1941: The Journal looks back
From the archives: August 14, 1941
In the Journal
10 Years Ago: Orders have been issued to Capt. Frederick J. Horne, USN, in command of Carrier Division One, Scouting Fleet, assigning him …
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1864: Screw-powered seamanship
The USS Kanawha, a 691-ton Unadilla-class screw steam gunboat, was commissioned in January 1862. (Navy)
From the archives: August 13, 1864
Effect of the Screw Propeller on Steering
…In our day, when …
Read more ›1899: Army asks Navy for guns
From the archives: August 12, 1899
Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis
Army officers are not altogether pleased that [Maj.] General [Elwell] Otis should have to apply to the Navy Department for rapid …
Read more ›1934: Navy seeks small aviators
Lt. Harold B. Miller with his Curtiss F9C-2 “Sparrowhawk” fighter visits his hometown of Newton, Iowa, while en route from Lakehurst, N.J., to Moffett Field, Calif., in October 1933. (Navy)
From the …
Read more ›1935: A thank-you note from MacArthur
From the archives: August 10, 1935
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
[Editor’s note: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then the Army’s chief of staff, wrote to thank the editor of the Army and Navy Journal, John …
Read more ›1941: The Navy bulks up
From the archives: August 9, 1941
[Editor’s note: Five months before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy was already adding ships by the day. This Naval Historical Center photo shows USS San Diego …
Read more ›1988: Gen. Gray gives AFJ an earful
From the archives: August 1988
Interview: Gen. Alfred M. Gray
Commandant of the Marine Corps
By LuAnne K. Levens and Benjamin Schemmer
Gen. Alfred M. Gray
AFJI [the magazine was at the …
Read more ›1983: A hopeful debut for the F-20A
An F-20 Tigershark fires a Maverick missile. (Air Force)
From the archives: August 1983
The fighters that weren’t there
By Anthony H. Cordesman
Airshows are many things to many people, but to …
Read more ›1979: Press corps rates the SECDEFs
From the archives: August 1979
The Reporters Who Bring You the Defense News and How They Rate The Men Who Make It
Editor’s note: In the summer of 1979, AFJ asked the …
Read more ›1945: Atomic Attacks on Japan
From the archives: August 4, 1945
U.S. Unleashes Bombs on 2 Jap Cities
The atomic bomb, product of three years of intensive scientific research, and an expenditure of approximately $2,000,000,000, has been …
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