AIRCRAFT -

• Aircraft Pictures (See the planes discussed in the articles)
• The Best Fighter Planes of World War II (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• Great Bombers of World War II (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• Super Warbirds of World War II (Late War Fighters) (Article by Chuck Hawks)12/2009
• More Super Warbirds of World War II (Article by Chuck Hawks)12/2009
• Twin Engine Fighter Planes of World War II (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• Airacobra or Iron Dog? (Article by Patrick Masell)
• The Brewster F2A Buffalo (Article by Patrick Masell)
• The Chance Vought F4U Corsair (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Article by Patrick Masell)
• The Focke-Wulf FW 190 (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The Grumman F4F Wildcat (Article by Patrick Masell)
• The Grumman F6F Hellcat (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The Hawker Hurricane (Article by Patrick Masell)
• The Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The MiG-3 (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The North American P-51 Mustang (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The P-40 Warhawk and A6M Zero (Article by Patrick Masell)
• The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (Article by Chuck Hawks and Rip Collilns)
• The Supermarine Spitfire and Seafire (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The Yakovlev Yak-9 (Article by Chuck Hawks)

AVIATION TOPICS -

• A Brief Chronology of My Career in the Aero-Space Sciences (Part 1) (Autobiography of Charles R. Hawks, Jr.)
• A Brief Chronology of My Career in the Aero-Space Sciences (Part 2) (Continued autobiography of Charles R. Hawks, Jr.)
• A WW II Airman Is Gone (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Airman, Not an Infantry Soldier (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Big Bang Mission (By George Edwards as told to Scott Moody)
• Don't Mess With the Geese! (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Gene Autry and Rudolph (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• General Mosley Likes Doritos (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Gunnary Practice: It's All in How You Look at It (By George Edwards as told to Scott Moody)
• Handcart Boys and the Tsunami Rescue (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• He Continued to Serve as an Air Force Civilian (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• He Wanted to Fly (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• In the Shadow of the Blade (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Last Summer in Altus (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Man in Blue: Johnny Cash (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Missile Strike Over Baghdad (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Reverend "JAKE" Has Left Us (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Sailors, Tattoos, and Air Force Enlistments (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• She Will Never be Home For Christmas (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• WW II Flight Nurse (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)

COMBAT FLIGHT SIMULATIONS -

• The Pilot's Flying Guide to W.W. I and W.W. II Aircraft (By Chuck Hawks)
• The Warbirds Keyboard Functions (Compiled by Robert Fleck and Chuck Hawks)

GENERAL MILITARY AFFAIRS -

• A Discarded American Coffin Flag (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• A Military Christmas (Poem by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Best Army Tanks of World War II (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• Books About Naval & Military Affairs (Annotated Bibliography by Chuck Hawks)
• Care for a Veteran's Grave (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• China Diaries (Book review by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Christmas With Poncho Villa (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Colorado Rangers (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Could Germany Have Won the Second World War? (By Chuck Hawks)
• Dale Robertson: Actor & Veteran (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Development of Radar (Article by John R. Page)
• Elvis the Army Veteran (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Gangs and the US Military (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• He Is Out in the Garage (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Honeymoon in Baghdad (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Internet Lips Sink Ships (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• It is Citizenship Training, Not Recruitment (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Last of the Pony Soldiers (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Logistics: The Art of Doing War (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Military Thanksgivings (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• My Small Piece of Canada (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• No Guilt, a Nation of Evil Soldiers and Slaves (Opinion by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Peace and the US Veteran (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony (Story by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Return of the 101^st Aviation (By Scott Moody)
• Road Trip Home (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)01/2010
• The Scariest Place in the World (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Sister Bullwinkel (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Smart Black Students are Joining the Military (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Soldier Dead (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Sometimes You Have to Charge the Machine Gun (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• They Are Here to Stay (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• To Honor, To Mourn (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Troop Trains (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The U.S. Military Does Not Want Broken People (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Washing Angel Wings (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• We Get to Hate the Russian Bear Again (Article by Major Van Harl USAF Ret.)
• The WW II Veterans are Leaving Us (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Year of Absence (Book review by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)

MILITARY SMALL ARMS -

• The 1896 Swedish Mauser (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The .45 is Coming Back to the Military (Article by Major Van Harl USAF Ret.)
• The 6mm As A Military Caliber (Article by Henry Song)
• A Fair and Balanced Analysis of the Beretta M9 Service Pistol (Article by David Tong)
• Colt U.S. M1911 .45 ACP Pistol (Article by By Bob Cohen and Dave Hood)
• Com Bloc Curiosity: The CZ-52 Service Pistol (Review by David Tong)
• Definitive Service Caliber/Rifle for the 21st Century - Part 1 (Article by Mike Staples)
• Definitive Service Caliber/Rifle for the 21st Century - Part 2 (Article by Mike Staples)
• Dossier Nagant Revolver (Article by Mike Hudson)
• Future Battle Rifles and Carbines (Opinion by Marshall Alan Rottman)
• In Defense Of The 5.56mm NATO Cartridge (Article by "Jeff" with Chuck Hawks)
• Just Say "No" to Gun Registration (A plea from Chuck Hawks)
• The M60 General Purpose Machine Gun (Article by Bob Cohen and Dave Hood)
• Military Rifle Proposal (Article by Steven Hessman)
• New .243 Service Rifle Cartridge, A proposal (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• Replacing the 5.56mm NATO Cartridge (Article by Nelson Mendez)
• The Top Infantry Rifles of the 20th Century (Opinion by Chuck Hawks)
• The USN Remington Model 870 Shotgun (Article by Bob Cohen and Dave Hood)
• U.S. Rifle, cal. 7.62mm, M14 (Article by David Tong)
• Where It All Began: The Gewehr 98 Mauser Rifle (Article by David Tong)

TERRORISM -

• All Emergencies Are Local (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• American Hiroshima (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Cut the Power (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• How To Defeat Terrorism: Pacifism or Guns? (Essay by Chuck Hawks)
• Power, Faith and Fantasy (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Supply Side Islamic Terrorism (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Support Our Wounded Troops, but Remember Security! (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)

NAVAL SHIP TYPES -

• The Battleships (Projected)That Never Were (Essay by Chuck Hawks)
• The Post Treaty Battleships (Part 1) (Essay by Chuck Hawks)
• The Post Treaty Battleships (Part 2) (Continued essay by Chuck Hawks)
• The Treaty Battleships (Essay by Chuck Hawks)
• Battlecruisers, Large Cruisers, and Pocket Battleships of World War II (Essay by Chuck Hawks)
• Heavy Cruisers of World War II (Part 1) (Essay by Chuck Hawks)
• Heavy Cruisers of World War II (Part 2) (Continued essay by Chuck Hawks)
• Heavy Cruisers of World War II (Part 3) (Continued essay by Chuck Hawks)

NAVAL TOPICS -

• 6 December 1941, Pearl Harbor (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• An Old Navy Peacoat (Story by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Armor Schemes of W.W.II Battleships (Article by Nathan Okun)
• Basilone: the Man and the Ship (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Boat That Won WW II (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Day the Sharks Came (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• The Day the USS Oklahoma Died (Article by Major Van Harl, USAF Ret.)
• Glossary, Warship & Naval (Glossary of terms by Chuck Hawks)
• Great Capital Ships, 1920 to 2000 (Article by Chuck Hawks)
• The Life of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Cunningham (Article by Greg R. Cunningham)
• Naval Special Warfare Foundation (NSWF Press Release)
• Task Force 34's Moment of Glory (Article by John Pearson)
• Who Sank the Bismarck? (Article by Chuck Hawks)

NAVAL WARSHIP PICTURES -

• Naval Gunfire (Pictures)
• Warship Pictures (See the ships discussed in the essays)

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= Updated Article
= Blue Ribbon Article

About Chuck Hawks and this web site:

I have been interested in history, particularly military history, since I was a child. Perhaps this is due in part to my father, who served in the USAAF/USAF during both World War II and Korea. He was intimately involved with the development of both military and civil aviation from the late 1930's well into the 1960's. A link to his autobiography appears above.

I spent my childhood and youth around boats in the San Pedro and Long Beach (CA) areas and perhaps this helps explain my fascination with the great warships I so frequently observed in those far off days when they were still in active service. My own direct military experience is limited to having served in the U.S.A.F. during the Vietnam War years.

Much later, I was appointed honorary historian for the USAAF / USAF 35th Fighter Group Association. This was largely due to the efforts of Rip Collins, who I met as a result of writing my article "The Best Fighter Planes of WW II." Rip is a WW II veteran who served with the 40th Fighter Squadron of the 35th Fighter Group. You can visit the 40th Squadron Assn. web site by clicking on the Fightin' Red Devils patch on the bottom of this page.

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