1. MSgt Sutton, T. G (USMC). UNCLASSIFIED

2.  First Controlled Flight  Birth of Naval Aviation  Significant Conflicts  Naval Aviation Areas of Support  Modern Aircraft

3.  Wright Brothers  First “controlled” flight.  17 December 1903  120 ft @ 6.2 MPH  175/200 ft  Altitude of 10’

4.  January 18, 1911 - Eugene Ely lands a Curtiss pusher onto a makeshift wooden platform constructed on the armored cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay.

5.  May 8, 1911 - Capt. Washington Irving Chambers prepares contract specifications for the Navy's first aircraft.

6.  July 1, 1911 - The Navy's first aircraft, the A-1 Triad, makes its maiden flight from Keuka Lake at Hammondsport, New York.

7.  USS Langley (CV-1)  Converted in 1920 from the USS Jupiter (AC-3)  March 20, 1922 - Commissioned

8.  April 24, 1914 - An AB-3 flying boat flown by LT Patrick N.L. Bellinger completes the first combat flight by a U.S. military aircraft, flying a recon mission at Veracruz, Mexico.

9.  Mar 30, 1916 - Second LT Charles Sugden and Third LT Elmer F Stone become the first two Coast Guard aviators assigned to flight instruction.  November 11, 1920  First successful trans- Atlantic flight"

10.  September 24, 1918 - LTJG David S. Ingalls shoots down his fifth enemy aircraft over the Western Front, becoming U.S. Naval Aviation's first fighter ace.  Only Navy Ace of WWI

12.  Coral Sea  May 7-8, 1942 - U.S. Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy engagement in which ships of the opposing forces are not within sight of one another.

13.  Coral Sea  USS Lexington  Scuttled  USS Yorktown

14. UNITED STATESJAPAN  1 fleet carrier scuttled, 1 destroyer sunk, 1 oiler sunk, 1 fleet carrier damaged, 69 aircraft destroyed  1 light carrier sunk, 1 destroyer sunk, 3 small warships sunk, 1 fleet carrier damaged, 1 destroyer damaged, 2 smaller warships damaged, 1 transport damaged, 92 aircraft destroyed.

15.  Midway  One month after Coral Sea  Six Months after Pearl Harbor  Decisive Naval Battle of WWII

16. UNITED STATESJAPAN  1 carrier sunk (Yorktown) 1 destroyer sunk ~150 aircraft destroyed  4 carriers sunk 1 cruiser sunk 248 carrier aircraft destroyed

17.  Reconnaissance / Surveillance  Anti-Submarine  Logistics Support  Search and Rescue  Mine Warfare

18.  Bombs  Free falling explosive weapons  Guided (Smart) or Unguided

19.  Rockets  Exposive Section  Propulsion Section  Unable to change direction once fired.  Little recoil

20.  Missiles  Explosive Section and Propulsion Section  Guidance Section

21.  Mines  Underwater explosive deployed by Ship, Submarine, or Aircraft.  Defend Vital Straits, port approaches, convoy anchorages and seaward coastal barriers.  Torpedoes  Self propelled underwater missles