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Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., (June 1, 1902 – June 27, 1976) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War period. He is credited with having played a major part in the Battle of Midway. In the words of Admiral Chester Nimitz, McClusky's decision to continue the search for the enemy and his judgment ...
1954–1968. Number built. 2,172 (excluding production in Czechoslovakia and China) Developed from. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. Variants. Shenyang J-6. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 ( Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second generation, single-seat, twinjet fighter aircraft. It was the first ...
USS Bunker Hill CG-52. USS Mobile Bay CG-53. USS Hewitt DD-966. USS Oldendorf DD-972. USS Fife DD-991. USS Curts FFG-38. Unlike the other carriers in the Gulf War, USS Midway couldn't carry the S-3 Viking or the F-14 Tomcat due to her size constraints meaning the ship instead had three F/A-18 squadrons.
USS McClusky (FFG-41) was a Oliver Hazard Perry -class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976) who as a lieutenant commander led the air group of USS Enterprise (CV-6), which sank the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi during the Battle of Midway. McClusky later served as part of Destroyer ...
[39] [40] Between June and July 1966, during 12 engagements over North Vietnam, Crusaders claimed four MiG-17s for two losses. [41] Crusader pilots would claim the best kill ratio of any American type in the Vietnam War, 19:3. [3] [42] Of the 19 aircraft claimed during aerial combat, 16 were MiG-17s and three were MiG-21s. [38]
This is a list of equipment used by the Philippine Air Force (PAF), the branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that specializes in aerial warfare. It covers active equipment, such as aircraft, ordnances, air defenses, and retired aircraft inventory. PAF has made use of its existing equipment to fulfill its mandate while modernization ...
USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea.She earned the affectionate nickname "Ageless Warrior" through her long career.
F-14 Tomcat. F/A-18E Super Hornet. Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143), also known as the "Pukin Dogs," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The Pukin Dogs are an operational fleet squadron and flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. They are currently attached to Carrier Air Wing One and USS ...