Museum Commemorates Pearl Harbor Day

On 7 December 2008, the museum commemorated the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Guests of honor included eleven Pearl Harbor survivors.  Read the text of the remarks by RDML Jay DeLoach, USN (Ret.), Director of Naval History, honoring their service and the importance of the day.  [Read Text]

 

 

First Into the Enemy's Backyard

Now the subject of a complete restoration effort, the museum's PB2Y-5R Coronado was the first Navy aircraft to land in Tokyo Bay and once belonged to Howard Hughes...[more]

 

 

Museum's AJ-2 Savage Helped Usher in Atomic Age

The museum's AJ-2 Savage is among the aircraft that helped lay the foundation for heavy attack mission, giving naval aviation a carrier-based atomic weapons capability...[more]

 

 

January

The retirement of Master Chief Air Controlman Robert K. Jones ends an era in naval aviation...[more]

 

 

Turn the Pages of Time

With each turn of a page, a scrapbook captures a distinct moment in time, a telling image that is worth a thousand words or either a document or mere clipping of paper that illuminates an individual's past.  In this edition of the Museum's electronic scrapbook, view images of aircraft carrier ready rooms, havens for aviators and aircrewmen and where missions began and ended.

 

 

A flag tucked away for over sixty years tells the story of one of the more unique types of Navy units during World War II... [more]