The Hook - Marine Corps Harriers - Spring 2005
Cover: A VA-25 Fist of the Fleet A-1H turns up and unfolds its wings on USS Midway's (CVA-41)flight deck in the Tonkin Gulf, c. 1965.
photo by CAPT John A. Overn, USN(Ret)
Table of Contents
BRIEF
- Road Map for the Future: Helo Concept of Operations Boosts Strike Group Effectiveness
VADM James M. Zortman, USN
Commander, Naval Air Forces - Naval Aviation Key to Tsunami Relief Efforts
RADM Thomas J. Kilcline, USN
DirectorThOmasWarfare (N78) - Fit and Fill
CAPT Don Quinn, USN
Navy Personnel Command (Pers 43) - Directors Plan Bright Tailhook Future
RADM Jay A. Campbell, USN(Ret)
Chairman, Tailhook Association Board of Directors - From the Executive Directors Reno Reunion Plans Firming Up
CAPT J.R. Davis, USN(Ret)
TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
FROM THE CATWALK
- From the Catwalk
conducted by CAPT Hook - The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome: The Sound of Round Motors
CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret), artwork by Carl Snow - Where Are They Now? Dick Dunleavy, The Premier Naval Flight Officer
CDR Robert R. "Boom" Powell, USN(Ret)
LAUNCH
- The "Bombcat" in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Tony Holmes - Marine Corps Harriers: The Slam Dunk
Margaret Bone
AT MARSHAL
- Command Changes
- Air Wing and Squadron Reports
- Capturing Truman's Flight Deck Drama
photo essay by PHAN Ryan T. O'Connor
RECOVERY
- Washington Report: Navy Faces Program Cuts Despite Spending Growth
Sandra I. Erwin
IN REVIEW
RESPOT
- The Way It Was: NAS Denver, Colorado
Mark Morgan
WAVEOFFS & BOLTERS
- Oriskany To Be Sunk As Reef
IBC PATCH PAGE
- Photo Beanies
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VOLUME 33 NUMBER 1 SPRING 2005 02005, all rights reserved ISSN: 0736-9220
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
LCDR Richard R. Burgess, USN(Ret)
CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
Mike Weeks
CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret)
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Rick Llinares
Jose M. Ramos
CDR Chris Buhlmann, USNR
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THE HOOK, Spring 2005
