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Airships! History and Tactics The history of airships and their tactical deployments and use are explained against the backdrop of WWI and WWII. CaS Rules Supplement An extensive rules supplement for Command at Sea allows you to simulate the airships at war. USS Macon ZRS-5 The Command at Sea form for the Akron-class airship. F9C Sparrowhawk The Command at Sea form for the biplane fighter carried by Akron-class airships.

Cover: The USS Macon (ZRS-5) over the east coast of the US, 7 July 1933. Note the two Curtis Sparrowhawks in flight just below her.

Departments

Alerts
News items about the hardware and deployments of interest to modern naval buffs.

Product Updates
Plans for the latest rules supplements for Harpoon and Command At Sea are detailed.

Book Reviews

The Zeppelin in Combat
Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons

Features

Harpoon Scenario: ASW in the 1990's
The proliferation of first-line diesel subs in third-world countries may lead to heightened tensions near coasts. This scenario postulates a "Freedom of the Seas" mission.

Harpoon 4 Annex M3
Errata: Precalculated sonar range bands for Harpoon 4. One big table of data.

Conventions 1997
A list of 1997 US conventions the designers will be attending.

Designer Conference
Photo of Terry Sofian, Dr. Adrian Davis, and Ed Kettler at Royal Navy Day 1996.

Platform Specifications

USS Seawolf SSN
The Harpoon form for the nuclear submarine.

JAS 39 Gripen
The Harpoon form for the Swedish jet fighter.

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