View from F-14 Tomcat cockpit during aerial refuelling in Desert Storm. Photo by HJ


HJ User page

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Area of interest: Military Aviation

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  • Fighter and Strike aircraft
  • Aerial Combat
  • Aerial Refuelling
  • Air-to-Air Missiles
  • Dissimilar Air Combat Training
  • Ejection Seats
  • Human Factors

Bona Fides

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over 2000 hours in F-14 Tomcat, published author/editor/photographer Retired Marine/Naval Officer


Current Activity

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Writing, Editing, Publishing, Shooting (cameras and occasional firearms)



Author/Coauthor/Editor selected titles

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  • Air Warfare in the Missile Age contributor/editor
  • Hell-bent for Leather - G-1 and A-2 Flight Jackets
  • USN-USMC Patches and Insignia
  • Danger - Best of Approach Magazine
  • Fighter Country - F-14 Tomcats of NAS Oceana
  • Bandits - US Adversary/Aggressor aircraft
  • Naval Aviation (flight clothing chapter)
  • Bye, Bye Baby! Hail and Farewell to F-14 Tomcat (contributed backstory for Hildebrandt)
  • Editor, Approach magazine 1986-89
  • F-14 Tomcat - Anytime, Baby! (with Hall and Lawson)[1]

Published photography and text

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An F-14A Tomcat from VF-32 during Desert Storm. Photo by HJ

Partial list of published images* and images/articles**

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  • All Hands** (cover)
  • Viewfinder** (cover)
  • Proceedings** (cover)
  • Wings of Gold** (cover)
  • Approach** (cover)
  • Seapower*(cover)
  • AvWeek* (cover)
  • Armed Forces Journal*(cover)
  • Mech* (cover)
  • Flight Journal**
  • Air&Space**
  • Hook**
  • Airpower**
  • Naval Aviation News*
  • Combat Aircraft*
 
An F-14A Tomcat from VF-32 returning to USS John F Kennedy. Photo by HJ

Books

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  • Tomcats Forever* (by Dorr/Brown) (cover)
  • Gulf Air War Debrief**
  • Desert Shield (by Dorr) (back cover)*
  • Desert Storm*
  • Tomcat - The Grumman F-14 Story (by Glichrist)*
  • U.S. Naval Aviation**[2]
  This user is interested in aviation.