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Perfect Trap: Meet the godfather of Navy and Marine Corps aviation

Vice Adm. Frederick “Trap” Trapnell's Navy career encompassed biplanes, airships, World War II fighters, research planes and early carrier jets.

By Mark Carlson, Aviation History

4 years ago

Payback at Balikpapan

Only weeks after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, four stalwart destroyers demonstrated that there was still plenty of fight left in the U.S. Navy.

By Michael Crowder, World War II

4 years ago

Stalin, FDR, Project Zebra and a crash everyone tried to pretend never happened

Back when the Navy ran a North Carolina Coast Guard station and the Soviets were our allies.

By Jeff Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot

4 years ago

Seven down: Courage during an air rescue disaster

A forced landing on Greenland’s ice cap set in motion one of the costliest search-and-rescue operations ever mounted.

By Stephan Wilkinson, Aviation History

4 years ago

Cat Tales: The story of World War II’s PBY Flying Boat

Consolidated’s rugged PBY set a standard for flying boats and amphibians that will never be eclipsed.

By Stephan Wilkinson, Aviation History Magazine

5 years ago

Coasties’ Catalina cannabis catch valued at $1 million

Baywatch was there with the assist, too.

By Navy Times staff

5 years ago