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Naval Aviation Symposium coming May 6-8

April 27, 2015
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The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation will present the 29th annual Symposium May 6-8 at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. The three-day event will host a variety of activities highlighting the unique history and proud heritage of Naval Aviation including a golf tournament, luncheon, banquet and panel sessions. Three sessions will feature a panel of veteran naval aviators discussing milestones in Naval aviation history and the people who have made and are currently making that history. The Symposium panel discussions are free and open to the general public, active duty and retired military. A half century ago, the United States fully entered the Vietnam conflict, a war that would last for more than seven years, cost 54,000 American casualties and result in a profound change on the homefront. The role of Naval aviation in the Vietnam War will be discussed during two sessions, “Air War Vietnam” and “HA(L)-3 Seawolves; Navy Assault Helicopters in Vietnam,” on May 7. Each session will include first-hand accounts of Navy and Marine combat missions over North Vietnam as well as South Vietnam with Riverine forces, Army and ARVN units and special operations. A third session on May 8, “Naval Aviation Today and Tomorrow,” will present a distinguished panel of Naval Aviation flag officers that will discuss the challenges, initiatives underway and future for Naval Aviation. The 2015 Symposium schedule of events: Wednesday, May 6 at A.C. Read Golf Course Golf Tournament. Noon – 4 p.m. Thursday, May 7 at the National Naval Aviation Museum Air War, Vietnam - 9:45 a.m. Awards Luncheon – Noon – Naval Air Training Command’s top squadron will be honored when NASA astronaut and retired Marine Colonel Ken Cameron will give a glimpse of life aboard the International Space Station. (Ticket required for luncheon, Cost $25 per person) HA(L)-3 Seawolves; Navy Assault Helicopters in Vietnam - 2 p.m. Reception & Banquet – 6 p.m. - Featured speaker is Honorable Gordon England, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy. Among other distinguished guests is Lt. Col. Richard Cole, one of the last two surviving members of the famed Doolittle Raiders. (Ticket required for reception & banquet, cost $70 per person) Friday, May 8 at the National Naval Aviation Museum Naval Aviation Today and Tomorrow – 9:45 a.m. - Flag Officer panel Ribbon Cutting of the new Naval Aviation Reserves 100 years exhibit – Noon - guest speaker Vice Admiral Robin Braun, USN, Chief of Naval Reserve The Symposium panel discussions are FREE and open to the general public, active duty and retired military. Registration is requested for all Symposium events, tickets required for luncheon and reception/banquet events. For more information and registration, call the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation at (800) 327-5002 or (850) 453-2389, or online at www.NavalAviationMuseum.org.

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