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The USS Midway Museum Welcomes “Top Gun: Maverick” on the Flight Deck

This year, the USS Midway Museum is showing the international blockbuster film “Top Gun: Maverick” at its annual Top Gun Movie Night as part of a series of Legacy Week events over Memorial Day...
May 15, 2023     Announcements, Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Announcements, Karl’s Korner | Tagged Action Movies, Aviation Enthusiasts, Film Sequels, Flight Deck Event, Iconic Locations, legacy week, memorial day weekend, movie night, naval aviation, Naval History, san diego events, social events, Top Gun Film, Top Gun Maverick, uss midway museum

The Navy’s Seawolves in Vietnam

The Vietnam War involved fighting communist forces that infiltrated neutral Laos and Cambodia and were sustained by a stream of supplies from North Vietnam transported down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The...
April 17, 2023     Announcements, Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Announcements, Karl’s Korner | Tagged Attach Helicopter Squadron, Close Air Support, combat helicopters, HAL-3, Helicopter gunships, Ho Chi Minh trail, Insurgency in Southeast Asia, karls korner, Medical Evacuations, Mekong Delta, military aviation, Military Operations, naval aviation, Naval aviation history, naval security operations, Navy and Army cooperation, Navy Seawolves, quick reaction force, Riverine warfare, south vietnam, Special Forces, Tactical Reconnaissance, U.S. Navy in Vietnam, UH-1 Huey Gunships, uss midway museum, vietnam war, Vietnamization

The Vietnam War Draws to a Close

The eventual disengagement of American military forces in South Vietnam began shortly after Richard Nixon's election to the presidency in 1968 with a determination to preserve South Vietnam's...
March 22, 2023     Announcements, Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Announcements, Karl’s Korner | Tagged end of vietnam war, historian karl zingheim, karl zingheim, karl zingheim uss midway, karls korner, midway museum san diego, south vietnam, uss midway, uss midway museum, uss midway vietnam, uss midway vietnam war, Vietnam veterans, vietnam war

Pioneering African American Women in Naval Aviation

Naval aviation is the most variegated form of flying in the world, with fixed and rotary-winged aircraft operating from land and an array of ship platforms. For officers, naval aviation has two...
February 16, 2023     Announcements, Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Announcements, Karl’s Korner | Tagged African American, African American naval aviators, African American women, american history, female aviators, female naval aviators, historian karl zingheim, karl zingheim, karl zingheim uss midway, karls korner, MIDWAY, uss midway karls korner

Major Military Anniversaries to be Commemorated in 2023

This new year of 2023 heralds a pair of milestone anniversaries for the Korean and Vietnam wars and the golden anniversary of women in naval aviation. This year’s blogs will feature a monthly...
January 26, 2023     Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Karl’s Korner | Tagged american history, end of world war II, historian karl zingheim, karl zingheim, karl zingheim uss midway, karls korner, korean war, MIDWAY, midway veterans, Military event, uss midway karls korner, uss midway operation frequent wind, uss midway vietnam, uss midway vietnam war, uss midway women in navy, vietnam war, women in naval aviation

Centennial of the Aircraft Carrier: Post-World War II

The towering success of America's aircraft carriers in helping win World War II was followed rapidly by a steep decline in the number of Navy flattops once the war was over. Even the new Essex class...
December 21, 2022     Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Karl’s Korner | Tagged aircraft carrier history, aircraft carriers, american history, centennial of aircraft carriers, end of world war II, historian karl zingheim, karl zingheim, karl zingheim uss midway, karls korner, midway museum san diego, Post WWII

The Midway’s Most Colorful Captain: Tommy Blackburn

[caption id="attachment_24687" align="alignleft" width="188"] John Blackburn as a student at the United States Naval Academy, c. 1933[/caption] Among the forty men who had the honor to command the...
October 28, 2022     Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Karl’s Korner | Tagged aircraft carrier history, american history, blackburn, blackburn uss midway, historian karl zingheim, john thomas blackburn, karl zingheim, karl zingheim uss midway, karls korner, MIDWAY, midway museum san diego, midway veterans, tommy blackburn, uss midway history, uss midway karls korner, uss midway san diego

Join the Navy and See the World – USS Midway’s Ports of Call

Over an active career of nearly 50 years, the USS Midway dropped anchor in various overseas harbors throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. Known in Navy parlance as “port calls,” the visits...
September 30, 2022     Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Karl’s Korner | Tagged aircraft carrier history, american history, historian karl zingheim, karl zingheim, karl zingheim uss midway, karls korner, MIDWAY, midway museum san diego, midway veterans, operation frequent wind, uss midway, uss midway aircraft, uss midway history, uss midway karls korner, uss midway museum, uss midway operation frequent wind, uss midway san diego, ussmidway

Top Gun and the USS Midway

Movie audiences were enthralled when the Hollywood’s “Top Gun” hit theaters in 1986. This supersonic action adventure, starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis, popularized...
August 5, 2022     Karl’s Korner     read more
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Midway Leads the Fight During Operation Desert Storm

Welcome back to “Karl’s Korner,” a historical segment written by me, Karl Zingheim – Ship Historian of the USS Midway Museum. In honor of the 30th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm, I...
January 16, 2021     Karl’s Korner     read more
Posted in Karl’s Korner | Tagged operation desert storm, operation desert storm uss midway, us navy history, uss midway history

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