The Hook - Tailhook Strike Force Established - Summer 2005

Gerald Scott of the VMFA-232 Red Devils I 4.9 Sidewinder missile on an F/A-18C Hornet USS Nimitz (CVN-68) while participating in off the coast of Southern California, 17 Dec '04.
PH3 Maebel Ysog Tinoko, USN, via CHINFO

Air Plan Table of Contents

BRIEF

• Tailhook Strike Force Established
• Naval Aviation and Sea Power 21
  RADM Thomas J. Kilcline, USN Director, Air Warfare (N78)
• Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center: NSAWC, Center of Excellence
• High Desert Classroom
  photo essay by Rick Llinares
• From the Executive Director: Tailhook Association Update
  CAPT J.R. Davis, USN(Ret)

TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

• 2005 Scholarship Winners

FROM THE CATWALK

• From the Catwalk
  conducted by CAPT Hook
• The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome: Rocket in the Rain
  CDR Jack D. Woodul, USNR(Ret), artwork by Carl Snow
• Where Are They Now? Phil Wood
  Barrett Tillman

LAUNCH

• Jimmie Thach and Task Group Alfa
  Steve Ewing
• After Task Group Alfa
  CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
• The Tomcat's Last Fight
  Tony Holmes

AT MARSHAL

• Command Changes
• Air Wing and Squadron Reports

IN REVIEW

RECOVERY

• Washington Report: Air War Over Iraq Proves Need For Smaller, More Precise Ordnance
  Sandra I. Erwin

RESPOT

• Sundown for the S-3B: Blue Wolves Deactivated, Last of Four VS-35s
  CDR Doug Siegfried, USN(Ret)
• Tailhook Salutes WW II Naval Aviation

WAVEOFFS & BOLTERS

• What Is It?
• S-3B Viking Joins Midway Museum

IBC PATCH PAGE

• VS-35 Farewell

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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, Summer 2005

VOLUME 33 NUMBER 2 SUMMER 2005
©2005, all rights reserved ISSN: 0736-9220

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