The Hook - Naval Aviation in World War II - Spring 2001

VOLUME 29 NUMBER 1 SPRING 2001

©2001, all rights reserved

ISSN: 0736-9220

On The Cover

LT Trevor "Bulls" Estes of VAQ-I30 waves a VS-22-S-3B aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during operations in the Persian Gulf on 4 Jan 2001. LSO platform is LTs Mark "Iris" Fryman of VF-32 (center) and Micah "Shaggy" Manningham of VFA-105.

Photo by PHAN Rodger D. Schilling, USN via CHINFO0Table of Contents : Air Plan

Table of Contents : Air Plan

• BRIEF
  • From the Chairman: An Open Letter to the President
    RADM Frederick L. Lewis, USN(Ret)
  • Here's My Opinion: It's the M Word
    Margaret Bone
  • BuPers Report: Detailing At The Crossroads
    CDR Steve "Moose" Laukaitis, USN
    Aviation Junior Officer/LCDR Assignments (Pers 432)
  • From the Executive Director: Gearing Up for Reno
    CAPT J.R. Davis, USN(Ret)
  • Naval Aviation in World War II: The Grumman F7F Tigercat
    photo essay by Robert L. Lawson
• TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
• FROM THE CATWALK
  • From the Catwalk
    conducted by CAPT Hook
  • The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome: Preflightus Maximus
    CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret), artwork by Carl Snow
  • Where Are They Now? Monroe Smith
    Barrett Tillman
• LAUNCH
  • Workhorses of the Fleet: Naval Aviation's Utility Squadrons
    Sean Paul Milligan
  • Where Are the Carriers?
• AT MARSHAL
  • Air Wing and Squadron Reports
  • The Way it Was: Saufley Field
    CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
• RECOVERY
  • Commentary: Potomac Currents
    Michael Dennis
  • Lockheed Martin's Navy JSF Completes Test Flight Program
• IN REVIEW
• RESPOT
  • Midway Museum Project Wins Approval
  • Remembering Zeke
    Barrett Tillman
  • Bay Area Ready Room On Successful Track
    Cheryl Bly Chester
  • Ex-POW Brings Closure to Fellow POW
    Henry Sakaida
  • Aviation Cadet Museum to Open
• WAVEOFFS & BOLTERS
  • What is It?
    Steve Millikin and Hal Andrews
• IBC PATCH PAGE
  • Reserve Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 80 (CVSGR-80)

Managing Staff Members

• 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
• Margaret Bone
• CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
• Mike Weeks
• CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret)
• CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
• LCDR Ian Anderson, USN
• Ted Carlson
• Rick Llinares
• José M. Ramos
• CDR Chris Buhlmann, USNR

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