tillman
  • CWO4 Carl Snow, USN(Ret)
• CARRIER EDITOR : Robert J. Cressman
• EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
  • RADM James D. Ramage, USN(Ret)
• Barrett Tillman
• CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
  • CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
  • CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret)
  • Mike Weeks
  • Hal Andrews
  • Steven P. Albright
• CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
  • Douglas D. Olson
  • Michael L. Grove
  • Ted Carlson

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