View from F-14 Tomcat cockpit during aerial refuelling in Desert Storm. Photo by HJ
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Area of interest: Military Aviation
- Fighter and Strike aircraft
- Aerial Combat
- Aerial Refuelling
- Air-to-Air Missiles
- Dissimilar Air Combat Training
- Ejection Seats
- Human Factors
Bona Fides
over 2000 hours in F-14 Tomcat, published author/editor/photographer
Retired Marine/Naval Officer
Current Activity
Writing, Editing, Publishing, Shooting (cameras and occasional firearms)
Author/Coauthor/Editor selected titles
- 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
An F-14A Tomcat from VF-32 during Desert Storm. Photo by HJ
Partial list of published images* and images/articles**
- 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
- 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]