re: hawkins
From National Museum of Naval Aviation's Facebook page:
Log book pages noting the actions of the Lieutenant (junior grade) Arthur Ray Hawkins of Fighting Squadron (VF) 31 during June 1944. Note his kills during the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" sixty-eight years ago today. Hawkins finished the war with 14 kills and three awards of the Navy Cross.
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Eh, we still used those a lot in the HTs.
Last military presence to leave Iraq, the 2515th NAAD, takes off out of Basrah for the last time Dec 18 2011. Me flying right seat in dash 2. Photo taken by crewman in dash 1.
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Pretty cool pictures... But we went to Iraq a few days later... It was kind of funny watching the news talking about "the last" flight/aircraft to leave/"presence" as we were planning a flight to Iraq.