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)
- Do Whatever You Think is Right!
- 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)
- From the Catwalk
- 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
- Carrier to the Rescue: When Lexington Lit Up Tacoma
- 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
- Training for the Future: The Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS)
- IN REVIEW
- Front Seat Photos
photo essay by LT David Holmes, USN
- Front Seat Photos
- 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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