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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Aviation</title>
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		<title>A public apology for barfing on the COD</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/30/a-public-apology-for-barfing-on-the-cod/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/30/a-public-apology-for-barfing-on-the-cod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrier On-Board Delivery plane]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear VRC-40 “The Rawhides,” I’m just writing to apologize for getting airsick in your C-2A Greyhound. It was certainly unintentional. You handled the plane with steady hands as we flew from Naval Air Station Mayport, Fla., to the carrier Enterprise last week. We even had weather on our side, allowing for a particularly calm flight. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the Wrights, and naval aviation&#8217;s 100th</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/08/celebrating-the-wrights-and-naval-aviations-100th/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/08/celebrating-the-wrights-and-naval-aviations-100th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation centennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wright Brothers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[East Coast aviation buffs should mark their calendars for Saturday, Dec. 17, when the 108th Celebration of Powered Flight will be held at the Wright Brothers National Monument in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Well, it&#8217;s probably not exactly the 108th celebration &#8230; no one likely paid any attention to such things for a few decades. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And then there are two</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/28/and-then-there-are-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unmanned systems]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly three years ago, the Navy and defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. unveiled the X-47B unmanned air system in Palmdale, Calif., showing off the bat-wing-like tailless and pilotless autonomous bomber that is designed to take off and land on aircraft carriers. In February, the first air vehicle made history when it completed its first real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s pretty, but can it go supersonic?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/it%e2%80%99s-pretty-but-can-it-go-supersonic/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/it%e2%80%99s-pretty-but-can-it-go-supersonic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Parked in the lobby of John Ascuaga’s Nugget hotel and casino in Reno, Nev., is a one-of -a-kind Ford Mustang. Loaded with a 624-horsepower super-charged engine, the car has a custom paint job inspired by the Blue Angels, complete with a paint job of non-production, silver-infused blue paint. The Scoop Deck has seen pictures of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice from a guy who has done it before</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/advice-from-a-guy-who-has-done-it-before/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/advice-from-a-guy-who-has-done-it-before/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Officers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tailhook Reunion and Symposium hosted a winging ceremony, a first for the annual meet-up. Two Navy and two Marine Corps officers received their wings. But before things were made official for Lt. j.g. Erik Michael Sink, 1st Lt. Jeffrey C. Monroe, Lt. j.g. Gregory Brett Maters and 1st Lt. Reid Savid, retired Adm. Tim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airplane trip</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/03/airplane-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/03/airplane-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever slowed down to really take your time and think about how how an airplane flies? Like really thought about it? Like looked through the airplane and thought about it, man? No need to spark up a pipe loaded with spice, Liz Matzelle is giving you that chance with an errie web video. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That flag</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/02/that-flag/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/02/that-flag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign navies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helicopters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pearl Harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pacific]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember a 1990-ish visit to a Japanese submarine base and being dumbfounded to see the subs flying the rising sun flag off their stern masts. Dumbfounded, because being, ahem, of a certain age, I associated the flag &#8212; a red disc with red and white &#8220;beams&#8221; extending outward &#8212; with the aggressive World War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ike&#8217;s return is on track</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/14/ikes-return-is-on-track/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/14/ikes-return-is-on-track/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flight deck certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is enjoying a noteworthy and productive post-availability period at sea. On July 2, Ike, operating off the Atlantic coast, was the scene of the first fully hands-free carrier landing as an F/A-18D modified to emulate the in-development X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System aircraft touched down under control of an onboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hornets, Vikings and carrier Yorktown (?!) in Disney movie</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/08/hornets-vikings-and-carrier-yorktown-in-disney-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/08/hornets-vikings-and-carrier-yorktown-in-disney-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not just the littoral combat ship Independence that has a cameo in a Disney movie. All sorts of Navy hardware show up for an upcoming release. A carrier and at least a squadron’s worth of Super Hornets are featured in “Planes,” a direct-to-video movie expected in 2013. A frame-by-frame review of the trailer shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>F-35C heads north</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/30/f-35c-heads-north/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/30/f-35c-heads-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[testing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first F-35C test aircraft has left Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., for the first volley of carrier-suitability tests at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. CF-2, the second test aircraft delivered by Lockheed Martin to the Navy, arrived at Lakehurst on June 25 and was flown by test pilot Lt. Cmdr. Eric “Magic” Buus. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ike gets back to work</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/29/ike-gets-back-to-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aircraft carrier]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is back in business. After a nine-month availability, the second-oldest Nimitz-class carrier is conducting flight ops and taking on fuel; now there are pictures to prove it. The ship, underway in the Atlantic, is completing carrier qualifications and flight deck certifications in preparation for its next deployment. Ike completed sea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush to make first-ever overseas deployment</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/05/bush-to-make-first-ever-overseas-deployment/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/05/bush-to-make-first-ever-overseas-deployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Med]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The vision that began with a January 2001 contract award will be fully realized on Wednesday, May 11, when the carrier George H.W. Bush leaves Norfolk to begin its first-ever combat deployment. The 1,092-foot Bush is the 10th and final carrier of the Nimitz class. Commissioned in January 2009, the carrier, as well as its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Realism, circa 1929</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/12/realism-circa-1929/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/12/realism-circa-1929/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation centennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tucked between displays of what will become the future of naval aviation is a tribute to the previous century of naval flight. An early flight simulator is one of the more interesting attractions. It looks like a really intense kiddie ride, one of those machines found outside of grocery stores that that blare really loud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy strikes</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/21/8022/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/21/8022/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Navy ships and subs launched a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles at Libyan air defenses Saturday, including this one, filmed by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman, leaping skyward out of the Norfolk-based destroyer Barry. The strikes, and subsequent bomb attacks by U.S., French and British aircraft, followed the March 17 passage of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A punishing fitness report</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/09/a-punishing-fitness-report/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/09/a-punishing-fitness-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-gay slurs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Naval Inspector General has determined that a junior officer who accused his command of giving him anti-gay call signs was improperly punished with a bad fitness report when he complained about the environment in his squadron. The Pentagon IG agreed. The new findings substantiate Ensign Steve Crowston’s claim of reprisal by Cmdr. Liam Bruen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hornets, Super Hornets to launch Super Bowl</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/28/super-hornets-to-launch-super-bowl/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/28/super-hornets-to-launch-super-bowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all seen jet fighter flyovers add a patriotic zinger to the National Anthem at big sporting events, but the deafening show of force never loses its cool. If you like &#8216;em too, stay close to the TV and turn up the sound just before kickoff in this year&#8217;s Super Bowl, when four Carrier Air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The JSF STOVL lands &#8212; but will it fly?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/12/it-hovers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/12/it-hovers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is officially on shaky ground, as observers of military affairs learned Jan. 6 when Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern over &#8220;significant testing problems&#8221; and announced he was putting the F-35B &#8220;on the equivalent of a two-year probation.&#8221; Oddly, that same day, manufacturer Lockheed Martin said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A not-quite arms race, cont.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/11/a-not-quite-arms-race-cont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy Times sister publication Defense News is reporting that the Chinese have tested their new J-20 stealth fighter, coinciding with Defense Secretary Robert Gates&#8217; visit with the Chinese president. The New York Times reported that the test took place just hours before the visit and that Gates asked President Hu Jintao about the timing. Hu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A not-quite arms race with China</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/10/a-not-quite-arms-race-with-china/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/10/a-not-quite-arms-race-with-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently China&#8217;s super death ray carrier-sinking missile is still on Defense Secretary Robert Gates&#8217; radar as he travels to China this week. Gates told The Telegraph that he had been concerned about the development of anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles since he took the job in 2006, and remained so. The trip was designed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support for Capt. Honors</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/03/support-for-capt-honors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy didn&#8217;t mince words in its official reaction to Capt. Owen Honors&#8217; role in the creation of what are viewed by many as overly suggestive or inappropriate videos &#8212; meant to be humorous &#8212; that were broadcast aboard the carrier Enterprise during his run as XO back in 2006-2007. &#8220;Those in command &#8230; are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home for the holidays</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/21/home-for-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/21/home-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blair Tomlinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a seven-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron 32 are greeted by friends and family members on Dec. 18, during a homecoming ceremony at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.]]></description>
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		<title>A piggybacked peek into the future</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/16/a-piggybacked-peek-into-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/16/a-piggybacked-peek-into-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few lucky travelers passing through Lambert International Airport in St. Louis Dec. 13 may have caught a glimpse of aviation history in the making &#8212; and of military aviation&#8217;s future &#8212; when Boeing&#8217;s Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system hitched a ride on NASA&#8217;s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The flight was a test to check the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dec. 7, 1941</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/07/dec-7-1941/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 69th anniversary of &#8220;a date which will live in infamy&#8221; &#8212; the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that prompted the U.S. entry into World War II. The Navy regrouped, fought back and, four years later, enjoyed the ultimate payback, hosting the formal Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri. The anniversary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Vinson heads to sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/01/images-from-the-deploying-uss-carl-vinson/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/01/images-from-the-deploying-uss-carl-vinson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Carl Vinson left Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on Tuesday for three weeks of training followed by a scheduled deployment. Here are some photos the Navy took as sailors boarded the ship and got under way. (Click for high-resolution versions.)]]></description>
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		<title>Austerity taken too far</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/16/austerity-taken-too-far/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/16/austerity-taken-too-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling the plans for the purchase of Joint Strike Fighters too costly, the Navy today unveiled an aircraft it says will put the service at the forefront of stealth fighter technology for the 21st century and even beyond. Navy officials revealed the Curtiss pusher biplane on the decks of the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naval aviation history, brought to life</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/naval-aviation-history-brought-back-to-life/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/naval-aviation-history-brought-back-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The skies over the Hampton Roads, Va., region are daily crisscrossed by some of the most modern jets in the U.S. military&#8217;s inventory, from Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets to Air Force F-22s. But at Norfolk Naval Station on Friday, nothing &#8212; nothing &#8212; could top the ultra-retro replica Curtiss pusher biplane piloted by the builder, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future of naval tacair arrives at Pax River</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/the-future-of-naval-tacair-arrives-at-pax-river/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/the-future-of-naval-tacair-arrives-at-pax-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A seminal event in naval aviation history will be celebrated today at Norfolk Naval Station when officials and dignitaries gather for a (non-public) celebration of civilian flier Eugene Ely&#8217;s gutty Nov. 14, 1910, biplane flight off a makeshift shipboard flight deck &#8212; the first time it had ever been done. Last week, the latest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current aircraft, vintage paint schemes for centennial</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/11/current-aircraft-vintage-paint-schemes-for-centennial/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/11/current-aircraft-vintage-paint-schemes-for-centennial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the flight that launched naval aviation is being commemorated Nov. 12 in Norfolk, the Navy will officially celebrate 100 years of naval aviation throughout 2011, as the first naval aircraft were requisitioned 100 years earlier. The year will be filled with events across the country, starting with the Feb. 10 kickoff event in San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell, Saturn</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/28/farewell-saturn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There may not have been many of you &#8212; the former supply ship Saturn&#8217;s crew of 160 never included many more than 40 sailors during its 25-year run with Military Sealift Command &#8212; but here&#8217;s a respectful nod to you and your old ride, which was sunk in the Atlantic Wednesday after the George H.W. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailors get bored, too</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/22/sailors-get-bored-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan grabbed a lot of attention for their remake of Lady GaGa&#8217;s &#8220;Telephone.&#8221; The hype translated into more than five million views on YouTube and culminated with an appearance on CBS&#8217;s Early Show by video mastermind and GaGa enthusiast Sgt. Aaron Melcher. Colleague Dan Lamothe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of British seapower, taken off the deep end</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/19/the-end-of-british-seapower-taken-off-the-deep-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our departed colleague Phil Ewing recently linked to a sobering Telegraph report on the enormous budget pressures facing the British fleet. Today&#8217;s Wall St. Journal takes a much cheekier view of the problem &#8212; specifically, as it relates to Britain&#8217;s apparent desire to continue funding two new STOVL-capable carriers, one already under construction, that won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ike celebrates 33rd anniversary, beginning of tune-up</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/18/ike-celebrates-33rd-anniversary-beginning-of-tune-up/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/18/ike-celebrates-33rd-anniversary-beginning-of-tune-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower began a six-month Planned Incremental Availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., Monday &#8212; coincidentally, the 33rd anniversary of the flattop&#8217;s commissioning at Norfolk Naval Station&#8217;s Pier 12. The scheduled but much-needed maintenance and modernization period follows an extraordinarily busy time for Ike, which came home July 28 following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Top Gun for the Hornet generation?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/18/a-top-gun-for-the-hornet-generation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sequel to the smash 1986 movie that provided a soundtrack for a generation of naval aviators and turned Tom Cruise into a star might be in the cards. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures has made offers to the original producer and director of &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; to produce a sequel. According to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh buoy, there goes $18,000</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/18/oh-buoy-there-goes-18000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ice is on the outs in the Arctic. As a result there is an enormous treasure-trove of previously undiscovered natural resources being made accessible  by the  receding ice. Now Russia, the U.S., Greenland and everybody in between who has an Arctic coastline is struggling for control of as much loot as possible. So, Arctic research has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A classic birdfarm</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/10/sui-generis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD THE ENTERPRISE &#8212; Below decks is one thing, but for the air wing, just what makes this ship so different from the Navy&#8217;s other carriers? Or maybe the better question is, why are the Navy&#8217;s newer carriers so different from the Enterprise? The starboard quarter of Big E&#8217;s flight deck has a narrow, notched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy Week in the City of Industry</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/31/navy-week-in-the-city-of-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/31/navy-week-in-the-city-of-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick personal essay: Way back in the year 2003, I spent an idyllic late-summer afternoon in downtown Cleveland seeing both the sights, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Terminal Tower. While walking back to the car under a brilliant, ceiling-and-visibility-unlimited blue sky, I heard a deafening, unmistakable roar &#8212; the kind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The day the Fire Scout went rogue</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/25/the-day-the-fire-scout-went-rogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It must get really tiresome being a Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. Your human operators are always making you take off, fly your stupid old waypoints, look at boring objects through your Forward-Looking Infrared sensors, and then go back to base (or the ship). Sometimes you want to just&#8230; break free, y&#8217;know? Well, after more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swarm warning</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/25/swarm-warning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eagle1 has some great coverage this week about Iran&#8217;s invincible, 29,000-vessel strong hyper-navy, which has just added a new, unstoppable, 60 knot missile-armed small attack craft. This sounds like another one of those game over situations; when Congress comes back from summer vacation, it might as well just disestablish the Navy and liquidate the fleet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From sweeping mines to saving lives</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/19/from-sweeping-mines-to-saving-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day job of HM-15, the famous &#8220;Blackhawks,&#8221; is to keep sea lanes clear of pesky mines, but this month the unit was deputized for a different task &#8212; joining the U.S.  response for flood-devastated Pakistan. It only takes a few hours to convert the squadron&#8217;s MH-53 Sea Dragons from their mine sled-dragging mode to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Royal Navy&#8217;s fighter jets</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/18/the-royal-navys-fighter-jets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s what Royal Navy fixed wing aviation looked like back in the good old days. Special note: The Fairey Gannet will blow you away when it spreads its wings at 2:25. Navies all over the world have it tough these days, and here&#8217;s how bad things have gotten for the Royal Navy: According to The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seaplane rescue</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/16/seaplane-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All right, so the photo&#8217;s not great &#8212; no disrespect, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force &#8212; but it&#8217;s still pretty cool: Japanese commanders sortied a US-1A seaplane last week to rescue a sick crew member from the South Korean destroyer Sejong the Great. The staff of 7th Fleet &#8220;helped coordinate&#8221; the rescue, according to an announcement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aquaflage takes flight</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/12/aquaflage-takes-flight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve gotten a good range of comments about the Super Hornet that now wears a partial tactical blueberry paint job &#8212; some people love it, some people don&#8217;t &#8212; but we&#8217;ve also heard that it wasn&#8217;t the first Navy aircraft to put on an NWU livery. A rotorhead friend has passed along photos of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/12/help-for-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The greenside]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iron Nickel to the rescue: The amphibious assault ship Peleliu and its embarked Marines have been tasked with helping Pakistan recover from its devastating floods. According to this story, the ship&#8217;s 19 Marine helicopters will take over from six Army helos that commanders had &#8220;loaned&#8221; from combat in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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		<title>Doesn&#8217;t look so big from up here</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/10/doesnt-look-so-big-from-up-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MC2 Arif Patani has a great, rare, what-it-looks-like-when-you&#8217;re-on-final-approach shot apparently taken out the door of an MH-60S Seahawk coming in to land on the cruiser Cape St. George. When you&#8217;re not in the cockpit &#8212; and especially when you&#8217;re strapped into the rear seats, facing backward &#8212; landing on a ship can be slightly terrifying, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new flavor of Hornet</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/09/a-new-flavor-of-hornet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy has lots of fighter jets, but they usually come in only one color: Gray. Sometimes you get some other accents, like black or red, but for this bird, VFA 137, the &#8220;Kestrels,&#8221; went in a whole new direction &#8212; tactical blueberry. Aquaflage is the new hotness in the world of Navy uniforms, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning 610 strikes again</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/27/lighting-610-strikes-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a pleasant surprise to flip through the avalanche of photos coming out of the &#8220;Invincible Spirit&#8221; exercise and see one of the classiest helicopters in the Navy &#8212; Lightning 610, of HS-14, the &#8220;Chargers&#8221; &#8212; mixing it up with everybody else. The graphic on the tail of this SH-60F Seahawk is an homage to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the sonobuoy drop no more?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/22/will-the-sonobuoy-drop-no-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as Big Navy is pushing for the fleet to re-master the lost art of submarine-hunting, one of its longstanding ASW tools could be going away, according to our friends in the big-time at Defense News: Commanders are considering pulling the sonobuoys from MH-60 Seahawk helicopters, or  scaling back the number they will carry. &#8220;Sonobuoys!&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy&#8217;s new eyes in the sky</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/09/the-navys-new-eyes-in-the-sky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy&#8217;s experimental airship MZ-3A is everywhere: There are photos of it right now on CNN, it&#8217;s got thousands of Google News hits, and there&#8217;s a fresh set of pix up on the official Navy site this morning. Lighter-than-air craft can&#8217;t pull Immelmann turns or splash MiG 29s, but they can loiter over a patrol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What was that?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/07/what-was-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like a bad Photoshop job, but that&#8217;s a real picture &#8212; MC3 Andrew Johnson caught Blue Angels lead solo pilot Lt. Cmdr. Frank Weiser in a &#8220;sneak pass&#8221; over boaters watching an air show in Michigan July 3, all of whom, incredibly, are facing the other way. Bet they turned around after Number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All that and an Osprey, too</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/22/all-that-and-an-osprey-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Count &#8216;em: One, two, three, four update: five, six (!) helicopters, including a two behemoth CH-53 Super Stallions, parked on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock Mesa Verde in this photo by MC1 Steve Smith, and still room for an MV-22 Osprey to come in for a landing! The Osprey, from VMM-162, the [...]]]></description>
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